Happy Birthday to me =D
Windows 7 RTM has release date! June 5, 2009
Hey guys,
Just a quick one. According to many sources including the UK’s BBC News, Microsoft have declared that Windows 7 will RTM within the last 2 weeks of July and will become widely available to the public by October 22nd 2009!
So, I guess we know what they’re giving us for Christmas!
Bye!
Any Need For Speed fans out there?! March 8, 2009
Hey all,
Just a quick one this time. EA seem to be working on a new and (hopefully) improved title in their NFS series – Need For Speed: Shift.
It seems to be all kept quiet at the moment, but EA have released 8 screens of the game:
http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/nfs_shift/screenshots.html
Do you have multiple cores? February 19, 2009
Hey all,
I know its been a while, but something has been bugging me lately that I think I think I need to vent out.
As the title of the post hints, the question is aking if your computer that you are using right now has more than one core in its processor.
Most computers nowadays are shipped with dual core systems. Some power users even customize them to reach 8 cores, i have a middle number of 4 cores.
Now its great that technology has advanced for us to have this technology allowing for much better computer performance and many more possibilities, however there is a bone to pick. Firstly let me just mention that this has probably been brought up numerous times in many other blogs etc, but let me give it a shot.
What my argument is that although we have these resources available, why is it that we cant have any control over it? What I mean is that why can’t we allocate the power of the different cores to different applications in order to have our system running more efficiently? Agreed most operating system developers i.e. Apple & Microsoft are striving to allow better allocation automatically, but its still taking A LOT of time to develop. And also I can agree that many software developers are trying to allow their applications to utilise different cores, but again its taking a LONG time for the effects fully to be seen.
There is no doubt that having more cores does inarguably enhance the PC or Mac experience, its just that for power users etc, it would be great to have just that little bit more control.
In Windows, in the task manager there is an option to set the affinity of which cores can be used by certain applications, but that is very temporary as it only lasts that ONE time that the application is run and you have to repeat the process again every time you use that app. Why can we not have the option in the softwares themselves to register to different cores?
Agreed that this should be used with care as overloading can occur from the ‘average Joe’ of PC’s, but it would be great for power users.
If that doesnt appeal to people as a good solution then why not just make the applications better at utilising cores? I know its extremely hard to write the code for this sort of thing, but it is a step forward that is now due to happen.
One prime example of software producers that have begun to effectively take a step forward are those that produce security solutions for the PC. AVG have advertised this the most in their most recent version of AVG 8.x.x.
Anyways, thats my two pennies worth. I guess all I can do is wish.
Bye
Happy New Year!!! January 1, 2009
Happy New Year Everyone!
May 2009 bring a lot of success and great achievements to all!
Your Blogger,
WyzoMan!!!
Muharram dawns upon us again December 29, 2008
Yes, the time has come again for the remembrance of our beloved 3rd Imam – Imam Hussain (A.S.) and his close followers and companions who followed him through is grueling journey and experienced over the first 10 days of Mahe Muharram.
A short summary is below from Wikipedia (All credit goes there for the next extract)
Muharram (Arabic: محرم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four months of the year in which fighting is prohibited. Since the Islamic calendar is lunar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar. Muharram is so called because it was unlawful to fight during this month; the word is derived from the word ‘haram’ meaning forbidden. It is held to be the most sacred of all the months, excluding Ramadan. Some Muslims fast during these days. The tenth day of Muharram is called Yaumu-l ‘Ashurah, meaning, ‘the tenth day’, and it is a day of voluntary fasting. Fasting differs among the Muslim groupings; mainstream Shia Muslims stop eating and drinking during sunlight hours but do not eat until the evening. Sunni Muslims also fast during Muharram and on either the ninth or the eleventh day, the choice of which additional day being at the discretion of the individual.
Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raajioon
“From God we come and to him we shall return”
Alternative Christmas message from President Ahmadinejad on UK’s Channel 4 December 26, 2008
Well its a little late, but Merry Christmas to all!!
Recently on Channel 4 over here in the UK there was a 10 minute broadcast from the President of Iran, President Ahmadinejad. The title of the broadcast was “An Alternative Christmas Greeting”, and I must say that I agree somewhat with that title.
Ahmadinejad was spectacularly polite however may have caused some unsettlement within the minds of western viewers. A quote from a spokesperson at the Foreign Office summarises how they may take it:
The British media are rightly free to make their own editorial choices, but this invitation will cause offence and bemusement not just at home but amongst friendly countries abroad.
One of the main reasons why they said this is because of some phrases that Ahmedinejad used which I personally do not feel were a provocative attack on the western countries, but rather just words of thought and opinion. He merely voiced out his view that the way in which countries are run in today’s day and age is not right and needs to be changed, especially with the economic state being what it is.
The president also said that a big factor in the whole international shambles of the conomy and the wars etc. that are going on are due to going astray from God. Now as I come from a religious background I feel that this does have an impact, however I feel it not so right for him to voice his opinion on that matter as much as he did. He referenced ‘Jesus Christ the son of Mary’ very frequently in order to make his points as he spoke about how Jesus would do things if he were here on Earth.
This video to my surprise has been taken quite well by the general public in the UK as i was listening to one of the most popular radio shows – LBC 97.3 – and the callers seemed to respond well to it.
If you want to take a look at the video itself, I believe that it should be somewhere on YouTube or on the Channel 4 website.
Updated Free Genuine Kaspersky Post November 3, 2008
A while ago, i posted a small segment on the availability of free genuine kaspersky 2008/09.
This is, and has been unavailable for a long time as Barclays caught on quite quickly and ammended their little flaw.
However, i still get clicks on the barclays site and the Raymond.cc site. Please just take note that this offer is not active any more and that you may as well buy kaspersky seeing as its good security and very hard to crack.
(P.S. i’m not stating that Kaspersky is the best, just that it is good)
Just thought i would point that out to you guys!
Windows 7 Updates! October 29, 2008
I was recently browsing on one of my sources – http://www.KezNews.com/ – and i came across a new article on Windows 7 which has ‘wowed’ me more than Vista has.
It seems as though Microsoft has jumped in with the GUI changes and i must say from the small shots that i’ve seen, it looks quite promising. I’ve also seen some of the few features, and again – promising.
Microsoft seems to have taken after Apple and is becoming more innovative with their features, seems like Apple will have some real competition this time!
For more information, visit the actual article:
http://keznews.com/5011_Introducing_the_Windows_7_UI
Enjoy!
Been a while September 21, 2008
Hey All,
Yes it’s been a long time. But i had to take a break and cut myself from the rest of the world!
This has been quite an eventful summer with what you could call ‘3 holidays’, want me to explain?here goes:
Well from 11th July- 11th August i was in Sweden working and enjoying the summer weather there. Made some money had a great experience… its great visiting my home country again 
From 14th August-27th August i was in Iran visiting some family friends and having a good time.. no work this time 
… Had some good experiences there and met two of the most adorable twins in the world!
Sweetness!
Yep, so above you can see these two gorgeous little ones.. soo amazingly cute!
Ok so from 28th-31st August i was in Dubai which was a stoppover from Iran to England. Had a great time there. Went on a desert safari, a water park and basked in the sun! Bliss!
So i’m back to rainy old england now and cant say i missed it all that much. I’m back to college and the workload is killing me.. so i’ll try and post new things as much as possible, but dnt hate me if i dont
Bye for now!
WyzoMan
