Hardware

6 Ways to Turbo Boost Your Wireless Internet

December 21, 2010

Internet usage has evolved from slow dial-up to fast, efficient speeds. Wireless Internet service is one of the quickest ways to access and navigate through the web. However, this application can be slow due to problems within your home or office. No matter what the problem, there are some quick fixes that will put you [...]

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Foehn and Hirsch TVs

December 3, 2010

We are going to take a look at the Foehn and Hirsch Televisions which are a fantastic cheap buy available from Ebuyer.com. The Range comprises of 9 TV’s some of which also have built in DVD players and we have found gives a decent picture and sound quality for the price. Ok, so let’s start [...]

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IT outsourcing- big money, big career opportunities

December 1, 2010

One of the biggest developments in the IT industry is the rise of IT outsourcing by businesses. The fact is that IT isn’t something most business people are trained to manage, and it’s extremely expensive. In some cases it’s even dangerous for businesses to try to manage their IT for themselves. Using old or inappropriate [...]

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10 Best Printers for Amateur Photographers

November 22, 2010

Now that photography has gone digital, we often forget how important it is to have hard copies of our images. Remember the nostalgia you used to experience by looking through photo albums or scrapbooks? How about photo-themed craft projects? Remember, if you print out your pictures instead of leaving them on the computer, you’ll still [...]

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Top 10 Gadgets I Want For Christmas – And Maybe You Would Too? [2010]

November 12, 2010

Christmas is closing in on us, but according to the stores and malls it kinda looks like it’s Christmas already. It’s amazing how they manage to make everything look Christmassy sooner and sooner almost every year. Anywho, what’s a tech blog without a top 10 list of some of the greatest gadgets that most of [...]

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10 Maintenance Techniques to Prolong Your Printer’s Life

November 11, 2010

It is a well-known fact that printers do a good amount of work and are hardly ever cared for in the proper manner. Some people will use and abuse their printer, encounter a mechanical problem and just throw it out. A little known secret is that maintenance and care for the printer can be a [...]

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Ever Felt Like Smashing Your Company Servers? This Is The Next Best Thing!

September 21, 2010

For all of us that work for large companies, I think it’s a forbidden fantasy that we’ve all had: Walking into the server room, and knocking over all the servers just to see what would happen. That was certainly the case last month, when a man walked into the server room of a home loans [...]

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5 Tips For Making Your Computer Start Up Faster

September 16, 2010

When it comes to owning a computer, the odds of something acting up down the line is highly possible. Perhaps a video will not play properly, or maybe the screen frequently freezes. Yet another issue is a computer that does not boot up as fast as the owner would like. Thankfully, there are things that [...]

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Sony introduces super-slim Walkman S750 with noise cancelling tech

September 15, 2010

Sony is busy at the moment, yesterday introducing a new speaker dock for iPhone/iPod, the RDP-X50iP, and today they’re giving us a brand new Walkman music player, the S750. This colourful video MP3 player lets you enjoy your music, videos and podcasts in unmistakeable style. Key features of the WALKMAN S750 are: Superb Walkman sound [...]

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New Sony speaker dock for iPhone/iPod refines design and focuses on sound

September 13, 2010

Sony just announced a new speaker dock for the iPhone/iPod with even more focus on sound. Adding to the growing range of speaker docks for Apple iPod and iPhone, Sony have added the RDP-X50iP. With a compact minimalist design, this latest model has been designed to deliver the best possible audio quality at an affordable [...]

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How to Thoroughly Clean your Keyboard – and Why!

September 7, 2010

It is common knowledge nowadays that a computer keyboard can be dirtier than your average toilet seat. The question is: Is your computer keyboard one of them? If you do not believe what I’m saying, below are actually studies conducted over the years regarding the “cleanliness” (or should I say “dirtiness”) of your computer keyboard. [...]

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Star Wars Voices For Your TomTom GPS – Get Them, You Must!

July 13, 2010

Oh man, it’s times like these that I miss my TomTom GPS which I let go after I bought Navigon for iPhone (which is great, by the way!). Back when I did have my TomTom, I had it with the Homer Simpson voice. Weird, I know, but it was fun! Now it gets even better, [...]

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PC Speakers – My Personal Experiences

June 2, 2010

I was recently asked on advice on what PC speakers to buy just for normal everyday use, with main focus on playing music. Oh, and at a very low price. Well, if you’re going to buy brand new pc speakers and you want them to sound good when playing music, you might want to pay [...]

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Apple Magic Mouse: Just Got It & I Hate It. Wanna Buy?

February 24, 2010

It took me long enough, but I finally got the Apple Magic Mouse. My precious. I was too slow to get my hands on one the first shipments that arrived here in Malta and the next shipment was delayed for several weeks because of bad weather conditions throughout Europe for the past month or so. [...]

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Avatar 3D – The Hardware Behind The Movie

January 21, 2010

Most of you are probably aware of James Cameron’s latest creation, Avatar, and some of you might also have watched it in 3D. If you haven’t, go do it before it’s too late, it’s really a great movie, despite the story not being the most original. The company behind the graphics in Avatar is Weta [...]

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Dirty PC’s, An X-Rated Picture Guide

November 15, 2009

If you don’t know how to spend your Sunday, how about checking out your PC and see if it needs a cleaning? If you’re on a laptop there’s probably not much to do, but if you’re not, you should be aware that sometimes an interior cleaning of your computer would be in order. Otherwise it [...]

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Top 10 Gadgets I Want For Christmas – And Maybe You Would Too?

November 3, 2009

Christmas is closing in on us, but according to the stores and malls it kinda looks like it’s Christmas already. It’s amazing how they manage to make everything look Christmassy sooner and sooner almost every year. Anywho, what’s a Tech blog without a top 10 list of all the greatest gadgets that most of us [...]

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Intel Shows New Notebook Concept With Four Displays

September 22, 2009

I bet you didn’t think notebooks would ever look like this when you got your first laptop back in the 90′s, but Intel just showed a new concept they call Activedash which comes with four displays; A normal, big, display and three touch sensitive displays just above the keyboard. The three touch screens works just [...]

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802.11n Wireless Approved By IEEE After 7 Years

September 14, 2009

The wireless standard, 802.11n, is no news on the market, you have been able to buy 802.11n enabled devices for years now, but it’s not until recently that IEEE approved it as a “standard”. It took just 7 years… In theory, the old 802.11g standard has a max transfer speed of 54 Mbps while 802.11n [...]

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How To Fix “Logitech Control Center” (LCC) Support In Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

August 31, 2009

I found another incompatiblity issue with Snow Leopard, this time it’s from a small company, you might have heard of it. I think they create a few computer accesory parts every now and then, an occassional keyboard, mouse and computer speakers. Ring a bell? The company I’m talking about is Logitech and they are not [...]

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Why Does Laptop Batteries Degrade And Lose Capacity Over Time?

August 25, 2009

The battery in your shiny new MacBook, or whatever laptop you might be running, is most likely the lithium-ion type battery. Compared to other batteries, lithium-ion batteries carries a lot of energy in a very small space, a one kilogram battery can supply 150 watt for an hour. Lithium-ion batteries degrades over time. No matter [...]

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Cool mini external monitor for your computer – Mimo Mini USB TFT

July 6, 2009

In case you haven’t seen it yet, the Mimo Mini USB TFT monitor is now in stock at ThinkGeek for $129.99. I don’t know about you, but I’d definately love to have one – I’ll most likely be ordering it as soon as it can be purchased from within the EU. Mimo Mini USB TFT [...]

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