Software
File Recovery Isn’t Easy, But It’s Possible
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of ReclaiMe. All opinions are 100% my own. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve become more familiar with ReclaiMe, a file recovery solution that enables you to recover data from a wide variety of different file formats and drive types. I was surprised by the simplicity [...]
Android 4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich: Hot or Cold?
After watching Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich / Samsung Galaxy Nexus launch live on YouTube last night (and providing running commentary in my Google+ Profile all the while), I’ve come to one conclusion: Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich”) will be awesome. But, to that end, did anybody really expect it to be worse than what we’ve [...]
What’s Cool and Useful About Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Nuance. All opinions are 100% mine. Did you know that software is available that will enable you to not only dictate to your Mac, but control it with the sound of your voice? Imagine sitting back in your chair and saying exactly what you [...]
What’s New in Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Parallels. All opinions are 100% mine. If you’ve recently made the switch from a PC to a Mac, are considering making the switch, or if you took the leap a long time ago and have been searching for the best way to run those [...]
How to Play PC Games on Your Phone
For many StarCraft fans, finding the will to leave the house and stop playing can be difficult. Thankfully, Splashtop Inc. has created a product that allows you to play DirectX 9, 10, and 11 games where other remote desktop clients often lack any support for 3D. In short, they’ve created an app that allows you [...]
Is Software too Expensive?
VaryGeek over at LockerGnome.net asked, “Do you think software should be cheaper?” This is a very good question. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer. The debate over the cost of software has raged on in the tech community for years. The division between two camps of thought on software pricing runs deep. One side of [...]
How to Control Your Windows Desktop With Kinect
The Minority Report featured some incredible theoretical technologies, some of which have continued to interest geeks for years. One of these technologies was a system in which you are able to interact with the user-interface with a few hand gestures Now, imagine if you were able to control Windows 7 in much the same way. [...]
What to Expect in Windows 8
In what can be called a dramatic shift in how Windows handles its user experience, Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 will handle two different kinds of applications. The operating system is said to have the ability to run standard programs currently made for Windows 7 as well as Web apps built on HTML5 and [...]
What to Look Forward to on OS X Lion
Mac OS X Lion is set to be released next month and you will not be able to get your hands on a copy. That’s right, Lion is going to be released through the Mac App Store so you can purchase and install it without leaving your desk. Here’s a brief rundown of what to [...]
Are Mobile Operating Systems the Future for Desktop Computing?
With the incredible strides being made in the mobile world, one can’t help but to ask whether or not these trimmed-down operating systems may be heading in a direction that could replace what we currently know as a desktop OS. For example, the debate over whether or not Android would make a good netbook OS [...]
Why You Need Online Backup Services
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of IDrive. All opinions are 100% mine. The hard drive in your computer is in one of two states right now. It’s either going to fail or it already failed. Hard drives are inherently fragile things with no built in redundancy. If your drive is [...]
Would You Lease a Google Chromebook?
Google’s announcement of its Chromebook leasing plans has raised more than a few eyebrows in the tech industry. Leasing systems to educational and business institutions is nothing new, but at a price point of $20 per month for education and $28 for business for a system that offers possibly the most simple and easy to [...]
Is Google Chrome Better Than Firefox?
Features that existed almost exclusively on Firefox became a part of Google Chrome early on. This, coupled with an elaborate marketing campaign on the part of Google, made Google Chrome an almost instant competitor for the second spot under Internet Explorer. More recently, Firefox 4 has been released and its new UI looks surprisingly similar [...]
What App is Your Favorite?
For longer than I can remember, people have asked me, “What is your favorite app?” The answer to this question is typically whatever does the job I need it to do when I need it to do it. This means if I am out of the house and I want to make sure my alarm [...]
How to Make a Web Comic
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been uploading comic panes and sending them out to my Twitter and Facebook pages. People have asked me exactly how I make these, and so I thought I’d make this video to explain exactly how to make a comic. These comic panes have been generated using both ToonPAINT [...]
