Category: computer

What is Google Analytics

Posted onAuthorTruXter

If you have ever  clicked in to see a website and noticed that by you launch/start button you notice your browser says that you are waiting for  some program to start up from google. If you have ever said ” Hmmm should I be scared?”

If you are looking for a simple answer,

It’s a program you link with code on your website. The code in your  website sends information to google. Th information gathered is really thorough.  Types of data gathered are about the people surfing your website, such as point of origin, screen resolution, operating system, Exact search query, time on site, exit location.

For me some of this information is pretty useful. It tells me what size pictures I can put on my site to please the common public, what browser and operating system is my target to please. What content people where looking for and if I have exactly what they want or should I cover that content also or should I give a link to someone who does.

Google’s Version of the story

Not to be super conspiracy filled, but.

Um, that’s to much info about me. I am not comfortable with that much data. I really wouldn’t want the guy’s on the adopt a pet, website seeing that I whent straight to their site from an athlete’s foot site, and when I left I whent to a site about people who liked to eat with their feet.

Why is it that the google urchin gathers personal info about  us, kinda adware info. I mean really isn’t it for advertisement purposes….. why doesn’t my spybot ,asquared and addaware find it?  it is a js file so it does have beef.

Other than the issue with my personal self not liking the monitoring, I love being able to  tweak my site with the info I gather.

Updated Short cut tool bar

Posted onAuthorTruXter

I added more podcasts, and more radio stations to the

Toolbar

also cleaned up the functionality of it.

If you want a specific music genre let me know. Hit me here and I will add it.

You can add the ones you already have links to.

you can add your own podcasts now. also look in the area that says “local” it will gather local radio stations for you and hook you up with new music and news stations..

The text feeds are really getting bloated , I will cut that down with the next update I do. It really does not effect anyone with there being aa bunch, just to me it looks  like allot.

It will be a week before I put another out though. I have a ton of site work to do.

As of now I think it works with explorer and mozilla and netscape only. Have not tried on Kopete / Kbrowser or opera.

If you get it to work on either, let me know

jst to clarify there is nothing  screwy about this toolbar, scan it at jottis or virus total or virscan (google is your friend). You will see I am here to hook you up with easy usage, nothing freaky!

Gl Hf

Rockstar anounces gtaiv on pc = It’s official

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Talk about it here

New York, NY – August 6, 2008 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving on the PC on November 18th and 21st in North America and Europe, respectively.

“We are very excited to be releasing the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “The whole team is dedicated to bringing an amazing gaming experience to the PC. The game looks and plays beautifully on PC and we can’t wait for people to play it.”

Developed by series creator Rockstar North and set in Liberty City, the latest installment in the enormously successful Grand Theft Auto series features a painstakingly detailed and life-like city for players to explore; a rich, immersive narrative experience; an original soundtrack highlighting the cultural eclecticism of Liberty City; and newly expanded multiplayer just for the PC.

For more information please visit: http://www.rockstargames.com/IV
http://ir.take2games.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=326627
http://www.gta4.net/news/4119/gta-iv-announced-on-pc/
http://www.gta4.net/news/index.php

Quoted from Jallar’s quote at gtaforums.com

Doing some over clocking

Posted onAuthorTruXter

Messing witha sempron I have.

Not really trying to break it, just don’t care much for it right now and really want motivation toevolve to the newest cpu and motherboard combo. Despite what everyone says should be issues right now, I have not had any issues and all games I play, play smooth fast and fine.. but the new stuff is so cheap right now.

Ok done trying to reasomn with you :-P

sempron 3400   cranked fsb from 200  to 205

changed from auto to 200

Nvidia 7600 512 mb agp   from default 420/275   to 437/321

Bench scores are up by 500 on madonion and future mark .

http://truxtertech.com/talk/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=50

After benching, after playing in game.

I have to say, it plays a ton better without o/c

I played all the games I normally bench with

and saw that draw distance was greater while

in game, but detail was bland and there was stuttering.

