Archive for the ‘Personal Computing’ Category
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Less than a year since it's launch in March 19, 2009, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 is now the world's most-used web browser based on this post from the Windows Experience Blog:
This week, Net Applications released their January browser market share report. Their report shows that Internet Explorer ...
Posted in Internet Technologies, Personal Computing, Software | 2 Comments »
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
After years of speculation and fears that it isn't going to happen, Apple has finally made it official by introducing their new tablet device dubbed the iPad. Steve Job's own words were it is "way better than a laptop, way better than a phone. It's the best web experience ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
If you're like me, you've played the part of long distance PC troubleshooting "expert". It could be a friend or a family member asking you why their computer seems to have a mind of it's own or doesn't work the way it's supposed to. Instead of basing your advice on ...
Posted in Internet Technologies, Personal Computing, Websites, video | 1 Comment »
Saturday, January 9th, 2010
All Firefox fans, the Release Candidate for version 3.6 is available for download. The updated browser features the updated Mozilla Gecko 1.9.2 rendering platform which is optimized to run on small footprint operating systems like Windows CE and Maemo.
Firefox 3.6 has gone through numerous updates from the Alpha release to ...
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
For you chronic photo uploaders aching to share your Christmas and New Year pictures on Facebook and Multiply, this free tool is a delightful time saver. Simply named Shrink Pic, it runs in the background detecting whether you're about to upload a large photo to a website, through IM, or ...
Posted in Personal Computing, Software | 1 Comment »
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
To all WordPress users it's time to do the update dance once again. WordPress Version 2.9 was released about a week ago with around 500 bugfixes and enhancements to make online publishing an even more seamless and customizable experience.
From the user's standpoint, here are the newest enhancements based on the ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Eye-Fi. All opinions are 100% mine.
I'm sure it's happened to you. Especially if you're the "official" photographer for the family outing or company party. No more than a day after, you start getting requests from people to upload the ...
Posted in Internet Technologies, Mobile Technology, video | 5 Comments »
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Keeping a personal computer safe from malware and hackers should be a priority for any responsible netizen. It may come as a surprise to some of you but having a firewall and updated anti-virus/spyware software isn't necessarily enough to keep internet malcontents at bay.
Aside from having a firewall and installing ...
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Today my geeky self enjoyed configuring two brand new laptops. They came without an operating system preinstalled so I had to install the OS, install an antivirus, run updates, and install applications on both. I came across two very helpful tools in the process. One of them simplifies and automates ...
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Everyone's favorite open-source browser, Firefox, turned five years old on November 9. When version 1.0 was launched, a good number of netizens migrated to it as the best alternative to Microsoft's problematic Internet Explorer 6.
Probably one of the reasons for the rapid rise in Firefox's popularity was the lack of ...
Posted in Internet Technologies, Personal Computing, Software, open source | 3 Comments »
