Apple still number #1 in consumer satisfaction – 7th year in a row

American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) reports that consumer satisfaction for computers, appliances and pricey electronics such as TV’s are near an all-time high. And for the 7th year in a row, Apple is taking the #1 spot of the computer makers. Dell, Acer and HP are on a shared 2nd place with 77 points (an … Read more →

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

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 … Read more →

Free giveaway: Daniusoft “Video Converter for Mac” – 3 Licenses ($35 each)

TechPatio is happy to announce the first free giveaway draw in the history of this blog. Thanks to Daniusoft for providing three licenses that we may give away for free to our readers! Daniusoft Video Converter for Mac is a full-featured piece of software that will convert video and audio in excellent quality. Obviously it … Read more →

5 Tips For Making Your Computer Start Up Faster

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 … Read more →

Nikon introduces a new mouth watering DSLR camera: D7000

Yesterday I was working myself to come up with reasons I do not need Nikons new 55-300mm VR lens. Today I got myself a much bigger task at hand because Nikon has introduced their new D7000 camera which has everything I miss about my current D5000. I can’t really cover everything about this camera in … Read more →

Sony introduces super-slim Walkman S750 with noise cancelling tech

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 … Read more →

How to Choose the Right Digital Video Camcorder For You

Are you going to buy a digital video camcorder, but you have no idea how to choose the right one for you? There are many people who have bought a digital video camcorder for many reasons such as capturing their child’s milestones, their pets, funny moments, vacation trips, and just about everything and anything under … Read more →

I hate the way Popup Domination market themselves and their $10 off discount

Internet marketers can be funny from time to time, not all of them of course, but some of them has a tendency to build those amazingly long landing pages (sales pitch pages) where your finger gets all sore after scrolling through it. Obviously they’re doing it because such pages convert better (=more sales) than just … Read more →

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

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 … Read more →

Warning against freelance writer Pranav Jain ([email protected]) [UPDATED – Oct. 4th]

UPDATE – OCTOBER 4TH: Pranav Jain has done the right thing and issued a full refund. The lesson to be learned here is to not pay upfront for content unless you know the writer – and be sure to run the text through copyscape.com or similar to make sure it’s not copied from elsewhere. I … Read more →

4 Reasons Why People Blog

Hmm well the title seems to be little interesting and unique but there are real reasons found in the corner. Well there could be hell a lot of reasons but I would say that there are only four main reasons behind the blogging. The four main reasons are, 1) Money I have seen many bloggers … Read more →

Photographing Lightning [pictures included]

Last night we had some thunderstorms over Malta with a good amount of lightning as well and I’ve always wanted to get a really great shot of a lightning strike, so I figured I might as well begin to practice and figure out how to do it. At first I stepped outside on the patio … Read more →