Ryan's post below explains the latest is hard drives. But the one thing you do not want to hear is click, click, click.What you have to understand is the hard drive is one of the few moving parts in a computer. And any engineer will tell you "moving parts are prone to fail". And when your…
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The race to build smaller, more efficient and less power consuming products has been taking off this year, with the popularity rising in those little tiny laptops, otherwise known as netbooks.Tomorrow, Seagate Technologies (www.seagate.com) an industry leader in 1", 2.5", and 3.5" hard drives, both internally and externally, releases what will be known as…
Wondering what I mean by rooted. Techies have found a way to hack the firmware on a new Motorola droid phone by google.This will maybe in the future unlock a ton of features for cell droid users. This could lead to custom themes, full bluetooth file transfer and even lots of hidden features in the phone for more advanced…
Everyone loves spring.Everything is new again, time to dust off the grime from winter. But wait, winter has just arrived. Most people do not realize that the wintertime is when the house is closed up and the fresh air is not coming around the computer like it does during the warmer months. Dust buildup is deadly to your system.…
Contributing efforts for increasing web browsing speeds for all Internet users, Google has introduces Google Public DNS. Think of DNS as the "switchboard" of the Internet. It basically is translating your requests (Example: www.google.com) into the numeric address that gets you to your destination.
The service is totally free; just simply enter the DNS…
A good friend of mine asked me about streaming his web cam live over the Internet, but was having some problems doing so. He was using it from home, on a small home network consisting of three additional users, and a Linksys wireless router. Simple. First we assigned the webcam a static IP address (192.168.1.150) …
Everyone that owns a laptop that uses the default keyboard and little touchpad knows that just moving your wrist a little can glaze the mousepad while you are typing causing your curser to move your typing indicator. This can be very frustrating. Now they have a little piece of software called Touchfreeze. This software is…
Well this is getting out of hand.You think the box that just popped up is asking you to protect your computer. It says you could be at risk. You will be if you click.The box that just opened may look legit, but it is not. The fake antivirus programs change so fast it is hard…
Tired of Adobe Reader taking 10 minutes just to load a pdf file. Now there is an alternative to adobe reader. Called Sumatra. Testers have tried every type of pdf file from small to large, then with tons of images to just text. Why this beats adobe reader is because of the incredible speed. This…
Ok, I know change is hard to accept. But the latest edition to the Window's tree is Window 7, which has been buzzing all over the Internet ever since its release. Windows7 has three releases Ultimate, Professional and Home Edition. Microsoft really wants to get as much consumer's attention they can possibly get and for…
Yes it is that time to already. Microsoft is starting to allow people to test the Office 2010 starter edition. Anyone is eligible but only a few will get in to the program. All you have to do is go to the link below and fill out a 3 minute survey on why you would…
Software giant Microsoft releases yet another version of its email software known as Microsoft Exchange, with some key new features and functionality. Microsoft claims this is hands down, its best release since the Exchange products have released. Ranging from cost savings, to productivity increases, the newly designed package is setting the bar high in the…