Archive for 'Hardware'
How to Prevent Logical Drive Failures and Recover Crucial Data
Hard drive crash is one of the prevalent computer issues that may have hit your entire work schedule at some point in time. Such catastrophes are undoubtedly a pain in the neck for the user. However, it does not necessarily mean data loss. In order to remedy this problem, you need to understand the underlying [...]
Full StoryStellar Partition Manager 2.0 Product Review
Every Operating System or platform requires effective partition management for easy organization of data and free space. Hard Drive partitioning makes sense as it can solve all your computer-related headaches and make your experience a breeze. If you look at Mac, there is an inbuilt tool ‘Disk Utility’ that allows for creating partitions, formatting drives, [...]
Full Story5 Utilities for Repairing Bad Sectors in Mac Hard Drives
Apple is held in high regard for a number of things: branding, design, innovation and security. All these apply to their entire line of products. What cannot be denied, however, is that there is no device that runs flawlessly. Even Apple’s high-end computers—the desktop workstation Mac Pro and the laptop MacBook Pro—can still run into [...]
Full StorySymptoms, Causes and Recovery of Data from an Unmounted OS X Mac Drive
Symptoms of Unmountable Drive: Based upon many users’ experiences, the following can be summed up as the symptoms when a drive begins to unmount. A Drive failing to mount either through a firewire or USB. Files can be seen but any task on them like copies, moving can’t be performed. The drive may once or [...]
Full StoryUsing a CCTV Camera to Ustream
If you have not heard of a website called Ustream, it is basically a site that allows a user to broadcast live video on the internet. You can achieve this simply from a CCTV camera that is connected to a DVR. In this blog post, I’ll be demonstrating how to use an existing camera system [...]
Full StoryBest Wireless Router for Comcast XFINITY
Not all wireless routers perform well with high speed broadband. If you’re a Comcast customer who has the XFINITY high speed internet and you have a G-Router, you need to upgrade to get the most out of your wireless network. The G series wireless routers are only capable of delivering 54Mbs and will cause bottlenecks [...]
Full StorySecurity, Apps, FreeNAS – TechJaws Year in Review
I stopped myself from listing all the top stories in the news in 2010, because so many media sites had already captured the true essence of the hottest trends, news and passing’s in 2010. I wanted to list our top articles that created the most buzz in 2010. Before I dig into the archives, I [...]
Full Story9 Unusual Facts About Photocopiers
Copy machines had their origins in 1440 when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. The old printers used movable type, oil-based ink, and a press to transfer ink onto paper. The modern copier uses a plastic-based toner, electrostatic charges, and heat. In both cases, the goal was to accurately recreate documents. Here are some little-known [...]
Full StoryDell S2409W Full HD Monitor Review
The Dell S2409W Full HD Monitor has stunning detail and clarity with full High-Definition resolution (1080P). If you are a gamer or into multimedia than this is a must buy! The high definition S2409W monitor delivers higher quality images than standard resolution monitors. A 1920 x 1080 resolution injects a heavy dose of reality in [...]
Full StoryHow to Repair Faded Letters on a Keyboard
Replacing a keyboard these days is easy and cheap . . . with USB keyboards. But if you have a laptop, a USB keyboard can be cumbersome. For laptops, however, there are replacement keyboards for certain models. Nevertheless, you will have to disconnect/reconnect a ribbon cable under the keyboard in a laptop. For some models, [...]
Full StoryHappy Birthday Mouse!
A former naval radar technician, Doug Englebart, directed the invention of the first computer mouse in the mid 60s at Stanford Research International (SRI). Englebart and Bill English worked together comparing various pointing devices for speed and accuracy. Bill English built the original mouse from Englebart’s conceptions. So, “It is safe to say Bill English [...]
Full StoryCore i7 Systems Being Sold
The Intel Core i7 processor gets suited with four new Dell systems, including one mainstream Studio XPS desktop and three gaming systems. Gateway is also dressing up two FX-series gaming systems with Intel Core i7 processors. No news from HP on when they will be offering systems with Core i7. Are we finally in a [...]
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