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Article | 18/08/2011
Nine absurdly useful file management utilities
Back when Windows Vista was but a twinkle in Bill Gates's eye, Microsoft had some extremely ambitious plans to rid computer users of an outmoded conce...
Article | 5/07/2011
The Bootable Maintenance Flash Drive
I enjoy being the tech hero. Relatives and friends come to me with their computer problems, and more often than not, I help them. Their problem gets s...
Article | 28/03/2011
The best ever Commodore 64 music
If you're anything like us, you'll often reminisce about the console or computer games you played as a child. For us, it's the Commodore 64, on which ...
Article | 14/01/2011
Windows on verge of dropping below 90% market share
Windows is on the verge of dropping below 90% market share, with smartphones and tablets posing an increasingly serious threat to Microsoft's dominanc...
Article | 12/01/2011
For an old or slow PC, try Puppy Linux 5.2
There's no doubt Canonical's popular Ubuntu Linux distribution gets the majority of attention in the Linux world these days, but there are myriad othe...
Article | 8/01/2011
Is the Microsoft-Intel marriage finally over?
Cringely here, reporting from CES in Vegas, where rude beasts walk the earth (at least, the ones that don't crawl or slither), impeded in their forwar...
Article | 7/01/2011
Sony storms CES
Sony took the CES by storm by unveiling a bunch of new products and updating a few fan favorites. here's a look at some of the products that'll be in ...
Article | 7/01/2011
The hottest products at CES 2011 (so far)
We round up some of the coolest tech at CES 2011.
Article | 5/01/2011
CES 2011: Lenovo announces IdeaCentre all-in-ones
Lenovo's IdeaCentre All-in-One desktops have been revamped for 2011, offering up a host of new features, and functionality. There's something for ever...
Article | 4/11/2010
AMD Radeon HD 6800 series is the new midrange graphics champ
With the release of the Radeon HD 6850 and Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards, AMD delivers fantastic value for the average PC gamer.
Article | 1/10/2010
5 things Linux does better than Mac OS X
Were it not for Windows' long-standing installed base and overwhelming market dominance, it seems unlikely that anyone would argue seriously for the m...
Article | 19/08/2010
Has the mouse outlived its usefulness?
A German retailer has prematurely posted (and very quickly taken down) details and product shots of the upcoming Microsoft Arc Touch mouse. The Micros...
Article | 14/08/2010
Getting Ready For Internet Explorer 9
After four platform previews aimed at demonstrating the power of the underlying Internet Explorer 9 engine to developers, Microsoft is ready to unveil...
Article | 16/08/2010
Ways to share spare CPU cycles
A network of hundreds of thousands of home computer users recently discovered a rare celestial object by donating their computers' downtime to a worth...
Article | 3/08/2010
Is Linux really harder to use?
Not surprisingly, the misperception that Linux is harder to use than other operating systems is also one that competing vendors routinely use to scare...
Article | 27/07/2010
8 amazing things you'll do with Windows 8
Windows 8 is still a couple of years away, but Microsoft is already telling partners what to expect in the next generation operating system. Luckily f...
Article | 16/07/2010
20 tech habits to improve your life
Technology is supposed to make life easier, but it doesn't seem that way when you're struggling to wrangle 289 new e-mail messages, dealing with a har...
Article | 13/07/2010
Five reasons it's time to switch to Windows 7
Tomorrow is D-day for Windows XP SP2 users. Granted, Windows XP SP2 will still work, but tomorrow is the last Patch Tuesday for the venerable OS which...
