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?
Disclaimer: I’ve not yet played with an iPad. The thoughts expressed here are based solely on conjecture from what was seen at the media gathering.
Last week (January 27, 2010) months of rumours and hype finally came to a close when Apple unveiled the iPad. The iPad is Apple’s much anticipated tablet form factor device. Such [...]
Following from my Christmas list last month and recommending some backup products it’s only logical to talk about backing up in my first article of 2010. I’ll be covering aspects such as what backing up is and why you need to do it and some ways to get started. In the end we’ll look at [...]
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 [...]
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…
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 [...]
Taking the next logical step after looking at various aspects of computer science and 64- vs. 32-bit it’s time to look at the model all modern computers use. This article covers general structure, CPU breakdown, memory breakdown, and IO breakdown. It is then all tied together with expaining the job of a motherboard chipset.
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.
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 [...]
an-ti-trust – of, relating to, or being legislation against or opposition to trusts or combinations; specifically : consisting of laws to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices – Merriam-Webster
When the first generation of the iPhone was announced in January 2007 it was stated that there would be no [...]
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