Assorted Articles and Other Things
Microsoft is starting to ramp up a massive offensive against Linux, your IT people either love or hate it, you’ll occasionally see someone with a penguin T-shirt that says “Linux”, and every so often, you’ll see computers being sold with…
Nobody needs to be told about the impact that DVDs, and now Blu-Ray, have had on our home entertainment standards. It’s become all we know in regards to tangible home movie solutions, obliterating the VHS tape out of our lives…
Thursday, I had the opportunity to check out this years Pepcom Holiday Spectacular press preview event. It was held in New York City at the Metropolitan Pavilion and featured numerous companies showing off their latest and greatest products. Companies ranged…
RAM is one component of a computer’s anatomy that most people are familiar with. Tell someone your computer is running slow, and they often reply “maybe you should add some RAM.” Whether they really know what that means or not,…
Windows is without a doubt the most popular operating system out there today. With the release of Windows 7 just around the corner I thought why not compare all three operating systems to each other. I’ve taken all three operating…
I am not sure how many of you remember having a computer that was not online. Back in the day being online meant that you hooked up your 300 baud modem and dialed out to Compuserve to see the latest…
For me, and for millions of others, Second Life has always been about tapping possibility. Without the offerings of creative every day folks, the world would be entirely empty. It brings about the best in the average person that wants…
I remember the old days, where one could feed their love of general information and all things scholarly by having a recent copy of the Britannica Encyclopedia on their bookshelf. Just one glimpse at their 32 volume printed collection and…
People view Second Life in a lot of different ways. Its function can be defined differently for every one of its residents. For some, the early web 2.0 startup is nothing more than an advanced video game, offering an open…
One of the most anticipated games this summer was Batman Arkham Asylum, and for good reason, it’s Batman! So I like Batman, he’s cool and all, and I played the Demo on Xbox so I figured I’d grab the game…
Researchers’ diving into the correlations between video games and negative human conditions is nothing new. For over a decade, we’ve been reading about the mental effects that violence and subjective opinions of inappropriateness found in game content have on…
You have this really capable pocket computer in your, well… pocket, and it has a live data connection to the world at large. You’re also bored and want some entertainment. You have been scouring YouTube for the umpteenth time, but…
With today’s technology it is becoming easier and easier to remain connected to our home computers. But what if we want to extend our reach from beyond the computer to actual control of our homes? Well, that, too, is becoming…
