Sub-$100 2009 Christmas Gifts

posted by Shane on 22nd December 2009, at 11:44pm | No Comments
Earlier in the month you’ll remember Paul provided you with some pricy gift ideas. I’m here to do the opposite, provide you with some relatively cheap gift ideas. I am going to try to keep each idea under $100. So without further ado let’s begin! First off is something that I can’t even begin to imagine [...]

The Apple Tax

posted by Shane on 17th November 2009, at 10:13pm | 3 Comments
The idea of an Apple Tax is expressed in many ways from the traditional “z0mg!! MacBook costs $300 more than HP!!1!1!!” to cost analyses of the components going into each machine. The Apple Tax is often seen as an arbitrary price increase on hardware bought from Apple. The tax rate has fluctuated over recent years [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials

posted by Pfkninenines on 13th October 2009, at 11:33pm | 4 Comments
If you are on any Windows operating system, there is one thing that I can almost guarantee you’ve thought of – viruses. Previously, you have had to go out and trust free software solutions, or trust a pay solution that usually had a yearly fee. Well, no more my friends! Microsoft has released their own free solution that promises to crush the competition.

Windows 7 and Snow Leopard

posted by Shane on 8th September 2009, at 7:12pm | 1 Comment
As you may or may not know Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6) was released on August 28th. Windows 7 is due out officially on October 22. both of these operating systems are marketed as “fixing” or “refining” their predecessors. Snow Leopard is introducing new technologies that will propel Mac OS further to 10.7 and possibly [...]
July was kicked off with the much anticipated Mobilising Armies which also spurred another Tips of The Trade article on the subject. Jason released an article categorizing Special Attacks and analysing them. Next up was Faruq’s Tools for Games and some controversial bounty world changes. Alex started building a catalogue of all available foods in [...]

Virtualization: Now and The Future

posted by Shane on 28th July 2009, at 9:20pm | 1 Comment
What is Virtualization? The most common use of the word virtual for most people is “virtual environment” or “virtual world.” Expanding to the realm of computers also expands the areas in which “virtual” objects can be used. Before we move any further it’s important to state that hardware will be defined as the physical technology used [...]
Welcome once again to July, the first full month of summer! This month we started of with What’cha wearing? Part 4 courtesy of Jason. Part 5 was also published later in the month. Next up was The Hunt for Red Raktuber, the continuation of the Penguin story line courtesy of Kirby. June also brought us the [...]

64- vs. 32-bit: Which should you choose?

posted by Shane on 30th June 2009, at 11:52pm | 1 Comment
With the upcoming release of Windows 7 this October I’ve been facing a flurry of questions about what version to choose. Ultimately 95% of you will want to stick with Home Premium, this is half of the battle. The other half of the decision is deciding which architecture you will use, 64-bit or 32-bit. Most [...]

A Windows 7 Experiment [Part 2]

posted by Shane on 9th June 2009, at 7:04pm | 1 Comment
As you may remember in part 1 of this experiment I outlined the general purpose and my expectations. With that said if you’ve not read it please go back and do so. This part will cover the post-experiment review and also compare Windows 7 to Leopard. Using Windows 7 full time was hard, at [...]

Could Project Natal Prove Fatal?

posted by Kenny on 3rd June 2009, at 7:12pm | 2 Comments
Project Natal is what Microsoft believes will revolutionise gaming. In essence Microsoft is trying to capture what the Wii does best, and better it. The ways they are doing it are quite experimental and could make or break the casual market for the 360. The controller will be completely eliminated, effectively breaking the barrier of [...] « Older Entries