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-The latest in tech, computers, software, and internet as we give you the best prices, sites, pictures and much more. We Also have the best open source software on the net!! <a href="http://22tech.blogspot.com/2008/05/about-22tech.html">Click here for more info-</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-51315021992443466502009-08-19T08:45:00.000-07:002009-08-19T08:53:04.972-07:00SwagBucks: The best way to get free stuff onlineAlthough i said this blog has closed, i would like to share one thing with you:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/drummeralec">Swagbucks</a><br /><br /> This is the best way to get free stuff online. It is super simple, all you have to do is search using their search engine, just like you would do with google. When you search, you will earn swagbucks. Once you get enough swagbucks, you can get a free prizes! Iphones, Mp3s, instruments, ext.<br /><br /> And, unlike other sites, swagbucks doesn't want your creditcard or other harmful information. And I'm really writing this post because i thought it was a good site, not because i was paid to do it or something. I think you should check it out, using this link. Send your friends this link to, they would love the site!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/drummeralec">Swagbucks</a><br /><br /><br />-Tech-drummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-36823005551303546422009-02-27T19:31:00.000-08:002009-02-27T19:48:12.300-08:0022ed Century Technology Is Officially Closing.<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 22 Tech Is Officially Closing.</span></span><br />And So is Upbeatpc.com (Failed website attempt that we never really worked on).<br />This closure is due to Spam (Comments), and loss of interest in the blog.<br /><br />Really, the full story is, We thought ," Lets ditch the blog and make a full blown website". We started out nicely, But then just stopped working on the website. (We never even finished the design, whats on there now was kind-of a "test"). Feel free to browse the Blog and site for past articles. Although the site will likely be shut down, the blog will stay up freely for anyone to browse.<br /><br />In other news, I [Tech-drummer] have started a new blog. It is mainly focused on software and graphic design. Here is the link, <a href="http://alecsgraphics.blogspot.com/">http://alecsgraphics.blogspot.com/ </a><br /><br />Feel free to check it out and comment. Also, <span class="post-author vcard"><span class="fn">Budgetperson is currently working on a blog. I will publish the link once he gives me it.<br /><br /></span></span>Hope you will keep on reading our new blogs. Thanks again for all the (NOT spam) Comments, and all the efforts that , as of this last post, that gave this blog 26,197 visitors.<br />-22ed Century TechnologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-65524202629010499932008-09-14T15:54:00.000-07:002008-09-14T15:59:39.817-07:00Upbeat PC Is up and running!If you haven't herd from our last post, we have a new website! A awesome new computer website, with a new blog. Unfortunately, this means we will not be updating 22tech anymore. This is not a bad thing, since you can just keep updated with our new <a href="http://www.upbeatpc.com/Pictures/logo.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.upbeatpc.com/Pictures/logo.gif" border="0" /></a>site and blog! Our site is new, so it is not all done yet, and we need more visitors, so we ask our readers to tell their friends about upbeat pc and visit it! You can check it out here-<br /><br /><a href="http://www.upbeatpc.com/">http://www.upbeatpc.com/</a><br /><br />Thanks!<br />-Tech-drummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-86550906576131825362008-07-17T18:20:00.000-07:002008-07-17T18:24:49.646-07:00Upbeat PC! New awesome Website thats coming out soon!We are making a new top-of-the-line computer website! Check it out at <a href="http://www.upbeatpc.com/">http://www.upbeatpc.com</a> !<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/12-3cRSyZmg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/12-3cRSyZmg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-26797375435646868392008-06-30T17:51:00.000-07:002008-06-30T18:09:48.039-07:00Memory Usage - IE8 beta 1 vs Firefox vs OperaRecently, Firefox got an update to the newest version 3.0. Before, many people were complaining about how much memory firefox uses whenever you use it. It could go up to 600MB if you used it long enough!<br /><br />But now, with the release of firefox version 3, Mozilla has promised to fix over 300 memory leaks. Memory leaks occur when the browser fails to dispatch memory that it has already used, (happens especially, though not always, when you go to a lot of sites in the same tab).<br /><br />These are the version numbers of the browsers we used -<br /><ul><li>Firefox 3</li><li>Opera 9.5</li><li>IE8 beta 1</li></ul>This is how I tested -<br />We went to the nba channel on youtube, and played all of the videos in the playlist "There Can Only be One" in high quality (if available). After a couple seconds after they all played, we went to Windows Task manager to see which one consumed the least amount of memory.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOOla39yPKuq8TQ4QNT7cXyXan7hDEJhTX9CTTZfEePHvcBzHHSlfA9ykLC0wsozQkhy2ddQAIr0ZrRTcN4GvUONpaIP9KA3MeNuivv3t3EtYKq6DxlCi542UKUKWC_HQ482xecd4ACRQ/s1600-h/memorybroswers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 277px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOOla39yPKuq8TQ4QNT7cXyXan7hDEJhTX9CTTZfEePHvcBzHHSlfA9ykLC0wsozQkhy2ddQAIr0ZrRTcN4GvUONpaIP9KA3MeNuivv3t3EtYKq6DxlCi542UKUKWC_HQ482xecd4ACRQ/s320/memorybroswers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217846024351741410" border="0" /></a><br />Here are the results -<br /><ul><li>Firefox 3 - 53092 kb<br /></li><li>Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 - 59701 kb</li><li>Opera 9.5 - 85832 kb</li></ul>So, Firefox did the best out of the bunch, but it wasn't much better than Internet Explorer, and Opera used up the most memory, a whopping 86 megabytes Unfortunately, we did not test IE7. A graph showing the results is on the right.