Friday, August 17, 2012

0 How To : Jailbreak iOS 5.1 with Redsn0w

The limitation of the software in the AppStore usually make us annoying. Not only the price, but also the availability of necessary softwares. Some people like to pay, but if you want to more stuffs without limitation in AppStore, you can try Jailbreak your gadgets. Actually jailbreak is easy as simple as you copy files among devices. The supported devices are :


OK, the steps are :

1. Download Redsn0w [MAC/WINDOWS]
2. Connect your device to your PC/notebook (can be windows or macintosh).
3. Run Redsn0w, after the window is shown, click "jailbreak", then click "Cydia".
4. Wait, and your device will reboot automatically. After reboot, you shouldn't find anything change, except Cydia icon on your home screen.

Happy Jailbreaking

0 AMD APUs : Run office applications fast!




Somedays ago i saw an article in AMD's blog. That article was written by Phil Hughes. He said that AMD APUs can deliver more performance for office applications such as web browser, microsoft office, winZIP, winRAR. He also say that AMD Radeon HD inside the APU itself can help or increase the performance of the applications. But, many users didn't realize that the graphics performance can help them speed-up productivity of the office. As he said in his article :

"The advent of accelerated applications that take advantage of the parallel compute capabilities within the APU's graphics processing unit (GPU) can help increase your productivity."

Some examples (general used applications) of productivity improvement are :

1. MS PowerPoint with GPU acceleration turned on can improve productivity up to 250%
2. WinZip with AMD App Acceleration, 2nd generation A-series based notebooks can accelerate compression of files up to 135% using winZip 16.5
3. All major web browsers (IE, firefox, google chrome) can render and perform faster with GPU acceleration

One the most interesting thing that i get from that article is AMD Eyefinity. 2nd generation AMD A series APU is supporting AMD Eyefinity, which only available in discrete graphic cards before. AMD A-series APU also allow you to make single surface across multiple monitors if you need a screen for your presentation.