How to help others remotely

posted by Pfkninenines on 20th February 2010, at 2:01am | 4 Comments
Picture, if you will, your grandmother in desperate need of your computer expertise. No fear, you think to yourself, she’s just down the street. But wait! You forgot she is in Florida for the winter, what can you possibly do for her when she’s so far away?

The Plague of Problems

posted by Ryan on 17th February 2010, at 5:00pm | No Comments
I admit there are still a lot of people playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 nowadays, with the average amount of players online at a time exceeding 100,000 on Xbox Live (I am unsure about other consoles). However, it seems like most of the people that I talk to are slowly losing interest in [...]
Since the Holiday season is just around the corner, Shane and I decided to work on our Geek Christmas Lists. Luckily, I was given the task of the pricey gifts…

Back to an old favourite…

posted by Ryan on 28th October 2009, at 9:39pm | 1 Comment
After spending nearly 2 weeks constantly doing homework and exam revision at home, I finally decided it’d be fairly relaxing for me to start writing my article for the month. Although as soon as I opened up a new page, I couldn’t think of anything new or spectacular to write, so I decided to write [...]

Windows 7 RC, build 7100 and beyond

posted by Pfkninenines on 12th May 2009, at 3:02pm | No Comments
Not too long ago, I wrote an article on the Beta release of Windows 7. Microsoft has moved on, and the build numbers have gone up. The official Release Candidate was released on May 5th, 2009 available to any and all users for download from Microsoft through July..

How To Install And Use VirtualBox

posted by Pfkninenines on 24th February 2009, at 6:57pm | 3 Comments
History and Features If you have been following my previous articles, you have probably seen the mention of virtual machine software known as VirtualBox quite a bit. A virtual machine is a product that can effectively simulate a set of hardware that an additional operating system can utilize, all while you are still using your [...]

Windows 7

posted by Pfkninenines on 16th December 2008, at 10:41pm | 3 Comments
Review of the Pre-Beta releases of Microsoft’s new OS, Windows 7.

I’m a PC and I’m not a stereotype

posted by Pfkninenines on 11th October 2008, at 11:32pm | 5 Comments
After being beaten down by the ‘Get A Mac’ ads, Microsoft finally strikes back with several new ads in support of their latest operating system, Vista. The I’m a PC commercials intend to break the stereotypes that some people have towards the PC user… —