Tag Archives: Computers
Circuit City Is Back
Circuit City is born again, but its return policy for some PCs may leave a bitter taste for its customers. Port Washington, N.Y.-based Systemax Monday finalized its purchase of the defunct retailer’s trade names, domains including www.circuitcity.com, customer lists and information, certain trademarks and other intangible assets of Circuit City’s e-commerce business. While the retailer’s [...]
Full StoryHacking Your Computers BIOS Password
Did you forget your BIOS password? In most cases you would have to format your drive and re-load your XP OS. But that would take so much time to get your computer back to your liking. There’s an easier way to avoid reloading and installing all your programs! There’s no software required to remove the [...]
Full Story10 Lan Party Tips
Most of us may have been to a Lan party, playing games all night, eating junk food and drinking. We call them a Geekfest. Hostng a Lan party is a completely different animal. There are a lot of things you have to think about. Here are some things you have to do to have a [...]
Full StoryApple Celebrates an Anniversary
In 1984, Apple Computer began selling its Macintosh PC. This day marks the 25th anniversary for the Mac. The Macintosh initially sold well, but follow-up sales were not strong. The machine’s fortunes changed with the introduction of the LaserWriter, the first PostScript laser printer to be offered at a reasonable price point, and PageMaker, an [...]
Full StoryBiggest Buzz of 2008
We started out in May 2008, but have blogged since mid 2007. Since May 2008 we have posted over 500 blogs with over 4100 comments. What will 2009 bring? We will work even harder to bring our fans and visitors the best in Technology news and more. Listed below are the top 10 blog posts [...]
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 StoryGet Deals Before Cyber Monday
Don’t wait for Cyber Monday when you can get deals right now on Home Electronics! Yes, major deals, and you can get them right now with a few clicks of your mouse. There are many sites that sell gadgets, computers and more, but only a few can claim that they’re the cheapest. You can go [...]
Full StorySpeed up your Hard Drive with Smart Defrag!
What’s the primary cause of slow/unstable PC performance? It’s disk fragmentation. Smart Defrag helps defragment your hard drives more efficiently than the default one that comes with Windows XP and Vista. In fact, it blows the doors off of any other product on the market and it’s 100% free! Smart Defrag removes the guess work [...]
Full StoryCircuit City Files Chapter 11
First it was CompUSA and now Circuit City who is filing bankruptcy. This is bad news for every consumer as our choices for electronic retailers has vanished. The only big player left is BestBuy, but TigerDirect is still an option. Circuit City Stores, the nation’s second-biggest electronics retailer, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday but will [...]
Full StoryMalicious Email Spam on the Rise
The amount of spam containing dangerous attachments designed to infect PCs with malicious viruses increased by eight times between July and September this year, according to Sophos. The security firm said one in every 416 email messages received between July and September was spam compared to just one in every 3,333 emails between April and [...]
Full StoryHappy Internet Day
This is the day the Internet was invented. We should all be grateful for what has made a major impact on our world and the way we live. The Internet Era is now 39 years old and will out live everything known to mankind. Internet day doesn’t come with gifts like some of the more [...]
Full StoryFree PC Optimizing Software
Keeping your PC at optimal performance can be time consuming, but with Glary Utilities it’s a snap! We have tested Glary Utilities and noticed an increase in performance and excellent house cleaning. From Glary Utilities: Glary Utilities offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. [...]
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