February 2011

Sony PSP Receives Price Cut – May Foreshadow Sony’s Mobile Future

by Mike Mansell February 28, 2011

In the world of video games, Sony has done quite a good job in making a name for themselves. The PlayStation line has been insanely successful, and has earned the reputation for having high-quality and great gameplay. However, Sony’s involvement in the gaming industry has always been most prominent in the arena of console-based gaming. [...]

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How Google’s Search Cleanup Will Affect You

by Mike Mansell February 28, 2011

As companies, organizations, and entities grow in size they tend to have a much higher visibility in the eye of the general public. Sure, being in the spotlight can ultimately be greatly beneficial to a company and can help them grow significantly more than they would if they were unknown, but the fact of the matter is that public [...]

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Review: V-Moda Remix Remote Headphones

by Rohan Reddy February 26, 2011

V-Moda is a company known for their superior sound quality mixed in with elegant and stand-out design, with the Remix Remote headphones being no exception. V-Moda’s Remix line of in-ear headphones were very popular for their durability as well as their performance, but customers complained about the lack of remote and volume control on the [...]

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Google Ushering Businesses Into the Cloud

by Mike Mansell February 25, 2011

Over the last few years, we have seen a gradual but definite transition from desktop-based applications to services that we access on the Internet, usually by means of a modern web browser. This concept, known as “cloud computing” is awesome because it allows for users and organizations to work more productively by centrally managing their [...]

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Mac App Store to Ignite Mac Gaming

by Keaton Taylor February 25, 2011

I’ll admit my previous article about the Mac App Store was less than approving. I mentioned five different things that could potentially bring the store to its knees. However, after almost two months the store is alive and well. Maybe not as good as the iOS store, but I see no signs of it failing [...]

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Kaspersky Mobile Security: Snake Oil to Cure Our Mobile Paranoia?

by Mike Mansell February 25, 2011

In the world of computer and Internet security, Kaspersky is relatively well-known for its vast user-base and extensive line of anti-virus products for home and small business users. Over the last several years, Kaspersky has produced a number of widely used security products for personal computers. One of their lesser-known products, however, has been aimed [...]

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Research Shows: Solid State Drives Are More Difficult to Erase

by Jeff Weisbein February 23, 2011

We have been erasing hard drives and other storage mediums for years now with much success by overwriting the data with zeros and ones several times. However, with the adoption of SSDs that may not be sufficient anymore. According to researches at the University of California at San Diego, “newer solid state disks have a much different [...]

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Square Eliminates 15¢ Fixed Fee On All Swiped Payments

by Jeff Weisbein February 23, 2011

Square, the mobile payment processor, which we reviewed in the past has recently announced that they have eliminated the 15¢ fixed fee that was incurred with every swiped (using the reader) payment. Now, all you have to pay on a per transaction basis is the 2.75% fee as opposed to the 2.75% + 15¢ fee [...]

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Amazon Prime Now Includes Streaming Media

by Mike Mansell February 23, 2011

I absolutely love Amazon. If there was ever such thing as an “Amazon fanboy”, then I am most definitely the living breathing definition of one. What once started out as a simple book store has emerged to become so much more; a full-blown online store that sells just about everything you can imagine, a web [...]

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How To: Manually Repair or Upgrade WordPress via SSH

by Mike Mansell February 22, 2011

Recently I inherited a dated – and severely damaged – installation of the WordPress CMS/blogging platform. Because of the age of the installation and the fact that the previous owner neglected to maintain it, I came to the conclusion that I would simply be better off to completely reload the WordPress core; the actual “application”, [...]

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