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…

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.
Hide or obscure anything you wish in plain sight with one of two easy to use techniques.
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 [...]

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 [...]
Shwa opened the month with a fascinating article about The Geology of Runescape. Next up was Kenny with a review of Resident Evil 5. Jason continued with his What’cha wearing? series with Part 3. As we move closer to the release of Windows 7 Paul took a look at the Release Candidate. [...]

A Windows 7 Experiment [Part 1]

posted by Shane on 27th May 2009, at 7:17pm | No Comments
Almost a month ago the Windows 7 Release Candidate was released, we won’t be talking about that today. If you want to find out more about Windows 7 in general check out Paul’s article. What we will be doing is a nifty little experiment that will make all Windows fanboys giggle as if [...]

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..

Keeping Your Windows PC at Peak Performance

posted by Pfkninenines on 7th April 2009, at 11:55pm | 10 Comments
Chances are, you’re not using a freshly installed copy of your OS, and you’re probably already noticing a decrease in system performance since when you first installed your operating system. With a few free utilities and tweaks, you can get your PC back to a like-new if not better performance level.

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 [...] « Older Entries