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There have been rumours of a high definition version of YouTube being released for some time now, many predicted it was rumour, but today a hack has been announced for HD Youtube.

So how do you hack you tube to get HD quality video?

Simply add ‘&fmt=22′ to the end of the URL.

Doing this on any video uploaded in High Definition will provide you with a fully compliant HD Youtube Video!

Of course the HD version of youtube can take much longer to load teh same clip, when we tested it the loading time was near 15 minutes longer ona 1 minute long… Continue Reading»

Google Chrome is Googles second foray into the world of Internet browsing software.

Google Chrome itself was released yesterday and is available to download at http://www.google.com/chrome for free.

The best thing about Google Chrome is undoubtedly its new Back End, unlike nearly all other internet browsers Chrome has the unique feature of running each tab and window with its own process, this has several significant benefits.

• Memory Usage
• Browsing Speed
• Crash Protection (Not Recovery)
• Visual Management
• Security

Windows Vista is a rather sleek operating system.  But like many Windows products Vista’s main downfall is the huge number of generic programs and options that are scattered within its Control Panel.  Most of the se Vista Options Can be Changed to Speed up your computer for free!

First Things First.

In Windows there a fair number of programs that sit in the background and for most people will do absolutely nothing.  This includes things like Fax tools, Tablet PC Compatibility, UNIX Application Compatibility and the like.

These can easily be disabled by going to your control panel and clicking ‘Uninstall or Change… Continue Reading»

It is spectacularly easy to transform Windows XP so it looks and acts like vista. The Easiest way to do it is to get a program such as WindowBlinds This has a free version available but using this may cause errors, it is way easier to shell out a rather mediocre $20.
Once you have installed WindowBlinds you can start the fun, download the Free Vista Transformation Pack Here And follow the Instruction.

Converting XP to look… Continue Reading»

After redesigning Gmail, let us now make Wikipedia look better. This includes UserStyles so if you are unsure what that mean Read this post about Gmail Redesign. The come back to this post and install DeviantART Wikipedia style

Are you fed up of the same looks and feel of your operating system. If yes, you may like to convert Windows into other operating system with these transformation packs.
I have have here at Geekywood shown you how to Convert XP into Vista and also to Mac OSX. But we have only used different kind of software for individual purpose. Like, we used VistaStart for vista like start menu and Used Quick look for Glassy widgets. We have never recommended using Transformation packs. The transformation packs now are being built with… Continue Reading»

There have been time when I have to wait for atleast 5 minutes for my PC to shut Down so that I could pull the Power Strip. But not anymore. It now takes me at the most 3 second to shut it down. It depends a lot on the System resources and the number of software you have installed on your PC. But here I am not going to tell you to upgrade your PC, buy more RAM or even uninstall all those unnecessary programs. What I am going to show you is a simple trick using which you can Shut down your PC in under 5 seconds. Continue Reading»