Tag: software
Nuance Bringing Headset-Free Voice Control to Ultrabooks in 2012
Today at its press conference at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, Intel announced a partnership with Nuance to bring that company’s voice recognition to Ultrabooks at some point in 2012. And while both companies were a bit light on the details, they did have a couple of things to share. If there was one thing [...]
How to Create a Mail Merge Document Using Microsoft Word
Want to send or mail out a document to a list of different people? Instead of typing out every single one, or copying and pasting information for each individual person you would like to send the document to, you can simplify things by using Mail Merge. Let’s take a look at creating a Mail Merge [...]
MacUpdate Promo Bundle Saves You $487 on 11 Useful Apps
MacUpdate offers a bundle of apps every so often at a sale price. It sometimes includes some awesome apps at a great price. The Fall 2011 bundle, in particular, will only cost $49.99, and you get over $487 worth of software in it. In the past I’ve seen the list of apps and considered them [...]
How To Diagnose and Resolve Blue Screens of Death (BSODs)
Windows 7 is built on the reliability of the Windows NT code base, which has strong lineage dating back to the early 90’s. With recent releases of Windows such as Vista and Windows 7, the platform is even more robust. However, Windows is still susceptible to instability. But are the root causes of this always [...]
How to Troubleshoot Sound Problems in Windows
Sound is an important part of using your PC. We use our notebooks to listen to music, listen to the audio in a movie, while we chat with friends and to listen to online radio and video. Sound also indicates various events that take place in Windows, alerting you to a completed download, computer startup, [...]
Reeder for Mac Makes RSS a Pleasure
Reeder for Mac (spelled with ee instead of ea) is a $10 front end app that connects to your Google Reader account, delivering a more elegant interface, better sharing functionality and an overall better Google Reader experience. Before you ask, Reeder for Mac is definitely worth the $10 price for anyone who uses Google Reader on a daily [...]
How To Install, Update and Troubleshoot Hardware in Windows 7
Hardware is an essential part of using your Windows PC. These days, adding new hardware can be as simple as plugging in a mouse to hooking up multiple displays, connecting game consoles and dealing with the ever frustrating printer setup. All of these accessories can lead to a lot of complexity, but Windows 7 does [...]
10 Free and Paid Mac Security Software Solutions to Whip MacDefender
With MacDefender making Apple’s recent security update useless within hours of its release, it has become obvious that the days of running a Mac without anti-malware security software are over. Even though Apple is making an attempt to deal with this problem, they will need to do more. Until they do, here are some possible [...]
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Is a New MacBook Apple Store’s 10th Anniversary Surprise? [5 Reasons]
Apple is quickly approaching the 10th anniversary of entering the retail space, a move which has played a large role in the company’s success in the notebook, smartphone and tablet markets. Rumor has it that Apple is preparing the 230 U.S. Apple stores for a huge event on or around May 19th. Employees have reportedly been told [...]
Samsung and Acer Google Chromebooks Launch June 15th: Details, Specs & Pricing
Today at Google I/O a developer event for all things Google, the company announced the much anticipated Google Chrome Notebook. We have come a way since the original cr-48 prototype, which users had a chance to try last year, and now have two new Chromebooks coming June 15th from Samsung and Acer. Google Chromebook Models, [...]
