Foursquare: Here’s A Solution to Your PleaseRobMe Problem
March 11, 2010 – 12:50 PM | 0 Comments

By now you have probably heard of PleaseRobMe a service which aggregates all of the foursquare check-in’s into one place using the tweets sent out through the application.  There has been a lot of uproar …

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Chrome OS: I’m Disappointed.
November 21, 2009 – 6:40 PM | 0 Comments
Chrome OS: I’m Disappointed.

Google held the Chrome OS event this past Thursday and I’ll admit I was excited.  Excited to see what Google would bring to the table and how game changing it would be.  However, while my …

Google Chrome OS – It’s Coming!
November 17, 2009 – 7:35 PM | 0 Comments
Google Chrome OS – It’s Coming!

Google is planning on holding a special Chrome OS event at its headquarters in Mountain View, CA this coming Thursday. At the event, Google is going to give some technical background information as well …

Microsoft Launches Its Own D-Day. Windows 7 Released.
October 22, 2009 – 9:29 AM | 0 Comments
Microsoft Launches Its Own D-Day.  Windows 7 Released.

Today, Microsoft is releasing Windows 7.  The successor to infamous Windows Vista.  Now in a valiant attempt to not have a repeat of Windows Vista, Microsoft has been playing it smart.  This time around the …

5 Awesome Windows 7 Features You Might Have Missed
September 4, 2009 – 9:12 PM | 0 Comments
5 Awesome Windows 7 Features You Might Have Missed

Windows 7 is coming out in October and with all the hype surrounding Microsoft’s new operating system there might be some features which you missed in passing.  Here are 5 new Windows 7 features which …

Will Google Have Anti-Trust Issues In The EU?
August 2, 2009 – 8:00 PM | 0 Comments
Will Google Have Anti-Trust Issues In The EU?

Today, I was thinking about the on-going Microsoft anti-trust issues in the European Union. The very same issues which led Microsoft to originally announce they would be selling a separate version of Windows 7 …

Pre-Order Snow Leopard On Amazon
August 1, 2009 – 3:49 PM | 0 Comments
Pre-Order Snow Leopard On Amazon

It appears Amazon is now allowing customers to pre-order Snow Leopard from their site.  Snow Leopard is the latest Apple operating system which will be out in September.  Snow Leopard is a cheap upgrade for …

Google Introduces Chrome OS
July 8, 2009 – 11:50 AM | 0 Comments
Google Introduces Chrome OS

It’s official.  What many people have been waiting so anxiously for has been announced.  The Google operating system, which will be known as Google Chrome OS has been introduced on the official Google blog.  The …

Price War: Snow Leopard vs Windows 7
June 12, 2009 – 1:06 PM | 0 Comments
Price War: Snow Leopard vs Windows 7

Apple announced at WWDC 2009 that their latest operating system (Snow Leopard) will be released in September.  Exciting right?  It gets better.  What’s the price you ask? $29.  I’m not kidding.  It will be a …

Microsoft Offers Windows 7 Without Internet Explorer
June 11, 2009 – 6:21 PM | 0 Comments
Microsoft Offers Windows 7 Without Internet Explorer

CNET reports that Microsoft will be offering the option to some European customers (sorry everyone else) to purchase Windows 7 without Internet Explorer installed on the operating system.  This is of course a move by …

iPhone 3.0 Supports Streaming Video
March 18, 2009 – 8:43 PM | 0 Comments
iPhone 3.0 Supports Streaming Video

Apple has announced the next version of the iPhone OS. The new iPhone OS (3.0) is said to support streaming video amongst many other features (which I’ll cover in a later blog post). …

Windows 7 Beta 1 Review
January 11, 2009 – 5:32 PM | 0 Comments
Windows 7 Beta 1 Review

Microsoft’s latest operating system which is projected to be released sometime in 2009 is called Windows 7.  I have gotten my hands on a copy of the beta (both 32 and 64 bit) to test …

VMware Fusion vs Bootcamp
August 20, 2008 – 6:48 PM | 0 Comments
VMware Fusion vs Bootcamp

I received an email from one of our community members (Briafter) and he wants to know is it better to run XP/Vista in VMware Fusion or Bootcamp and why? He also wanted to know some …

Ubuntu…You’re Killing Me!
April 21, 2008 – 7:47 PM | 0 Comments
Ubuntu…You’re Killing Me!

After a few more hours of playing with Ubuntu 8.04 Beta I was able to get my dual monitors working.  What I ended up doing was installing nvidia-settings, however, for some reason that wasn’t able …

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Predictions
April 19, 2008 – 9:49 PM | 0 Comments
Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Predictions

Now with the release of the latest version of Ubuntu only 5 days away what better time then now to make predictions about the future of the Ubuntu Operating System. So lets get down …

Windows Vista Ultimate Giveaway Winner!
December 30, 2007 – 9:00 PM | 0 Comments
Windows Vista Ultimate Giveaway Winner!

Windows Vista Ultimate Giveaway Winner!
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