Software

HP’s Focus Is Now On Being A Software Company

by Mike Mansell August 19, 2011

When I first heard that HP was on the verge of getting out of the mobile industry by discontinuing the webOS operating system and indefinitely stopping production of their less than successful TouchPad tablets I honestly thought HP was nearing the end.

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Six Mac OS X Applications That I Couldn’t Live Without

by Mike Mansell July 14, 2011

Being somewhat of a new Mac OS X user, one of the things that I find to be great about the operating system is the vast selection of applications that help me to remain be more efficient and productive. Now, I’m not a huge term of the term “power user” because it simply sounds too cliché, [...]

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Four FREE Deals That No Student Should Pass Up

by Mike Mansell July 12, 2011

Regardless of what culture or society you were brought up in your parents, if anything like my own, did their best to teach you the importance of education; oftentimes calling it “priceless.” But as we grow up, we realize that education in many countries does indeed have a price, and a steep one at that. So it’s needless to say that students like myself are always keeping an eye out for great deals in order to offset the price of higher education.

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Macs Aren’t Customizable? TinkerTool Disagrees.

by Mike Mansell July 10, 2011

One of the first things that Apple critics told me when I purchased my MacBook Pro in March of this year was that Mac OS X, the flagship operating system that Apple develops and runs on all of their computers, was very limited in terms of customization options. Personally, though, the thought of being locked into a simple user interface didn’t bother me in the least; even if the rumors were true.

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Nielsen: Games Outrank Weather and Social Networking Apps on Smartphones

by Mike Mansell July 7, 2011

Admittedly, I’ve never been a huge gamer by any stretch of the imagination. More recently I’ve poked my head into the world of Minecraft only to become bored with what others describe as an incredibly addicting game very quickly. Sure, I have a Playstation 3 hooked up to the television in my living room, but [...]

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Firefox Support Cycle Draws Criticism From System Administrators

by Mike Mansell June 28, 2011

On June 17th of 2008, three years and less than two weeks ago, Mozilla Corporation released the 3.0 version of the Firefox web browser; a promising and steadily growing web browser than many people, myself included, thought would finally take a stab at the dominance held by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. I remember the day well [...]

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Windows 8: Microsoft’s Game of Catch Up

by Mike Mansell June 8, 2011

It’s no secret that Redmond-based Microsoft Corporation went through somewhat of a rough patch and a sizable public image meltdown when Windows Vista (early 2007) failed to meet the expectations and needs of consumers. Seeing as how the release sported the most significant jumps since the release of Windows 95 in terms of both GUI [...]

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iOS Goes PC Free

by Mike Mansell June 6, 2011

When the second generation release of Apple’s famed iPad tablet came around a couple of months back, I must admit that I was somewhat tempted to buy into the phenomenon at the time. The device seemed very much improved in comparison to the first generation, and for the first time the iPad seemed like a [...]

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Review: Fluid App Turns Websites Into Mac Apps

by Mike Mansell May 25, 2011

Fluid is an application that allows users to create what is more or less a mini web browser configured to display a specific webpage or web application. What sets Fluid aside from features such as Google Chrome’s “application shortcuts” is the fact that it creates an actual Mac application to wrap the website frame in. This means that it can be pinned to the OS X dock for quick and easy access any time, making it a must-have for those of us who would normally keep a tab open in our web browsers.

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5 Awesome Screencast Applications

by Jeff Weisbein May 22, 2011

Screencasting has become a very popular form of sharing information and knowledge. Many people are now using them for How To’s and other types of tutorials. They’re probably one of the most common types of videos you will find on video upload sites such as YouTube and for good reason. Not only are there several great applications that make screencasting easy, some of them are even free.

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