June 19th, 2008
I was looking at my Eee PC computer the other day and I was trying to figure what applications I should leave on there. I decided to ask you all what programs you might use on a daily basis. Then I decided I’d probably get answers like, “YouPorn and Firefox or my web […]
By Jesse -- 1 comment
June 12th, 2008
Size doesn’t matter… Or so they say but the Eee PC could be the exception to the rule. A fellow blogger, Lia, wrote about the HP Voodoo, the Mac Air Rival. I say phooey! We don’t need a $2100 lightweight laptop, we need a 7″ computer that can handle the everyday […]
By Jesse -- 2 comments
May 31st, 2008
Look, I know 15 character, multi-symboled, including 3 numbers and 4 capital letter passwords are no picnic or walk in the park and should probably be outlawed but this is no way to store them. There are plenty of password managers out there like KeePass, Billeo, and PassPack (now known as Passpack) — so […]
By Jesse -- 5 comments
January 12th, 2008
If your laptop does not start at all or it starts but will not boot properly, it’s possible that you can fix the laptop at home without taking it to a repair center. Here are some excellent troubleshooting tips for you:
Situation 1.
The laptop appears to be dead. You plug the AC adapter but the LEDs […]
By Kiven -- 0 comments
March 30th, 2007
The worst PC’s as rated by PC Magazine:
When our editors and analysts review a product, I pay attention. Like many of you, I consult our reviews before I open my wallet. This is especially important for big-ticket items, like computers. Reading a review of a 5-star desktop is helpful, but it can be even more […]
By Kiven -- 0 comments
September 20th, 2006
Fire up your laptop lately?
Dell laptop catches fire at Yahoo research building. [TG Daily] Yahoo flickr photos of toasted laptops (only 34 photos so far). Crikey, there’s almost 3,000 articles on Google News about exploding and burning Dells. Every time we buy a new computer, something like this happens. Dell has company: Sony, Toshiba […]
By Mary Ford -- 0 comments
September 19th, 2006
Top 10 tools to use when your laptop or notebook goes belly-up or worse:
You got that laptop so you could travel with all your data and necessary programs, right? Problem is: laptops are vulnerable to all kinds of ugly scenarios: they’re easy to steal (Digital sleuthing grows on business, home fronts) they’re fragile; they catch […]
By Mary Ford -- 15 comments
May 8th, 2006
I spent all day performing surgery on an IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T42 today. It was a bitch. I had to replace the motherboard and I swear I’m a laptop motherboard virgin. I had 4 screws left over and 2 holes that needed screws. !!!
But, on the plus side, the computer works and […]
By Aaron -- 0 comments