<br /><br />-22nd Century TechnologyBudgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-70672023765732551672008-06-28T15:20:00.000-07:002008-06-28T17:21:24.637-07:00Macs are computers too!<a href="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/design_smartdesign_hero20080108.png"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 91px" height="147" alt="" src="http://images.apple.com/macpro/images/design_smartdesign_hero20080108.png" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#000000;">The fastest computer you can buy, period.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">With 8 cores, this is the fastest mac yet. And if your not building, this is the fastest computer on the market.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Even though the price starts at $2,799.00, if you had $20,000 laying in the bank, you could get this machine with two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, <strong>32gb of ram,</strong> a<strong> </strong>Mac pro RAID card,<strong>FOUR 300gb 15,000-rpm SAS Drives</strong> ,a NIVDIA Quadro FX 560 1.5gb video card, 2 16x superdrives, and to top it all of a airport extreme wi-fi card. But remember that is just the computer. If you had $5,000 more, you could get all the software, a protection plan, and 2 30" monitors.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;">Of course, you can configure it yourself, with lots of options, at <a href="http://www.apple.com/macpro/">http://www.apple.com/macpro/</a></span><br /><br />Post a comment!<br />-tech-drummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-53754451473949332282008-06-26T21:21:00.000-07:002008-06-26T21:27:01.169-07:00Howto: Wine with Linux<style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;" align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:LiberationSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;font-size:6;" >How To: Run Your Windows Applications in Linux.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:LiberationSerif, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-style: normal;">So you want to run your Windows applications on Ubuntu but don't know where to start? This </span></span>guide explains step-by-step instructions on how to do it in a really simple way. Just follow step-by step.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> Although there are numerous programs that can do this job – the most common way to do it is to use Wine (<b>W</b>ine <b>I</b>s <b>N</b>ot an <b>E</b>mulator), and that is what we will use here.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> To set up Wine all you need is - </span></span> </p> <ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A working <b>32-bit </b>Linux OS installed to your hard drive (or through a VM) *You can do 64-bit but these instructions are for 32-bit only</span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">An Internet Connection (or someone who does)</span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A little bit of common sense and patience</span></span></p> </li></ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> First of all we have to get Wine. To do this all you have to do is run the shell script that I made which will automatically put the wine repository in your list, update apt, and install wine.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> <ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">First of all download the script from <a href="http://yash0609.googlepages.com/installwine.sh">here.</a></span></span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Go to the folder in which you downloaded the script, and right click and go to properties.</span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Go to the “Permissions” tab.</span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Check “Allow Executing file as a program”</span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">After that, double click on the executable and say “Run in Terminal”</span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The script will install wine and close, once it is done wine is installed! Simple right?</span></span></p> </li></ol> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;font-size:100%;" >Next all we have to do is install an application.<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:LiberationSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> all don't have the same applications – so as an example I am going to use Notepad++. It is a text editor more advanced than notepad (for programming) and it works wonderfully in Wine. You can download it </span><a href="http://www.filehippo.com/download_notepad/4017/">here.</a><span style="color:#000081;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">(If you download </span>yourself, use version 4.8.5 , the 5.0 beta does not work). Once it is done, go to the folder in which you</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">downloaded it, right click it and there should be an option saying - “Open with Wine Windows Emulator”. If that doesn't show up, you will have to take some extra steps. Go to “Open With Other Application”. Use a custom command – and put in</span></span> “<span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">wine” (without quotes).</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.08in;"><span style="font-family:LiberationSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">When you open the notepad++ installer, the installation screen should show up asking you which language to pick </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">(Illustration</span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> 1). Then you can just go through the installation process as you </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">normally would as if you were in Windows. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Afterwards, you would get an icon on your desktop that says, “Notepad++” . You would also get it in the menu (after it refreshes). (If it asks you to update, say no). Double-click it and there you go. You are running notepad++ in wine!</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#000000;">Not all software is that easy, but then again, some are. If you need help installing a particular program, you can google it, or search the </span><a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/"><span style="color:#000081;">Wine Application Database</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">. This is a database which has a list of programs which work or do not work with Wine.