Four More Casio G-Shocks Round Out 25th Anniversary Collection [Watches]

watch1-300.jpgFour new G-Shocks that weren’t seen at this week’s 25th anniversary party are now being shown off. On top is the GW225E-7, the cream of this crop. It’s ISO 200 meter water resistant and built for divers. It has a timer that logs dives, and memory storage for vital stats like blood type, diver certification card and passport number. It also has a solar battery, but no Multi-Band, and it costs $350. Check out the rest after the jump.

watch4-300.jpgDolphin & Whale: The D&W is inspired by the Dolphin & Whale Eco-Research Network, a group working on environmental protection initiatives. It is translucent with blue highlights to represent the ocean, and it is engraved with the slogan “All Is One” on the back to represent the Network’s feelings on life and nature. It features the solar battery, Multi-Band 5, rust resistance and standard G-Shock features.

watch3-300.jpgGWM5625E-7: This one updates the classic G-Shock design for the 25th anniversary, adding a long-lasting solar battery and Multi-Band 5, which automatically syncs the watch to five time stations around the world using radio waves. It also has five alarms and displays the time for 48 different cities around the world. The GWM5625E-7 goes for $150.

watch2-300.jpgEric Haze Edition: Graffiti artist Eric Haze is the inspiration behind this model, his third signature watch for G-Shock. Haze logos are on the band and backlight of the watch, which is a pretty basic model. It has shock and water resistance, but no solar battery or Multi-Band atomic time sync. At $100, it’s the cheapest of the new line.

Good stuff, G-Shock, and happy 25th birthday to you.

Download Windows XP Service Pack 3

Microsoft has released the much awaited Windows XP Service Pack 3 ,Its available on Windows Automatic Update and also availabe on Microsoft Download Center from today. This is a RTM Release whose release was delayed due to some bug .

Official Download Links on Microsoft Website

Windows XP SP3 ISO File (CD Image)

Windows XP SP3 Network Installation Package

Windows XP SP3 Overview and list of changes


Techbulb’s Registry Guide 5: Make your life easy

Beep on printer errors

Use this setting to enable the machine to beep every few seconds when a print error occurs. For local printers, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print and create or modify the DWORD entry called ‘BeepEnabled’. A value of ‘1′ enables beeps and ‘0′ disables them.For network printers, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Print\Providers\LanManPrintSer-vices\Servers and create or modify the DWORD entry called ‘BeepEnabled’. A value of ‘1′ enables beeps and ‘0′ disables them.

Include Copy to and Move to in the context menu

When you right-click a file, you get a menu called context menu. This tweak shows you how you can add two useful entries to it, namely, ‘Copy To’ and ‘Move To’. Therefore, copying and moving files can be ……… Continue Reading…

Techbulb’s Registry Guide 4 : Remove The Annoying Parts

Menu display delay

When a menu is opened, Windows opens the menu after a small delay. For example, after clicking on Start, the Programs menu takes ages to expand. This is because the ‘Menushowdelay’ entry has been given a large value. Open the key HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\Control Panel\Desktop and modify or create a string value named ‘MenuShow Delay’. In this entry, give the required delay in milliseconds; the accepted limit is 0 to 999.

Disable low disk space warning

Windows XP will show a warning message whenever the drive is low on * disk space. For some I reason, whether we have an 8 GB …… Continue Reading…