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Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?

Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?I'm telling you whatBuy a pc twice as fast as a mac in hardware performance terms.RE: Yes, Macs are expensive ... so what?I can agree with him. I wouldn't want to pay out that much money for a desktop or laptop when they will...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Low-end PC, Apple Macintosh, Macs ARE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., PC, Adrian

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

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GeForce GT 240 - NVIDIA's sub-$100 DirectX 10.1 graphics card

Nvidia's work great with Linux distro'sNvidia's cards work great with Linux distro'syou can have compiz desktop and runany game you want.The optimization is amazing!;)Who said anything about loser OSes?This is about OSes that actually offer great gaming experiences to users, not OSes that really want to play where the big...

Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, game, NVidia Corp., operating system, DirectX, Nvidia GeForce, graphics, video card

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Apple's "force fed ads" patent more likely related to content, not hardware

Perhaps neitherHopefully you are right and they'll use this process to allow customers to earn free content. Unfortunatley I see this as being a way for Apple to increase its warchest by forcing its followers to view ads. Perhaps it'll be a blend - view enough ads to put $10...

Tags: hardware, O'Grady, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

My new daughter is a lot like Linux

Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Windows 7's first 100 days: So how were yours?

My windows 7 experience I had previously posted this, but my comment is more relevant to your article: After reading so much reviews praising how wonderful windows 7 was, I decided to give it a go. So here, I bought the W7 DVD and decided to upgrade my Vista SP2...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Win 7, Microsoft Windows 7, first 100-day, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Panasonic debuts digital photo frame with audio

Panasonic has announced the upcoming release of a digital photo frame, the MW-10, which will also feature an audio system and iPod dock. The frame hosts 9-inch WVGA LCD screen, which can display photos from a CD, SD memory card or from its 4...

Tags: Audio, Panasonic, Apple iPod, Digital Photograph, Photograph, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-13

Microsoft Project Natal available for $50 next year?

The rumor mill has been buzzing with a potential release date and price tag for Microsoft's mysterious new gaming console: Project Natal. Announced at E3 this past summer, there haven't been many definite details announced so far, but we think there is potential for natural interaction...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Games, Microsoft Project, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild

iPhone is officially the most malware ridden mobile platform in the worldAnd since the "bad guys" always go after low hanging fruit, that [b]proves[/b] that iPhone is the [b]least[/b] secure mobile platform in the world. Buy an iPhone if you want to be infected [b]within seconds[/b] by malware [b]that requires...

Tags: Smart phones, Cyberthreats, Apple iPhone, jailbreak, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Memory Booster Gold 6.1.1.490 (Windows)

Memory Booster Gold is accommodated to deal with problems of memory management. It is a feature-rich yet easy-to-use program. Whether you want to improve your PC's performance or cleanse fragmentations collected in your system, it must be the tool of choice. Memory is a precious resource for computer, when it...

Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows, Computer, WinCare Tech, Productivity, Flash Memory

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Viewsonic introduces $100 VMP70 HD media player without network connectivity

Viewsonic is best known for its computer monitors, but it also offers HDTVs, mostly through online retailers. Now it hopes to expand its living room presence with its first media player, the VMP70. The good news is that it can handle 1080p HD, though that's...

Tags: ViewSonic Corp., Network, 1080p, Network Connectivity, Media Player, VMP70, Ethernet, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Lenovo all-in-one ThinkCentre PC aims for business; starts $499

Could be a good time to updateWith the numbers and choices of lower cost replacement computers, this could be the time for many businesses to take a serious look at updating their office systems. Rather than try to install a new OS on their aging Pentium IIs and IIIs,...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, PC, Lenovo Group Ltd., IBM ThinkCentre

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

BB FlashBack Standard Edition 2.6.5.1314 (Windows)

This easy-to-use screen recorder creates compact, high quality movies for tutorials, demos and presentations. Enhance your recordings with text, sound, images, webcam and special effects. Easy sharing with quick upload to Youtube and other video hosting sites. Save to common file formats: Flash, QuickTime (H264), AVI, WMV. Captures Vista's 'Aero'...

Tags: Consultant, PC, Video, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Talisman Online 1578.0 (Windows)

Talisman Online is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG, free to play. It based on an ancient mythical story with superb 3D scenes. It has 5 different professions and hundreds of quests and monsters. The Equipment and Mount are cool, the Pets are cute. And those independent scenarios are challengeable for you...

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Miracle Castle, Talisman Online

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H

Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking

Product reviews 2009-10-30

Planet Attacker 2009 20091014 (Mac)

Planet Attacker 2009 is a simple 3D flight action game. The purpose of the game is to destroy all the enemy fighters and ground objects by flying your fighter. The objects in the game are imaginary space fighter sort of, but there is an additional configuration called "USAF version" in...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Attacker, Polygon, YSFlight, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-30

SoftControl Antivirus 1.0.0.1 (Windows)

SoftControl AntiVirus and System Analyzer. A Program to scan and eliminate Malwares/Viruses/Rootkits upon found. Very fast file scan by utilizing Clamav GPL scan engine. Realtime scan to detect new threats. Includes a registry scanning and analyzing utility. Consumes very low cpu usage. Help for usages can be found during program...

Tags: PC, Usage, Microsoft Windows, CPU, Awpersoft, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Planet Attacker 2009 20091014 (Windows)

Planet Attacker 2009 is a simple 3D flight action game. The purpose of the game is to destroy all the enemy fighters and ground objects by flying your fighter. The objects in the game are imaginary space fighter sort of, but there is an additional configuration called "USAF version" in...

Tags: Attacker, Polygon, Microsoft Windows, YSFlight, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever

Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-29