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Also, if you are willing to pay, there are some proprietary wine solutions out there.</span></span></span></p> <ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:LiberationSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/">CodeWeavers CrossoverOffice</a><span style="color:#000081;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> This is a wine derivative and makes it very easy to install windows applications through its interface, I recommend to try the beta and see if you are </span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">willing to pay $40 for it.</span></span></span></span></span></p> </li></ul> <ul><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:LiberationSerif, serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/">CodeWeavers CrossoverGames</a><span style="color:#000081;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">This is like CrossoverOffice except it is meant for games.</span></span></span></span></p> </li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.transgaming.com/">Cedega</a><span style="color:#000081;"> </span>– This is another application that helps you play your games on Linux. I cannot say anything about CrossoverGames vs Cedega (since I haven't tried them). The only thing I know is that Cedega is cheaper than Crossover Games.</span></span></span></p> </li></ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br /></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">-22nd Century Technology</span></span></span></p>Budgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-10943705449736126232008-05-26T18:33:00.000-07:002008-05-27T19:47:23.266-07:00The dream PC.So now we're gonna do a post about the "Dream Computer". Of course, this is nothing CLOSE to practical or anything ... its just if we had unlimited $$, what is the best performing computer we could get?? The final price is outrageous - $27K. Atcually, we made 2 PCs, one is not as crazy as the other (a good 3K less).. we'll refer to the $27K one as PC 1 and the $24K one as PC 2.<br /><br />CPU<br />Obviously intel is on top, for the really all out pc, we chose 2 intel qx9775's , giving us 8 cores of goodness. As for the not so crazy one, we just went with one intel qx9770, still intel's second most powerful quad.<br /><br />Motherboard - For the all out one , we had to choose intel's only skulltrail motherboard, which unfortunately is more like a server board, it only supports PCIE x16 1.1 (not v2) , and it is only ddr2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-121-330-03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 118px;" src="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-121-330-03.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> 800/677 FBDIMM. But it has support for 2 CPUs and it has 4 pcie x16 slots, and it supports upto 16gb of RAM. As for the not so all-out one , we chose the asus striker extreme 790i motherboard, which has support for all the new tech, but is not a skulltrail platform. Well , at least that was the original plan. On newegg, afterwards we saw a 4gb module of ddr2 800! So we were like wow, we can put in 16 gig! Problem - it was ddr2 , and 790i only supports ddr<span style="font-weight: bold;">3</span> , so we had a choice, stick with 8gb of ddr3 or go with 16gb of ddr2, now , that is your choice, but we went with the 16 gig, but now i kinda regret it because of course - ddr3 is more future proof and all that, but in the future I guess we will see 4gb modules for ddr3. Hopefully. Also, we needed memory for the raid card (it had a ddr2 slot) but we will tell you about that in that section.<br /><br />RAM-<br />For the all out one - I chose 16gb of ddr2 667 fbdimms, 4x4gb .. they are only 667 but 16 gig .. wow. Obviously most people would like to go with 8gb of ddr2 800, but that's what PC 2 is for ;). For PC 2 we picked 8gb (2x 2x2gb) of ddr3 1600 RAM. In addition, we could probably OC that to ddr2 1800-1900 etc.<br /><br />Video Cards-<br />For PC one, we picked four, yes four, 9800GX2s ... why? I don't know. Bragging rights??? But <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.komplett.co.uk/img/p/800/347861.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 135px;" src="http://www.komplett.co.uk/img/p/800/347861.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>seriously , that is why this is the all out pc, four 9800gx2s it is, maybe they won't be in SLI, but who knows? lol. For PC 2, we obviously didn't do that, we just went with "normal" sliied 2 9800gx2s for quad sli. Oh and of course, these aren't just any 9800gx2s, they are the evga ssc ones, so they are OC'ed to teh MAX!!<br /><br />Power Supply - We picked the same power supply for 2 PCs, and it is the silverstone 1200w. We needed this power supply because it has a BUNCH of pcie pwr cables (6x 6pin and 2x 8pin) , but since in PC I we have four 9800gx2s, we would also need to snag 2 PC power and cooling cables that convert a 6pin power plug to an 8pin so that we need enough power. Those are about $10 each. For PC 2, we picked the same power supply, although we could've used something a bit less than 1200W (Maybe 750w or something).<br /><br />Hard drives -<br />This is where half the cost of both PCs go. Yes. Hard drives. Why? We picked 4, yes, 4 SSD hard drives that are 128gb each all in RAID 0! Think how much speed that would give! And for backup and large files, we picked 2 1TB Segate hard drives. Of course, many people would<br />d<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/20-609-245-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 103px;" src="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/20-609-245-04.