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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Tuesday took the wraps of the preview version of Windows 7, which will be the successor to Vista. Julie Larson Green, Microsoft’s vice president for Windows experience, hosted a demo in which she walked attendees through the features of the operating system.At first glance, Windows 7 maintains the streamlined look of Vista, but appears more muted — even Windows XP-like. Mostly, Microsoft seems to be focusing more on functionality, possibly in a bid to put some distance between Windows 7 and the criticisms which have dogged Vista.

Most obviously, a quick tour through Windows 7 reveals its new taskbar, which is sparser than in previous iterations of the OS. From the screen shots, it’s clear that Microsoft has listened to criticism and tuned many features, including search and access to security controls. The look and feel of the user interface is also highly customizable. The version of Windows 7 previewed at PDC is technically a pre-beta release. The official shipment of the final version is expected in about a year’s time. 

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Can you even imagine forking out nearly 20,000 dollars for a computer with 64K RAM? I can’t imagine what the people during that era of computer buying must have gone through. Jesus Christ! The price tags on these computers that you are about to see were beyond outrageous. In the 80s computers that weighed 55 pounds were called portable computers and now we whine if they are over 5 pounds. We sure as hell are spoiled cause personally I wouldn’t fork out more than 1000 dollars for a nice rig. Check out these images, although they were the roots for modern day computers, they were ugly as hell and the price no matter what anybody says didn’t justify whatsoever.

Presenting the ugliest computers from the past that came with outrageous price tags. Enjoy!

Radio Shack TRS - 80 Model II (1979)
Price : $3,450 (32K RAM)
$3,899 (64 K Ram)

Osborne 1 - Considered to be the first portable computer (1981)
Price : $1,795 (32K RAM)

Otrona Attache (1982)
Price : $3,995 (64K RAM)

Apple Lisa (1983)
Price : $9,995 (1MB)

Apple III (1981)
Price : $3,495 (128K RAM)
$3,815 (w/ monitor)

Compaq Portable III (1987)
Price : $4,999 (20MB HD)
$5,799 (40MB HD)

Dynabyte (1981)
Price : $2,375 (64K RAM)

IBM 5120 (1980)
Price : $9,340 (w/ printer)

IBM Portable PC 5155 (1984)
Price : $4,225 (256 - 640K RAM)

IBM Portable PC (1975)
Price : $19,975 (64K RAM)

Many times to see the network activity on my computer, I have to get up from my chair and peep behind my monitor to look at the router to see if any activity is going on. I was just searching if there was a way to monitor using the hardware indicators like keyboard LEDs. After Googling for a while I found this wonderful free tool called Network Lights that allows you to convert your keyboard Scroll Lock and Num Lock LEDs as Network activity indicators.

This utility is pretty small and works out of the box, there is no installation required. When you run this utility it sits in your system tray and immediately you will be able to see that the keyboards Scroll Lock and Num Lock LED’s are now acting as network activity indicators.

The the blink rate of the keyboard LEDs can be controlled from the
options that is provided in the program. The default blink rates is
100ms, if you intend to increase or decrease this then you can change
it from the options that is provided.

Also you can view your network statistics using this program.

This utility works in Windows XP and Windows Vista. This is pretty
useful program that I needed and has found a place for itself in my
software collections.

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We have listed below 50 commonly used Linux / Unix commands that we think every geek should learn by heart. These commands are vital for your complete access to Shells and Consoles. Print them out. Hang them near your monitor. Practice them. Only constant practice will let you retain the usage and utility of all these console commands. Enjoy the list.

1. clear: Clears the terminal window
2. ls directory: List contents of a directory
3. cat filename: Displays the contents of a file in the terminal
4. rm filename: Removes a file
5. cp sourcefile detstinationfilename: Copies a file
6. passwd: Changes password
7. motd: Message of the Day
8. finger username: User information lookup program
9. startx: Starts an X Window System server
10. less filename or more filename: Displays the contents of a file in the terminal one page at a time
11. info: Displays information and documentation on shells, utilities and programs
12. lpr filename: Sends file to printer
13. grep string filename: looks through files for strings
14. head filename: Displays first 10 lines of file
15. tail filename: Displays last 10 lines of file
16. mv existingfilename newfilename: Moves or renames file
17. file filename: Displays information about file contents
18. echo string: Copies string to terminal
19. date: Displays current date and time
20. cal: Displays calendar
21. gzip filename: Compresses a file
22. gunzip filename: Decompresses a compressed file
23. which command: Displays path to command
24. whereis command: Displays paths to locations of commands
25. who: Lists currently logged on users
26. finger username@hostname: Obtains detailed information about a user currently using the system
27. w: Lists currently logged on users with processing usage
28. mesg y/n: Sets options for letting other users write you messages
29. write user: Sends message to other users
30. talk user: Allows two way chat to other users
31. chmod permissions filename: Changes file access permissions
32. mkdir directoryname: Makes a directory
33. rmdir directoryname: Removes an empty directory
34. ln existingfile new-link: Creates link to an existing file (hard link)
35. df: Displays all mounted filesystems
36. top: Displays updating list of currently running processes
37. tty: Displays the name of the terminal in which the command was issued
38. kill PID or %job number: Aborts a process by PID (Process Identification Number) or job number
39. jobs: Displays a list of current jobs
40. netstat: Displays network connections
41. traceroute host: Prints the route packets take to the host
42. nslookup: Queries Internet domain name servers
43. hostname: Displays system identity name
44. rlogin host: Utility to connect to a remote system
45. telnet host: Utility to connect to a remote system (similar to rlogin but more interactive)
46. rcp file remotemachine: Used to copy from a remote computer
47. ftp: Utility to transfer files between systems on a network
48. rsh command: Utility to run a command on a remote system without logging in
49. ping host: Utility used to test connection to a remote system
50. lcd directorypath: Changes local machine directory while logged on to remote machine