Myths vs Truths: The Slow PC

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Myths vs Truths: The Slow PC

April 10, 2012 /
Whenever I’ve had a side-job of computer repairs, the most common complaint I heard from people about their computers was: “it just runs slow!” Identifying the exact reason why varied in difficulty from case to case, but in the end it was always something like multiple anti-virus programs were installed and running in the background (sometimes actually attacking each other), too many start up items were enabled for the amount of installed RAM to handle, or some kind of malware had been introduced to ...

Myths vs Truths: The Slow PC

Project Glass – Google's Personal Heads-up Display is Real

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Project Glass – Google's Personal Heads-up Display is Real

April 07, 2012 /
For decades we’ve seen scifi concepts of a heads-up display (or HUD) that presents all sorts of different pieces of information right on a person’s field of vision, completely personal to the wearer. In the last couple of years, concepts began to arise for contact lenses that could project such a display, though any serious plans to make the product were stymied by the question of how to give power to the things, not to mention how to mass produce such fine and fragile pieces of technology. More ...

Project Glass – Google's Personal Heads-up Display is Real

Trick-out Your PC Desktop With These Cool Sci-fi Mods!

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Trick-out Your PC Desktop With These Cool Sci-fi Mods!

April 03, 2012 /
I don’t know about you, but it feels like I’ve always been searching for the perfect sci-fi user interface for my PC. Admittedly, a lot of my inspirations (Star Wars, Minority Report, Tron, etc.) are not as practical as they are awesome to look at, but I just had to believe that a PC could look like something straight out of a movie if done properly. Sadly, in the past every theme I came across either cost money, had a lot of glitches, wasn’t usable on a daily basis, completely fell short of what I ...

Trick-out Your PC Desktop With These Cool Sci-fi Mods!

Angry Birds Space - Review

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Angry Birds Space - Review

March 29, 2012 /
Love Angry Birds games or hate ‘em, Rovio’s success with the franchise is undeniable. Since the original game’s debut in December of 2009, its creators have seen millions upon millions of downloads head their way on iOS, Android, PC, and Mac platforms alike. And just in case you’ve been living under a rock and have yet to play the game, last year it became available for free online, playable right in your browser. Numerous iterations have entered the series, such as Angry Birds Rio and Angry Birds ...

Angry Birds Space - Review

Stupid About _________.

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Stupid About _________.

March 26, 2012 /
“We’re all ignorant, just about different things.” ~Mark Twain You probably know by now that I love technology. In fact, I love it so much that I make a point of knowing the fine details of all kinds of computers, smartphones, cameras, MP3 players, etc. But I’ll be honest: I hate cars. I don’t care how many cylinders are in the engine, I don’t care what material the seats are made out of, I don’t even care if it has a CD player. As long as it gets me where I need to go, that’s good enough ...

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2 Tips for Resolving IP Address Conflicts

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2 Tips for Resolving IP Address Conflicts

March 19, 2012 /
We've all been there before: it's spring break, and you've got a couple relatives staying over, and unsurprisingly they brought their laptops, smartphones, and tablets with them which of course all need to connect to wifi. Normally this shouldn’t be a problem...right? Yes, but ‘normally’ is the key word here. For whatever reason, not all of the computers in your house have played nicely together over wireless, and the result is a networking conflict that effectively takes out all internet access for ...

2 Tips for Resolving IP Address Conflicts