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>isagree and say for one - 4 ssd 128 gb's cost $12000, and you could just at the very least get three of them and get 3 1tb hard drives in raid 5. I don't know, that is another good option so you can put a lot of variety into this, but that is what we decided to go for! Of course, for this kind of raid you think we are going to use onboard raid?? Heck no! We chose a $1200 raid card from areca on newegg. It also benefits from having a ddr2 533 slot where we can put in 1 stick of memory for RAM. As for that the 4gb module was just perfect for that, so we can have 4gb of memory in our raid card (we have a 4gb ddr2 800 module in the all out pc too just for the raid card)! :P<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/11-163-089-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 171px;" src="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/11-163-089-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Case - We got the latest silverstone tj-10 case. As for looks it may not be that great, but the construction quality is great, airflow and cable and routing are nice, but it is HUGE (a good thing). It will be the perfect enclosure!<br /><br />CD/DVD - For this we picked to samsung sh-s203n drives (teh best performing dvd burners) and we also picked a $200 blu-ray lite on drive.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Accessories"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span>These are the things that are not atcually inside the tower, or different accessories that are "not needed" such as speakers, CPU cooling, etc.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/26-104-015-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 95px;" src="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/26-104-015-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Mouse -<br />Logitech MX revolution. It is an overall nice-but-expensive gaming laser mouse. Coming really close to it is the logitech g5/g7.<br /><br />Keyboard - Logitech g15- just a normal overall gaming keyboard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/24-113-013-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 119px;" src="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/24-113-013-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Monitors - You are not gonna believe this - but <span style="font-weight: bold;">TWO</span> 30 inch XHD3000s for monitors. Those will do really well... they can even double as a TV! :P<br /><br />Sound Card - HT omega claro plus - for $180. Creative used to be the best, but now with their driver issues and such, this looks like a great card to buy!<br /><br />CPU Cooler - For the all out PC - we have TWO Coolit Freezone's (h2o cooling) , and for PC II, we have "just" one.<br /><br />Operating systems - One Windows XP Professional 32bit, and one Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit, and a copy of 64 or 32 bit linux. We would do 64bit xp, but that has a ton of driver problems and such.<br /><br />Well that concludes our Dream Machines. If you want to see the newegg wishlists for both machines, they are right here -<br /><br /><a href="http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/PublicWishDetail.asp?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=9451128">All out PC - PC number one - $26507.67</a><br /><br /><a href="http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/PublicWishDetail.asp?Source=MSWD&WishListNumber=9552668">PC Number two - more standard - $22,879.73</a><br /><br />Hope you liked it!Budgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-61471932757214924532008-05-26T17:44:00.000-07:002008-06-26T21:28:14.077-07:00About 22Tech22 Century Technology is an army of aliens from mars using a time capsule to bend the space time continual and reach the human population to share there precious technology.<br /><br />Actually, were just a bunch of geeks sharing some cool computer tricks, tips, and software. (But the alien thing would be cool).<br /><br />I (tech-drummer) started this blog at the beginning of 2008 and thought it would be a cool way of sharing computer "stuff". Later, my friend <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Yash</span> chipped in. I soon realized that for a blog to be successful, it had to have something no other blog had. That's when i came up with the "Free Software Of The Day" ( originally called "Open Source of the day") Even though its not <em>every</em> day, it is good software tested by us.<br /><br />I will be adding to this page as i go on just for important information, but as of now, may 26, 2008, we have 9,600 visitors. I hope to have more soon, so please help out a little-<br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family:georgia;">SPREAD THE WORD!</span></em></strong><br /><br />1st way: JUST TELL PEOPLE ABOUT US!<br /><br />Have a date? Need conversation? Just say "I just found this 22tech blog and it's awesome!"<br /><br />2.TELL PEOPLE ABOUT US ON THE INTERNET!<br /><br />Forums? Other blogs? emails? websites? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">im</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Myspace</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Facebook</span>? <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">google</span>? JUST POST A LINK! (to: <a href="http://22tech.blogspot.com/">http://22tech.blogspot.com/</a> )<br /><br />If you want better than a link, here are some pictures to post-<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SDtkM6Jsk_I/AAAAAAAAADc/R026lL5vpdc/s1600-h/22techlogo2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204863967287874546" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SDtkM6Jsk_I/AAAAAAAAADc/R026lL5vpdc/s200/22techlogo2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SDtkMqJsk-I/AAAAAAAAADU/xcT6LAuzDrI/s1600-h/22techlogo.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204863962992907234" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SDtkMqJsk-I/AAAAAAAAADU/xcT6LAuzDrI/s200/22techlogo.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SDtkNKJslAI/AAAAAAAAADk/O3nlvM2yyKU/s1600-h/22techlogo3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204863971582841858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SDtkNKJslAI/AAAAAAAAADk/O3nlvM2yyKU/s200/22techlogo3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Contact:<br /><a href="mailto:22centurytech@gmail.com">22centurytech@gmail.com</a><br />Post A Comment!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-85819456416590081892008-05-15T19:29:00.000-07:002008-05-15T19:37:18.837-07:00Free Software Of The Day:Pidgin<a href="http://www.pidgin.im/shared/img/logo.text.