I'll continue extolling the virtues of Windows 7 with an interesting feat by a fellow geek. User hackerman1 from The Windows Club forums was able to run Windows 7 on a Pentium II 266 Mhz with only 96 MB of RAM. Microsoft claims you need at least 1 GB of RAM and 1 Ghz processor to run 7, but it's looking like this may not be necessary. (Click the above image for the large version) Microsoft gives it's official minimum requirements as: 1 GHz or faster processor 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available disk space DirectX 9 graphics processor

Safari four has been in beta version for a while now but it is now available for download.  Just click on your software update in the Apple icon if your on a mac or check for update in the windows version.  The final is running smooth and looks just as good so go out and get it.

Have you ever wanted to take a screen shot of something you are doing and couldn't because you don't know how? I always do, for various reasons like to e-mail people stuff that I am doing or just for fun because I have something cool on my computer. Well wait no longer because I figured out how to take a screen shot on your mac.  Hold down command(apple button) shift and 4 all at the same time, a small cross hair will now appear on your screen, select the area you would like to capture then let go of the mouse button and the picture will snap and save to your desktop, pretty easy. This will work for anything you would like to capture, so if you see something cool on the web you want to show someone, or want to snap the whole page. It may work in games but I have not tested it out yet, so go have fun with it.  For you PC users it is a little more work and I am not quite sure how well it works, but here is how you can do it. Press the PrtScn button, then open up paint and then ...

This morning it was announced that the four founders of the Pirate Bay website were all sentenced to one year in jail, and $905,000 each in fines for contributing to distribution of copyrighted material.  Peter Sunde one of the founders was not surprised by the verdict and stated the website will still be up and running. Who knows if this will affect the pirating world in anyway, because most likely it will not slow down.  If you would like more coverage on the sotry and up to date information go check out the torrent freak who is closely covering the story. www.torrentfreak.com

Most of my friends know me as the "Dealmaster." Today, I've decided to share my secrets. Whatever you're looking to buy, I can almost gaurantee that it can be found cheaper online than at your local brick & mortar store. The following sites will help you on your quest for cheap crap. Slickdeals.net - Only the best deals are placed on the front page, most of which are tech related, but definitely the best place for freebies and sweet deals. I check it throughout the day so I don't miss any hot deals. Dealnews.com - Much more complex than Slickdeals with over a hundred deals posted daily. If you're looking for a new monitor, laptop, or hard drive this is the place to go. With the broad range of items posted, you can find exactly what you're looking for. A branchoff site is dealram.com which will guide you in choosing the cheapest RAM for your machine. Finally, in the search for the best deals, I usually check with pricegrabber.com and Google shopping to make sure I'm getting the absolute cheapest price. Good luck!