ebooks and more ebooks..

Ebooks or e-books stands for electronic books, the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book. Such documents are either read on personal computers, or on dedicated hardware devices known as e-book devices or e-book readers (according to Wikipedia)

There are a lot of ebook readers out there and each of them support a different ebook format. Ebooks can be read either on a personal computer or on a PALM or Pocket PC. I won't go into detail about PALM ebook readers (mainly because I don't own one and it is my personal opinion na napaka-UN-user-friendly ng software na yun).

Below is the list of ebook readers that I have installed on my Pocket PC.

(1) Microsoft Reader - capable of reading only (.LIT) file formats. You can download this for free from Microsoft's website. You can also convert any word document that you have into a .LIT file by downloading and installing a converter (for free) from Microsoft's website.

(2) Adobe Reader - syempre, (.PDF) lang ang mababasa nito. It can again be downloaded for free from Adobe's website.

(3) Mobipocket Reader - this supports (.PRC, .PDB, .CHM, .HTML, .TXT) file formats. You can download this for free from Mobipocket's website.

(4) iSilo - this is also a document reader which will be able to read PALM documents (.PRC, .PDB) and (.TXT) file formats. You can download the trial version which you can use for an unlimited amount of time with limited functionality or purchase the full version.

(5) Repligo - supports (.RGO) file formats. From Cerience Corporation, the viewer can be downloaded for free.

You can download ebooks from a lot of sources i.e. Limewire, www.4shared.com,  www.esnips.com, and www.ppcwarez.org

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How to Downgrade to Windows XP

This post is all for you people out there whose computers came preinstalled with Windows Vista, at sa mga nababanas na din na gumamit ng Vista because it's too slow or para sa mga hindi marunong gumamit ng Vista. WHAHAHA! (I'm running on XP Pro. Woohoo!!!) Kidding..

Anyways, before you do a downgrade, kindly considering the following:

(1) Downgrading to a different operating system aside from the ones preinstalled will usually result in getting limited tech support for software issues so don't go calling your manufacturer after doing this. Downgrading your OS will be at your own risk!

(2) Before doing a downgrade, make sure that XP drivers are available from your manufacturer's website. If it's not available, I'm sorry. You'll not be able to do a downgrade.  If they're not available, try calling your computer manufacturer to check if they'll be posting some soon or what.  (Baka pa lang magkaroon ng himala..)

(3) Make sure that you have the recovery CDs or installation CDs that came with the notebook. There are also computers that would allow you to make your own recovery/installation discs so make sure that you create them first before proceeding. 

(4) Download all pertinent drivers from your manufacturer's support site. If your computer came with a SATA hard drive, check if they have any SATA drivers. You may need to use a USB floppy disk drive in order for you to install the SATA drivers.

(5) Make sure that you have a Windows XP CD. (Syempre, magda-downgrade ka tapos wala kang XP CD?!)

STEPS

1. Boot to the XP CD. Press F12 for the boot menu at the manufacturer's logo.

2. It will start to load. If it prompts you that you are unable to continue because your HDD is not detected, you would need to install SATA drivers. Follow this to install SATA drivers.

3. If you're a newbie at this, click HERE for a step-by-step guide on how to install it. If you're a bit technically inclined, click HERE .

4. Once you're done installing Windows XP, you'd need to load the drivers in this order:

   • Chipset driver/utility

   • Graphic/Display drivers

   • Audio/Sound drivers

   • LAN drivers

   • WLAN drivers

   • Modem drivers

5. Once these are installed, notebook should function properly. If there are any utilities from manufacturer that you'd need to install, you can install it.

6. Before going online, make sure that you have an AV (anti-virus) software installed first. Recommended would be either AVG or ZoneAlarm Internet Security (already includeds Kaspersky AV) or McAfee.

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