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.pidgin.im/shared/img/logo.text.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Sorry for the late post....We will start posting a lot more after finals </span><br /><div></div><div>Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">IM</span> accounts at once.<br />Pidgin can work with:<br />AIM<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bonjour</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gadu</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gadu</span><br />Google Talk<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Groupwise</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ICQ</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">IRC</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">MSN</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">MySpaceIM</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">QQ</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">SILC</span><br />SIMPLE<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Sametime</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">XMPP</span><br />Yahoo!<br />Zephyr<br />Pidgin is free software. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">GPL</span>) version 2. This means you are free to use it and to modify it, but if you distribute your modifications you must distribute the modified source code as well.</div><div></div><div>This is a vary cool program that is great for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">iming</span>. Until the new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Trillian</span> Astra comes out, i would say this is the best *free* <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">im</span> client out there.</div><div><a href="http://www.pidgin.im/">You can see more of Pidgin and download it here.</a></div><div>Remember:</div><div>Comment with any questions or comments!Send you free software recommendations to <a href="mailto:22centurytech@gmail.com">22centurytech@gmail.com</a> so we can put it on the blog!<br />-Tech-drummer</div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-45777951530697052062008-05-01T19:38:00.000-07:002008-05-01T19:56:38.631-07:00Free Software Of The Day- NVU<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SBqCb9pr4EI/AAAAAAAAADM/ydCmTANdh7s/s1600-h/Nvu.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195608537042772034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/SBqCb9pr4EI/AAAAAAAAADM/ydCmTANdh7s/s200/Nvu.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>NVU</strong><br />http://nvudev.com/index.php<br /><strong>Publisher</strong><br />Linspire, Inc.</div><br /><div><strong>Description</strong><br />Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (which stands for "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.<br />This is a GREAT free program! It lets you create professional websites and Publish them with just a click of the mouse!<br /><strong>OS<br /></strong>Linux, Windows, Mac<br /><strong>Rating<br /></strong>5 Stars!</div><div>Comment with any questions or comments!Send you free software recommendations to <a href="mailto:22centurytech@gmail.com">22centurytech@gmail.com</a> so we can put it on the blog!</div><div>-Tech-drummer</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-60976201826931387332008-04-27T19:42:00.000-07:002008-04-27T20:01:09.659-07:00Just Came Out-Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/804features/images/ubuntulogo.png"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/804features/images/ubuntulogo.png" border="0" /></a> Don't have enough dough for Windows? Need a safe, secure open-source operating system that's free? YOU NEED <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">UBUNTU</span>! You have not seen a Linux-based operating system until you've seen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ubuntu</span>! If we had a rating system on this blog, (witch I'm working on), i would give <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ubuntu</span> 5 Stars! <div>The new <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">version</span> just came out ( Hardy Heron ), and it is AWESOME! It is now my primary operating system. It has all the features windows does, AND MORE!</div><div><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/804features/">You can check it out here.</a></div><div>-Tech Drummer</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-14064378756940180662008-04-22T14:18:00.000-07:002008-04-22T14:21:11.734-07:00Cool Website: www.mikebonnell.comI found this cool website! it has the best wallpapers you should check it out!-<br /><a href="http://www.mikebonnell.com/">http://www.mikebonnell.com/</a><br />some wallpapers like-<br /><img src="http://www.mikebonnell.com/smallpics/August0004_0120.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://www.mikebonnell.com/smallpics/May0011_0120.jpg" /><br />hope you like it!<br />-Tech DrummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-36020164592184983272008-04-20T17:47:00.000-07:002008-04-20T17:48:48.276-07:00Were Back!Sry that we have been away for so long, but we have been having some comp issues (mainly me) :)<br />but now we are back online and will start posting again!<br />thx,<br />Tech_drummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-22696791808611427972008-04-01T19:51:00.000-07:002008-04-01T19:59:56.200-07:00Free Software Of The Day: Finale Notepad 2008Do you have have your own band and want to write simple sheet music? Then Finale Notepad 2008 is the <a href="http://www.finalemusic.com/images/notepad.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.finalemusic.com/images/notepad.gif" border="0" /></a>free software for you. It is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">compatible</span> with Mac and Windows, so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">whatever</span> you are using, you are good to go.<br /><div></div><div>Finale <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">NotePad</span>® 2008 is your invitation to the world of music notation software! Find out how fun and easy it is to transform your musical ideas into beautifully printed music by downloading <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">NotePad</span> 2008 today!