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Our Latest Look at Windows 8
I just finished reading this PC World news article, and felt pressed to point everyone to it. Windows 8 – the optimized-for-tablets form of Windows 7 – is scheduled to be officially unveiled (Nevermind the fact that many of us have had access to the beta software for months now!) later this month. With the ...
“Paying Too Much for Your Internet?”
This may end up being your favorite post ever. About two weeks ago, I received my latest ###cast bill. It was $10 higher than I what I had been paying for six months. I had previously been on a promotional rate, so I knew this time was coming. So how much was I paying? Keep ...
“Stop Online Piracy Act” – Where do you stand?
I don’t consider myself any sort of political analyst. The truth is that I cannot bear to watch any news network talking about politics for more than ten minutes. I become so angry with the universe that I have to turn it off. I could never be a politician; everyone would hate me. I am ...
iPad vs. Common Sense (Round 1)
Those of you who read my posts (The few, the proud, the l33t) know full well that I don’t particularly like Apple products. It is not that I dislike them per se; I simply do not prefer them. Until recently, I have always had this nagging thought in the back of my mind that said: ...
“I’m buying a laptop for my granddaughter, and…”
Every week it seems, I get a customer in the shop who starts the conversation like this: “I”m buying a laptop (or tablet) for my granddaughter/niece/nephew/poor uncle Elroy, and I don’t need anything special. I just want something that’s going to let him/her play games/get on Facebook/check email/get on Craigslist/become a YouTube junkie.” At this ...
“Google+ is taking care of business!”
My colleague Eric called me this week to inform me of something particularly awesome. Google+ (a new social networking site that everyone’s great-grandmother is not on) now offers “Pages” for businesses. What does that mean? Well, in layman’s terms, you know how many businesses nowadays give you incentives to “Like us on Facebook?” Well, now ...
“ANTIVIRUS – Which one?”
This is something we discuss with our customers all the time. It seems like everyone has a slightly different opinion on “Which antivirus is the best?” The fact that it seems no two people agree proves one very important point that most people miss – No antivirus is perfect. Meaning, no matter what antivirus you ...
“Windows 7…+1”
So, has anyone else been hearing the buzz about yet another version of Windows? Is it just me, or was Windows 7 just released a couple of years ago? (October 22, 2009 to be exact). Given its enormous success as a savior from the horrors of Windows Vista, I find it very difficult to understand ...
“Gigabytes, Gigahertz? What is this stuff?” (Part 4)
Let’s talk about optical drives. Optical drives are the CD drives and/or DVD drives that come in the majority of computers. Some small laptops (netbooks) do not ship with optical drives at all, but the majority of computers ship with at least one optical drive. There are several types of optical drives. Some drives perform ...
“Gigabytes, Gigahertz? What is this stuff?” (Part 3)
Let’s talk about hard drive disk space. I cannot tell you how many people confuse hard drive disk space with memory. I can easily see where the misunderstanding would arise. One would normally think, “Memory, yeah–that’s the stuff that your computer remembers!” Memory was discussed last week in the post you can find here. You ...
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