November 2010

The New MacBook Air: “Flying off the Shelves”

by Mike Mansell November 30, 2010

A recent AppleInsider article has drawn the conclusion that Apple did significantly well during the Black Friday sales last week, with success being most prominent in the sales of the Apple iPad.

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Would A Windows App Store Catch On?

by Mike Mansell November 30, 2010

One of the biggest announcements at the “Back to the Mac” event in October was that Mac OS X was going to get an “App Store” in which developers could market their software applications and users could purchase and install them with relative ease. While there are definitely some flaws with the idea, I think that the [...]

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How To: Configure Multiple Monitors in Ubuntu

by Mike Mansell November 29, 2010

About six weeks ago I did a tutorial on configuring multiple monitors in the Microsoft Windows operating system using the built-in monitor configuration tool as well as a couple of third-party tools that offered more features. This tutorial was not done on my personal computer, however, because the article revolved around Microsoft Windows – an operating system [...]

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Mobile Computing: Out With the Old, In With the New

by Mike Mansell November 29, 2010

When Apple first announced the iPad earlier this year, many critics acclaimed that the device was going to fail, calling it nothing more than an enlarged iPod Touch. However, since April of this year the iPad has had a tremendous success; selling twice as many units on its debut day than originally expected, and has continued to [...]

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How To Get the Best Cyber Monday Deals

by Mike Mansell November 28, 2010

For ages now, “Black Friday” has been an important day in the sense that large retail stores discounted their prices significantly in an effort to bring their finances from the “red” into the “black”; hence the name “Black Friday.” However, as society as a whole has drifted towards online shopping, many have neglected to engage in “Black Friday” promotions [...]

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Will Black Friday Remain Relevant?

by Jeff Weisbein November 28, 2010

Black Friday is a day which happens once a year. It’s a day when people traditionally wait on extraordinarily long lines and fight with each other over products in an attempt to get the best deals on their holiday presents. However, today, with the Internet, it’s much easier to find deals online. In fact, it is easier [...]

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Chrome OS: Not Just For Netbooks

by Mike Mansell November 26, 2010

It has already been made perfectly clear that Google’s upcoming Chrome operating system is going to be a miserable failure if it is used exclusively for netbook computers. With the market for tablet computers expanding at a rapid rate, competition in the mobile computing field is undoubtedly going to become a big thing. So it should [...]

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Netflix Pushing Streaming-Only Solution: Is This the End of DVDs?

by Mike Mansell November 23, 2010

When it comes to online entertainment streaming services, Netflix is easily one of the most well known, recognized, and trusted brands out there. The company, which was founded in 1997 has quickly become a huge national brand.

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Acer Gearing Up to Enter the Tablet Market in 2011

by Mike Mansell November 23, 2010

After the success of Apple’s iPad, many people rumored that computer manufacture Acer was working on developing and marketing a tablet PC of their own. While this has only been a rumor for quite some time now, Acer today announced that they are indeed working on tablet PCs and that they plan to have three models on [...]

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“Wats ur emergency?” – 911 to Implement Text and Video Calls?

by Mike Mansell November 23, 2010

In 1968, the 911 system as we know it in the United States was launched in an effort to make it easier for emergencies to be reported and for police and fire services to be dispatched efficiently. However, a lot has changed in the forty-two years that the 911 system has been alive, including how [...]

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