</div><br /><div><strong>New in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">NotePad</span> 2008:<br /></strong>Full compatibility with Finale 2008 and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">PrintMusic</span> 2008<br />Vista compatible<br />Import and export MIDI files<br />MIDI input and output - enter notes in step-time using a MIDI keyboard and play back your compositions through an external MIDI device.<br />Streamlined user interface and <a href="http://www.finalemusic.com/Notepad/New.aspx">more</a> </div><br /><div>If you want professional scores and real music for a "Real" Band, i would recommend Finale 2008, (<strong>Not</strong> Notepad) but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">that's</span> only if you are on a large budget.</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/">You can download finale here.</a></div><br /><div></div><div>-Tech Drummer</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-3641463269629823692008-03-28T08:42:00.000-07:002008-03-28T08:51:08.077-07:00Sweet Firefox Extension - Meebo ff extension!Hi all 22tech readers, today we have found an extaordinary extension to an already great web 2.0 program - meebo! Meebo has launched an extension for firefox that you can use (albeit only while still on the meebo.com webiste), which will improve the experience of meebo. Here are some screenshots of what it does -<br /><br />See your recent messages in the optional sidebar while you browse the Web-<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.meebo.com/site/img/firefox-buddylist.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 488px; height: 368px;" src="http://www.meebo.com/site/img/firefox-buddylist.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Get notified when your friends send you IMs so you'll never miss them-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.meebo.com/site/img/firefox-alerts.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 474px; height: 361px;" src="http://www.meebo.com/site/img/firefox-alerts.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />There is all that & more! Check it out at <a href="http://www.meebo.com/firefox">www.meebo.com/firefox<br /></a><br />-22techBudgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-22461961489843663662008-03-24T19:06:00.000-07:002008-03-24T19:12:33.544-07:00Sweet Deal! 750gb HD for $140 @ Newegg!!22tech has just found a sweet hard drive deal on the egg. <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298">You can get a </a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298">Seagate Barracuda 750gb</a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148298"> with 32mb cache for just $140!</a> This is a limited time offer, so if you want it, then get it now! But dang ... hard drives and RAM have recently become soooooooooooooo cheap! I mean, this hard drive is 18.67 cents per gig! :-o. Enjoy and happy belated easter to all of yall ;).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/22-148-298-01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 116px;" src="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/22-148-298-01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Budgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-80167509728018751882008-03-22T16:56:00.000-07:002008-03-24T06:06:01.087-07:00Free Software Of The Day:Disk Defragmenter<span style="font-family:arial;">We all know that in Windows, it is a good idea to keep defragging your hard drive so that it can run at maximum speed. But is the one built in to Windows the most efficient and effective one? Absolutely not! But 22tech has found a program - Auslogics Disk Defragmenter, that is free and does a great job of defragging your HD, and it can also defrag removable drives/thumbdrives etc. You can get it <a href="http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag">here</a>.<br />Here is a pic of it -<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.auslogics.com/en/products/disk-defrag/images/overall.png"><img style="WIDTH: 665px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 462px" alt="" src="http://www.auslogics.com/en/products/disk-defrag/images/overall.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />So, that is our recommendation, we hoped you like it!<br />If you want to send us a good idea for a piece of software, email us at 22centurytech@gmail.com !Budgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-84218386406711767292008-03-22T13:36:00.000-07:002008-03-22T18:47:15.801-07:00Free Software Of The Day:CCleanerDo you have unwanted files all over your system? is your start menu crammed with old junk you<a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/img/screen/screen_301_t.png"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px;" alt="" src="http://www.ccleaner.com/img/screen/screen_301_t.png" border="0" /></a> never use? do you have 3 years of temporary Internet files slowing down your computer? Well we have a easy solution for you!- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ccleaner</span>!<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">CCleaner</span> is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Spyware</span> or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Adware</span>! :)<br />You can download it free here -<br /><a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/"><img src="http://static.piriform.com/cc/link3.gif" alt="CCleaner - Freeware Windows Optimization" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/R-VvpO5iuNI/AAAAAAAAADE/4gFU9Q3HTyo/s1600-h/22techlogo3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180669700524390610" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/R-VvpO5iuNI/AAAAAAAAADE/4gFU9Q3HTyo/s200/22techlogo3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Comment with any questions or comments!<br />Send you free software <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">recommendations</span> to <a href="mailto:22centurytech@gmail.com">22centurytech@gmail.com</a> so we can put it on the blog!<br />-Tech-drummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-72639222511507353132008-03-16T07:50:00.000-07:002008-03-16T08:14:56.286-07:00Free Software Of The Day: Pivot Stickfigure Animator<a href="http://images.pcworld.com/downloads/graphics/screenshots/23344f.