Archive for February, 2011
Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5164RD Hands On and First Impressions (Video)
The Toshiba L655D-S5164RD is a new Satellite notebook which is available from many retailers for around $680, which is priced about $200 more than budget notebooks that clock in around $500, but for the premium you gain a much faster quad core processor. The Toshiba L655D-S5164RD comes with a 1.8GHz AMD Athlon II Quad Core mobile processor, 4GB RAM [...]
A Java Update To Far: When Updates Do More Harm than Good
Java updates are really taking it too far these days. This weekend I had to help my in-laws update their computer. They had received an unfamiliar popup telling them to install an antivirus program they went familiar with. Thankfully they had listened to my advice and closed what they thought was an attempt to install [...]
HP G72-C55DX: 17.3″ Budget Notebook Lands at Best Buy. Details, Pics and Video
Best Buy is offering the HP G72-C55DX notebook for sale this week at $499. The HP G72 notebook is a 17.3″ desktop replacement notebook that is part of the new HP G Series, a new addition to the HP Pavilion line of notebooks that are budget priced, but coupled with a better than average design. HP [...]
HP G62-435DX: Budget HP G Series Notebook Hits Best Buy – Details, Pics and Video
Best Buy is offering the HP G62-435DX notebook for sale this week at $449. The HP G62 is part of the newly refreshed HP G Series line of notebooks which is designed to deliver a capable, yet affordable user experience to students and home users. HP G62-435DX Quick Specs: The HP G62-435DX comes with the 2.40GHz [...]
HP G42-415DX: HP G Series 14″ Notebook Arrives at Best Buy (Video)
Best Buy is offering the HP G42-415DX notebook for sale this week at $399. The HP G42 is part of the newly refreshed HP G Series line of notebooks which offer a budget price and enough power to deliver the user experience many home and student users expect. HP G42-415DX Quick Specs: The HP G42-415DX comes [...]
App Store Weekend Sales – Feb 25th
TUAW has a great list of sales going on in the Apple iOS App Store from a number of different app developers. To see the various lists, check out the following sites: 148Apps – all free Shadow Era – card game like Chaotic or Pokemon Nachos Maker – virtual nacho bar where you make chips [...]
How to Browse and Copy Files From a VHD (System Image) Backup
One of the great things about Backups in Windows 7 is the VHD or Virtual Hard Disk feature. When you create a System Image of your Windows 7 installation, it actually creates a virtual replica of the installation that is on the C: drive. If you don’t want to do a full on restoration of data, Windows [...]
HelloFax, Goodbye Fax Machine: Send and Sign Online Faxes for Free
Somehow the Fax machine has survived for far longer than many of us would like. While most of the transactions we do can be handled with a digital signature or scanned and emailed, there are still some companies or individuals who can’t bear to part with their fax machine and require us to spend $15 [...]
New MacBook Pro Review 13″ (part 1)
Apple announced updated MacBook Pros yesterday and I’ve already got my hands on the top retail configuration, complete with a Core i7 processor and new graphics. This model definitely puts the ‘Pro’ back into the 13″ MacBook Pro, which was lagging the competition and the 15″ MacBook Pro in the firepower department. I’ve been using [...]
How to Restore a Backup From an External Hard Drive in Windows 7
There are times when you might need to restore a backup, either to a new computer or for disaster recovery after a crash. Assuming you’ve followed our advice and have used Windows 7′s built in Backup and Restore, this guide will show you how to restore a backup from your external hard drive. This assumed [...]
