Stay Safe In Public Spots When You’re On A Computer/Laptop

Today post is a friendly reminder on how to play safe as you hop from one public location to another using the Internet.  Recently, I have a friend who told me that he used a public computer, using his passwords to check his various accounts from different web services.  I was shocked and gave him [...]

Internet, Security

Similar “Minority Report” Technology Might Become True Sooner Than You Think

Multi-touchscreen is what we now have,  simple gesture language to control machines has been done, but you ain’t see nothing yet!  In fictional movie as in Tom Cruise’s “Minority Report,” we have seen how Tom used his fingers to manipulate sophisticated computing machines, and now there is something like that which has been under development [...]

Anything Goes, Software

Useful Tips For Probing A Problematic Computer

There are times that your computer may act strangely!  For an example, your computer may restart without prompting you.  Sometimes problems could be a bug within Windows and other software, and sometimes it may very well be a part of your computer such as RAM went bad.  One of the possible ways is to use [...]

Anything Goes, Hardware, Software

Building A Computer (Video)

Here is a cool video that shows you how to build a computer.  This video is a quick introduction to how hooking up the computer components together to form a whole computer.  It’s not advising you on the quality of the hardware and where to get the hardware.  It’s like a quick glance at how [...]

Hardware

48 Core Chip To Rescue Space And Electricity

At the moment, Quad-Core computers are available in many computer stores for purchases, but a concept chip with 48 cores which proves to be feasible is not too far away from being available for the computer market.  48 core computer, when it comes out will probably going to dwarf a Quad-Core computer in term of [...]

Hardware

HP Pavilion P6210Y

Black Friday came, and it was time for me to shop for a new PC.  Yep, you heard me right, a PC and not a laptop.  I have quite a few laptops, but my old PC was decommissioned two years back; I figured that I need a new PC that should be affordable and with [...]

Hardware

Acer Aspire One AOD250 and AS5738PG-6306

Acer’s Aspire One AOD250 is a netbook that has a dual boot button where you can boot into Windows XP or Android.  It seems this is a good idea for some people, but for me, I prefer to have it dual boot into Windows 7 or Android.  This is an easy fix as one can [...]

Hardware

Windows 8 Will Go With 128-Bit Architecture

According to a leak from an employee named Robert Morgan of Microsoft through the use of his profile in LinkedIn.com, Windows 8 will have 128-bit architecture.  Windows 7 is set to be released officially on October 22nd, but now we are talking about Windows 8 already, but why not since we have a leak that [...]

Hardware, Microsoft and Windows

Dell Latitude Z Has Wireless Charging

New Dell’s laptop, the Latitude Z, is a creation in an attempt of targeting more buyers from the business market, but with features such as wireless charging pad and instant on and touch interfaces, you can bet that average computer users will want such features for their laptops.  Though it’s an expensive accessory, wireless charging [...]

Hardware

Microsoft Will Give Out Free Security Software

According to Neowin.net’s blog post, Microsoft is going to release a strip down version of its Live OneCare subscription service for free.  Many people who are using Windows but are not willing to pay for a yearly subscription security software often find their computers get infected with computer viruses and worms.  Though it’s unclear how [...]

Microsoft and Windows