KDE 4.1 release

Posted onAuthorTruXter

Information gathered from   http://www.kde.org/

Screenshot1

screenshot 2

screenshot 3

Looks like it is not complete, if you read deeper in , you will see that allot of items we are used to are not implemented yet.  but there is a nice feature,

Windows developers are able to download previews of KDE applications for their platform. The libraries are relatively stable already, although not all features of kdelibs are available on Windows yet. Some applications already run quite well on Windows, others might not.

Looks like kde4.1 is going to go a long way with the abilities aquired when most of Linux signed deals/peace treaties with Microsoft.

What killed Tech Evolution

Posted onAuthorTruXter

Ok I understand that if someone wants to sell their work.

They want to be the only person making money on it. And they do not want people to be able to get the software for free. I mean why buy the cow…..

But have you noticed, no one does anything anymore.

Everyone is scared of getting arrested for tweaking files and programs. I mean the past ten years have been amazing in software development. Now it’s just down to a trickle. We aren’t moving faster and faster every time we check, anymore. Those days are gone. Kids now are scared to mod psp software because those who do and show others, get silenced fast.

i mean the most I learned was when I was wanting to make my purchased items better. Like over clocking, there are no over clocking forums left but one or two . I mean back when everyone was tweaking and modding their Xbox, we where learning so much from each other. We where passing notes and moving faster and faster. People emulated machines. Sony killed that when they created psp addons and called them “Emulators” . If you did any searches on the net for “emulator tips” you would find stupid junk that showed you how to change your back ground on your psp. I mean they did that very well I have to give them props. But my god, if it wasn’t for people modding the psp… Sony would have no idea what firmware to add to the stupid battery chugger.

So now you just have to sit around and wait on sony to tell you what’s good.

We are getting dumber by the minute. Don’t bother asking any kids these days how to play a 360 game on a computer. They flip out and tell you you need a decompresser… blah blah blah.. It’s software.

“Encoded” means YOU think it’s unbreakable.

Where is the crowd of people who inspired others to get upset with the useless crap bundled in our gadgets?

What happened to everyone? I feel like it’s becoming a TiVo/Apple world. Where everyone just sits with their mouth open waiting to be given what ever there is to fill it.. And we like it.

Was it laziness? Did the really tech gen just get old and walk away?

Am I a dinosaur? Did everyone stop caring what it is inside their gadget that rattles when you shake it?

Is the new generation the fat gen?

Ps: Don’t share other people’s works. But share the mods you made to make them better.

Custom built computer (Jewel box Project)

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Today I was Clicking around in the G4 forums. You know , Looking for game news.

Well I stumbled upon a thread that caught my eye . They guy seems to have built a

Complete custom pc case with the idea of it looking like a Jewel Box.  Look at the way he navigates the air through that thing. and the heatsinks he has all over everything. I mean the video card has the same heatsink as the processor. Amazing.

He has this thing designed to a T. Except two things. The second platform has no front support, and the build just looks kind of retro ugly. But the way it looks does not mean squat. I am 100% for the cooling it has.

here is the complete project

I have to say.

very good job man.

Win moderator spot, get 1 gigftp

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I am starting a game on my forums .

I am giving away moderator’s spots.

with each moderator’s spot I will be giving away a one gig ftp server and a “yourname@truxtertech.com”

email address.

The game is called “Name that Video Game”. Way to play the game is participate and correctly name 5 games , before anyone else does. Do not whisper me the answer, put it in a reply for everyone to see, I mean so no one thinks I am jipping them.. so Let it be seen when you win.

You must register to the truxtertechnews forum if you want to play.

First three mods are final mods for the video game section. Unless more are needed later.

I am giving away 9 gigs total. There will be mods in the computer section,gadgets section and in the video games section. All inactive moderators will be removed after 2 weeks of inactivity.

Ok First two games are here.