Archive for September, 2011
How To Use The Google Toolbar in Firefox 5 and Firefox 6
Back in July Google announced that they would no longer update the Google Toolbar add-on for Firefox, which meant that anyone using a version newer than Firefox 4 was out of luck. This might not have been as big a deal if Mozilla hadn’t accelerated their updating schedule right around that time, meaning that users [...]
Netflix To Re-Brand DVD Mailing Service As Qwikster; Apologizes For Everything But Silly Name
Yesterday Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to the Netflix blog to offer an apology to subscribers for not being forthcoming enough about why the company decided to start charging a separate fee for the DVD mailing service and streaming. He did not apologize for making that change in the first place, though. After going on [...]
Griffin’s TechSafe Cable Lock: Not Universal, But Certainly Secure
The Griffin TechSafe Universal Cable Lock bills itself as a way to secure your laptop, even if it does not have the more traditional Kensington lock that most PCs use for security while out in public. Unfortunately, even though they call it “universal,” of the three notebooks I tried it with it only worked with [...]
Windows Notebook Sales Surge At The End Of August
According to research by the NPD Group, notebook sales exceeded expectations this Back-to-School season. The last two weeks of August saw very strong sales, possibly spurred by low prices. After a slow start earlier this summer and lowered sales at the beginning of the year, manufacturers and retailers must have been happy to see a [...]
Acer Aspire S3 First Ultrabook To Offer Hard Drive Option
We’re going to see a lot of ultrabooks this Fall and Winter, each touting how thin and light and snazzy they are. And while that’s plenty impressive in itself, there is a danger of consumers reeling from too much choice and not enough differentiation. One way Acer intends to stand out is by offering lots [...]
Hands-On With The Toshiba Portege Z830 Series Ultrabook
Ultrabooks are everywhere lately, and last night I got the chance to spend a few minutes with Toshiba’s entrant into this new category. The Portege Z830 definitely deserves the label “drool-worthy” if very thin, very light laptops are your thing. The 13-inch system weighs less than 2.5 pounds (lighter than your average 10-inch netbook) but [...]
How to Use Virtualization Software: Virtual PC
Over the past few years computers have gotten extremely powerful, which has made things once possible only on large server computers common on desktops and laptops. Virtualization is one such utility which is now available and affordable on most systems. What is Virtualization? Virtualization is the ability to run more than one operating system on [...]
3 Reasons You Want Your 2013 Notebook Today
Intel showed off a new processor this week that the company claims can last for 24 hours and uses such low amounts of power that it can run off solar power. Ideally this technology will come to your notebook in 2013, and deliver longer battery life than the current iPad or your lognest lasting notebooks. The Haswell processors are [...]
How to Get Early Access to Windows 8
Today Windows officially pulled back the veil of “secrecy” on Windows 8 at Build, their conference for Windows developers. I put that in quotes because we’ve seen quite a lot about it already. If you want to get an early look, then check out their new Windows Developer site after 8PM tonight (Pacific Time). If [...]
How to Install and Use Languages in Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate
We recently took a look at how to use input languages in Windows 7. In this follow up, we focus on multi-language support in Windows 7. Unlike Input Language, this allows us to make Windows 7 display and work in a different language apart from the default language. This is great if you are sharing [...]
