Dell has recently announced a development that will allow their users to access emails, surf the web, read documents and extend their laptop battery life from hours to days.How are they doing this? By cutting...
CommentaryThe iPhone has been available for a year now. Since it's inception, I started to question what Apple's next big product release will be. To nobody's surprise it is currently the iPhone 3G. But iPhone aside, I've always anticipated (and hoped and prayed) that Apple's...
created by iTroyboy | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 456 views | 13 comments | 9 recommendations
The Smokescreen Retirement!I have to give it to Bill, that weasel is as slick as snailscum on Teflon. He did me one last HUGE favor by agreeing to retire XP on the same day as his last!He told me, "people will scream like branded cats on XP-Kill day!" So months ago we agreed...
For some this is good news, for others it's a kick in the teeth with a steel-toed Kodiak work boot. The thing I find surprising is that Microsoft is already planning a new operating system for 2009. That was quick,...
highlighted by Rob Peters | 22 wks ago | updated 22 wks ago 199 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations
Is your computer using Windows XP platform? If you want to continue using XP, what problems will you face? If you buy a PC with Vista installed and decide you want XP instead, what are your options?"The approaching death of Windows XP may upset you, but it shouldn't come as a...
created by clantraveler | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago 365 views | 2 comments | 2 recommendations
So here's the fact..Windows XP Service Pack 3 is faster...it speeds up windows xp by a good 10%. But how much of it good for gaming?Since SP3 was supposed to be mostly a bug-fix/patch consolidation release - unlike w/Vista SP1, Microsoft made no promises of improved...
highlighted by gamedruid | 50 wks ago 1167 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
That cash you just dropped on a Vista license, or the larger chunk you spent on a new PC could get your copy of Microsoft Windows XP or Vista flagged as a pirate version, cutting off its interactive capabilities. If...
highlighted by jordan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 710 views | 5 comments | 2 recommendations
"Back by popular demand: Windows XP.
PC maker Dell Inc. said on its website Thursday it will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp.'s older operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase...
highlighted by ricknight | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1070 views | 6 comments | 20 recommendations
I should really have filed this under 'crime'.What?! I've only been using it 2 years ?!#@ If I could sort out the power issues on my Toshiba laptop when running linux (it overheats and shuts down without warning to save it from frying its own brain) I would switch over-no...
highlighted by aspirationjones | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 634 views | 3 comments | 5 recommendations
"Probably Windows 98 users remember that in the Start menu there was a possibility to see your recently open documents (as far as I remember, the list displayed the last 15 documents you opened). In Windows XP, this option is gone. Sometimes I found it useful, because I never...
It looks like IE7 is beating Firefox already in usage. Amazing."100 Million IE7 Installations!
I’m pleased to report that on January 8th, we had the 100 millionth IE7 installation. However, even more important...
highlighted by goldcoaster | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 2581 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
"So you've heard all the hype about Windows Vista, but wonder what it means for you. Here's the definitive guide on how Microsoft's Windows Vista stacks up against XP:"
"A Freelance programmer Dave Mitchell (UK) who ordered a laptop from Dell get Refund for not installing Windows XP since he wanted to install Linux.
During Installation he just Choose NO at the Windows licence agreement that asked him to agree to its terms.A text of this...
highlighted by bigbrother | 2 years ago 3728 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
It
was brought up as a question in my household today. How much
electricity does your computer(s) take up? My answer was a somewhat
uncertain, “ummm…not much…”
As usual Google beaconed and I happened onto
this wonderful website that explains just how much power your...