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Update your apps, not just your OS - Windows and OS X

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Keeping your Windows up to date? Good. What about all your applications?
Thought not.
Well your apps connect to the net as well and they’re as vulnerable as your OS. It’s time you updated them. How? I’m glad you asked, for Windows try FileHippo or Secunia.
Run the scanner and you get a list of all the apps [...]

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Windows XP only showing 2.98 GB memory

March 28th, 2008 · 11 Comments

I knew about the memory limit in Windows XP before I went ahead and upped the memory in my Mac from 2GB to 4GB. I just knew that XP would not manage to cope with 4GB even though the limit on 32bit (standard) Windows XP is 4GB. This is because, in Microsoft’s words:
The physical address [...]

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Twitter on CreationRobot

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

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Street Fighter - The Salsa

March 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just OMG …

Tags: application, dancing, humour, street fighter

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Most Popular

March 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s the most popular posts on CR:
Convert MP3 to AAC
How to use the free iTunes to convert music formats.
Pin up aircraft nose art
The history and artwork of aircraft nose art.
Best tattoo ever? (NSFW)
The post that just will not die.
MacBook/Macbook Pro in Pink and Other Colours
How to have your Mac in any colour you want.
Future Warning [...]

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The Mac Art Virus

March 11th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s not a ‘virus’, it’s art. It causes you Macs icons and menu bar to have gravity linked to the MacBook Pro’s motion sensor. Video is below:
In the beginning were harmless computer viruses. Viruses born out of the wit of early computer adopters, viruses whose sole purpose was to surprise and amuse. A non-destructive form [...]

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The Speed Download - Macheist saga

March 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I purchased the last pack of applications from the Macheist people, and I was burned by the Speed Download 4 (SD4) fiasco. TUAW has a good write up on it, but more exists.
the SD5 update was pushed down via the automatic updating system [built in to SD4 and switched on by default-CR], apparently catching [...]

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Bundle of Cheap Mac Apps

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

11 Mac apps, plus another rumoured to be bundled in when the total is achieved, are bundled together on Mac Heist. They are for sale at a great price, saving over 300 bucks on retail.
It’s a good deal, you get some useful apps in the bundle, plus a couple of stinkers of course. So [...]

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