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://images.pcworld.com/downloads/graphics/screenshots/23344f.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Have you ever seen one of those Youtube videos where stick figures are jumping around fighting and doing stupid stuff? Would you like to make your own? Well now you can with the Pivot Stickfigure Animator. This software is totally free, and with a little practice you can be making your own stick figure animations easily! You can move the sections of the sick figure and easily create a chain of animation frames that can be previewed as you go. You can use more than one stick-figure in the animation, and<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/R901CFep-PI/AAAAAAAAAC8/DYFmRKEgrmI/s1600-h/22techlogo3+copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178353456492706034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/R901CFep-PI/AAAAAAAAAC8/DYFmRKEgrmI/s200/22techlogo3+copy.jpg" border="0" /></a> even create your own stick figures using an easy to use visual editor that lets you assemble objects out of lines and circles. In addition, you can optionally set animation size, speed and more. The result can be saved as animated GIF file. Fun and easy to use, surprisingly well featured.<br />Here is a video made with it-<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-X-Eb_-O_KM&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-X-Eb_-O_KM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><br />Here is where you can download it-<br /><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html">http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html</a><br />Comment with any questions or comments!<br />-Tech-DrummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-72942285172825897222008-03-15T08:58:00.000-07:002008-03-15T09:00:13.521-07:00Oopen Source Of The Day Is Changing To Free Software Of The Day!!!We are changing the "Open source of the day" to "free software of the day". Its still al the same cool free software, but just a new name!!!<br /><br />-Tech drummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-28253441980927474242008-03-12T11:54:00.001-07:002008-03-12T12:26:29.945-07:00The "IM" WarsWe all like to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">im</span> and talk to our friends online. But What is the best way? We all love AIM, Yahoo Messenger, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Gtalk</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ICQ</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Skype</span>, and many more, but witch is the easiest? The Fastest? The Most Features? Here is a list for the type of user you are and what you need.<br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>1-on-1 at home chat</strong> <a href="http://www.google.com/talk/images/client.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 191px" height="191" alt="" src="http://www.google.com/talk/images/client.gif" border="0" /></a><strong>& Chat On The Go</strong><br />If you just like to talk to one or two of your friends and maybe a couple of group chats on you home computer, <u><a href="http://www.google.com/talk/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Gtalk</span></a></u> (Google Talk) Is the one for you. It is vary fast, reliable, and simple. You can call friends, easily send files, and its fast and secure. And you can easily log onto it online from anywhere, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">im</span> your friends on the go.<br /><br /><strong></strong><strong>2-Or-More Chat with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">plug ins</span>, games, photo sharing, ext.</strong><br />Do you like to share photos, play games, voice chat and much more while you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">im</span> your friends? If so, <a href="http://messenger.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Messenger </a>is the one for you. But this is not for you if you just need something simple to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">im</span> your friends.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pc</span>-to-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Pc</span> Voice chat, And Video Chat</strong><br /><a href="http://c.skype.com/i/images/misc/skype_video_mac_blue.png"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" height="170" alt="" src="http://c.skype.com/i/images/misc/skype_video_mac_blue.png" border="0" /></a>If you want to talk to your friends, and video chat, <a href="http://www.skype.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Skype</span></a> is the one for you. But with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">skype</span>, you can also make calls to landlines!<br />But Manley The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Im</span> for you is the one that you like best!<br />Here are some more recommendations-<br /><a href="http://dashboard.aim.com/aim">AIM</a><br /><a href="http://www.icq.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ICQ</span></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;">"But I Want All Of Them!!!"</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#000000;">It's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ok</span>. We have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">something</span> For That To! Here are some programs that let you chat with all of your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">favorite</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">IM</span> services at once-</span><br /><a href="http://www.pidgin.im/">Pidgin</a><br /><a href="http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Trillian</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.meebo.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Meebo</span></a><br /><br /><br />Hope You Like Them!<br />Comment if you have any Questions or recommendations!<br />-Tech DrummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-14683443397237746422008-03-09T18:46:00.000-07:002008-03-11T11:35:48.546-07:00Build a great budget PC for $280!Here at 22tech, we love having solid, fast computers. But sometimes, that does not always happen. Sometimes you might need a basic computer, like for your kids or for your grandma that needs a new computer. This totals to only $280 w/ s&h, but does not include any peripherals or software, such as windows. (We recommend Ubuntu Linux).