Atma Xplorer

Xploring Games, Computing, Photography

XP performance tweaks

While we’re waiting for Vista to get better or Windows 7 (probably 3 years to go), or contemplating on a Windows alternative altogether like Mac’s Leopard or LInux’s Ubuntu, don’t throw your XP partition


Gundam 00 – Initial Review

There’s still some bad after taste of Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny so I wasn’t willing to try anything under the CE time line. Lucky for me, Gundam 00 (pronounced as double


Thoughts on KUbuntu 7.10

After about 3 hours of tweaking, I’ve finally managed to get a stable configuration for installation of Kubuntu 7.10. While I will add my hand on all the praises that Canonical has been


Ubuntu 7.10 is available for download

Although it’s still not on the Ubuntu site front page, you can get the latest distro from any of these sources: Ubuntu Release Page OSUOSL Mirror FSLUTD Mirror Indiana Mirror CD image Mirror Or you can save everyone’s server from


Mapua COE GC Logo

Phew! After a few hours of dabbling in Photoshop I’m finally done with my entry for the GC logo (or whatever you call the design that will go on our shirt). I’ll


Software Review: Week 3

I’ve had my gmail accounts (I have 4) for quite awhile now and it’s feeling quite cluttered so I decided to take a look if the grass is greener on the other side,


Ubuntu 7.10 available for preorder

Shipit, Ubuntu’s FREE CD delivery service is now taking orders for Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) shipments. While placing my orders I noted that there’s a bit of decrease in the cds they send out: 1 Ubuntu


Software Review: Week 2

I had a bit of trouble writing a review for this week. I’ve had about six people pestering (yes, it was beyond nagging guys) me to blog about one of the hot issues


Wii vs PS3

All you have to do is touch me and you’ll have the time of your life That’s probably the best selling punchline I’ve ever heard.  Well this video represents what the console wars is


LEVEL-UP LIVE 2007: Logged and Loaded

LEVEL-UP LIVE 2007: Logged and Loaded

WHAT: LU! Live 2007 WHEN: November 3-4, 2007 WHERE: World Trade Center List of Events: Level-Up City Cosplay Level-Up Filmfest National Art Competition On the Spot Drawing


Software Review: Week 1

I took about an hour off from editing my paper on Feasibility Studies (*gasp* isn’t the deadline in 2 weeks!??!) to kick off a new segment for my blog. As you can


Microsoft ‘Stealth Update’ Proving Problematic

Microsoft ‘Stealth Update’ Proving Problematic

if you’ve read my post about the confirmation of Microsoft’s Stealth Updates for Windows XP and believed Microsoft’s claims, stating that this is a ?normal behavior? for XP and Vista machines then think again. According


WordPress 2.3 Features

I upgraded Atma Xplorer to WordPress 2.3 to test things out. I noticed a lot of stuff after the upgrade: An advanced toolbar to the WYSIWYG. If you’re still using WordPress’s Editor, you’ll definitely


Google Presentation goes live

Google Apps just celebrated it’s Suite completion with the release of it’s presentation application. At a quick glance, Google Presentation looks and feels like a bare bones of an online presentation tool and


Free invites for Yahoo! Mash

Yahoo! has just launch it’s new web 2.0 social networking utility called Yahoo Mash. Mash accounts are only available through Invites and viewing of profiles require that you login to an existing Yahoo! account.  The


Microsoft Stealth Windows Update confirmed

There have been rumors in the tech world about the sudden update of some windows machines without permission from their respective owners. It has been said that even with automatic updates turned off,


Blogger Play launched on Blogger.com

Blogger Play launched on Blogger.com

A new feature has been added to Blogger.com‘s interface. Dubiously (yes, the name is quite far from it’s use) named Blogger Play, it draws images from public and listed blogger hosted blogs


Turn your XP to a Vista clone

While some people aren’t overly enthusiastic about Redmond’s new OS and we see rants and complaints about it every day. What most people don’t know is that Vista has several features that make it


The other side of Wikipedia

If you ever needed to learn about something about on the internet, there?s only two words that usually come into mind as your first sources of information, Google and Wikipedia, although chances are, those


Microsoft on Google Apps

Since it?s launch last February, Microsoft has been tight-lipped on it?s Office Suite?s competitor, Google Web Office. Responding to the news that CapGemini, a IT systems consultancy has partnered with Google to sell


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