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myBoard for Windows, à la OS X Dashboard

Posted by Stu On January - 12 - 2010

myBoard is an open source project developed by Yann ALET Chief Executive Officer of Adysoft.Inc, a company specialized on Microsoft technologies and focusing on constantly improving user experience with technologies like WPF and Silverlight.

I’ve been watching & testing myBoard for the past year or so and i think it’s ready to now be announced here on mintywhite!  Take a look of it in action on YouTube here.

myBoard does for Windows what Dashboard does for OS X.  It’s a beautiful widget overlay screen complete with native widgets such as radio, twitter client and resource usages but to name a few, and groovy drag and drop effects!  The real deal winner here, is that you can plug thousands of HTML based widgets from providers like Miniclip, Google gadget, or Netvibes, right into myBoard, making it very versatile.

Unfortunately you need to use a valid email address to register with the magnet store required to use this application.  I can confirm however, your email address will be safe from spam, so don’t worry!

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Vista User Accounts and Parental Controls Series

Posted by Rich On November - 17 - 2008

How To Series: Vista User Accounts and Parental Controls

For the next week, I’m going to run a series of guides that will help you manage user accounts and parental controls on your Windows Vista machine.

If you have younger children, I strongly suggest you set up a user account for them and follow the instructions in these guides. You’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Set up a user account with parental controls
  • Collect information about computer usage
  • Control allowed websites, downloads, and other internet usage
  • Set time limits on computer usage
  • Control games by rating, content, or title
  • Block specific programs on your computer

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Superfetch Ram Chip

Many Vista users (or people who have never used Vista) complain that the operating system uses too much RAM. They look at the performance monitor and see there is a lot less available RAM – when compared to Windows XP. The extra use of RAM in Vista is partly due to a performance enhancement called SuperFetch. Having low free memory in Vista shows this is working.

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Windows Guides Security and Administration Series

Posted by Rich On August - 4 - 2008

For the next two weeks, I’m going to run a series of guides that will help you get on top of security and administration for your computer.

Do others use your computer and have their own logins? Do you work at a school, small business, or other organization with computers? If you do, this series if definitely for you. If you don’t, I’m sure you’ll learn some cool tricks from this series.

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Security & Privacy Protection freeware – this list completes all your security & privacy protection needs without spending a penny.

Check out more freeware on www.mintywhite.com.

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Complete Resource for Freeware Office Applications

Posted by Rich On April - 11 - 2008

Office Application freeware – this list completes all your office needs without spending a penny.

Check out more freeware on www.mintywhite.com.

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