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/19-103-199-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 132px;" src="http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/19-103-199-02.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103199">CPU - AMD athlon 64 le-1600 $39.99</a><br />We picked amd for our budget pc, because it was really cheap on newegg, beating all of the intel's in that particular price range. Plus it is 45 watts and 1mb cache . Nice for a cheap proc. Oh, and did I mention you get a free t-shirt :P!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813135049">Motherboard - ECS 690G motherboard $49.99-$20MIR =$29.99</a><br />This motherboard was a cheap motherboard featuring the 690g chipset, so we figured we might as well go for this, even if it does mean having to buy an ecs mobo :-( .<br /><br />Power Supply - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817153023">Thermaltake W00070RUC 430W $39.99-10</a><br />What? You thought we were going to skimp on the power and use the lowly 300W power included with the case? Heck no! We chose this PS to give adequate power to components, and it even gives a generous PCI Express 6 pin cable in case we ever want to upgrade. Solid!<br /><br />Case - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811147093">Any cheap rosewill 29.99 case on newegg will do the job perfectly on a budget.<br /></a><br />RAM - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820211066">ADADA 2gb ddr2 800 $34 after rebate</a><br />Thats right folks, 2gb of memory in a sub-$300 computer! This RAM is rated @ ddr2 800 and will do the job perfectly , and may be a bit much on a budget. But this will come in handy , especially if you are planning to put Vista on this.<br /><br />HD - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144456">Maxtor DiamondMax 21 250gb hard drive</a><br />250gb in a $250 pc! That is definetly not bad. This is the cheapest hard drive on newegg with 250gb, and the ratings are still very good. (Although you can never trust newegg ratings :P).<br /><br />CD/DVD drive - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827106095">Lite-on black sata dvdrom drive</a><br />For this budget pc, we could have easily gotten a dvd burner, but there is no point, since nobody with a cheap pc will burn dvds. Plus, this dvdrom is also sata!!!<br /><br />Well.. that just about concludes our budget pc, which comes to $280 (inlucding shipping & rebates). Even though it is a pc on a budget, it is pretty powerful. It has a 2.3ghz athlon proc (which probably could be overclocked to 2.5 or 2.6ghz), comes with 2gb of ddr2 800 memory, and has a spacious 250gb hard drive! We hoped you liked our budget pc, and please post comments about what you liked/disliked. (I forsee people killing us for using ecs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img52.exs.cx/img52/271/l9iblush.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 19px; height: 19px;" src="http://img52.exs.cx/img52/271/l9iblush.gif" alt="" border="0" />)</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img52.exs.cx/img52/271/l9iblush.gif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></strong>Budgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-34292712391255267082008-03-09T16:03:00.000-07:002008-03-15T09:02:43.064-07:00Free Software Of The Day: Firefox<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/__XWX3_TPea4/R9RtE1ep-OI/AAAAAAAAACw/BNu8HltaXDk/s1600-h/osotd%2Bcopy.jpg"></a> Free Software Of The Day: <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">FireFox</span><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">FireFox</span> Is A <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Great</span> Browser for all Operating Systems! It Provides many features, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">plugins</span>, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">security</span>! You Can Download It Free, Here-<a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/</a><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.savingadvice.com/images/blog/firefox.bmp" border="0" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2781408531231036288.post-41245568819430574252008-03-04T16:29:00.000-08:002008-03-05T15:38:00.797-08:0010800GTX ... right ... lol<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.geocities.com/techleak/1800gtxa6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 262px; cursor: pointer; height: 302px;" alt="" src="http://www.geocities.com/techleak/1800gtxa6.jpg" border="0" height="306" /></a><br />22tech recently found something extremely interesting we wanted to share with all of you recently. Apparently, a <span style="font-style: italic;">geocities</span> site claims that they have a preview of the specs of a so-called 10800gtx, which will come out in The 3rd quarter of 2011, and it will play crysis @ 165fps with all of the eye candy on. Yea right. The specs of the supposed video card is on the right, but the photoshopper made one mistake - some of the edges are rounded, but som<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/Satchboy/fakegpuz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 416px; cursor: pointer; height: 176px;" alt="" src="http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/Satchboy/fakegpuz.jpg" border="0" /></a>e are not .. the fake picture is credited to SatchBoy of the maximumpc forums. Nice catch! But of course, it was a nice joke <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.eshock.es/forum/style_emoticons/default/diablotin.gif"><img style="width: 25px; cursor: pointer; height: 21px;" alt="" src="http://www.eshock.es/forum/style_emoticons/default/diablotin.gif" border="0" /></a><br />LOL .. we can start a funny pc thing of the day .. ... but first we need to catch up on open source software of the day. You can talk about the article on the forum <a href="http://www.freemybb.com/mybb/22tech/showthread.php?tid=4">here.</a>Budgetpersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06635862776070030245noreply@blogger.com0