Pocket Change

Television set-top boxes are becoming increasingly common, as companies such as Google and Apple begin competing for your television. Rather than cluttering your television with single-purpose electronics, consider utilizing a desktop TV tuner and an unused computer for an all-inclusive digital media setup, including a digital video recorder. With a few modifications, you can easily have the best entertainment system on the block. Step 1: Find and Prepare a Computer Before purchasing a desktop TV tuner, you need to find a like-new desktop computer that was manufactured within the past…

The Task Manager is your best friend when it comes to two very annoying things that may happen when you’re running your computer: You double-click the icon and nothing happens. Your Tool Bar refuses to Auto-hide. Both annoyances may be dealt with by invoking the Task Managers, a Windows applet that allows you to view running processes, including programs, and effect some control on them. When a program does not appear after double-clicking it or right-clicking it and selecting “OPEN” from the menu, this might be due to an instance…

Buying a laptop now days can be really confusing. A laptop must have the right blend of performance, size and mobility. The all new HP Pavilion DV series of entertainment laptops are just perfect. These laptops come with a 15.6 inch high definition LED monitor which will blow you away. One of the major plus points of these laptops would be HDMI port. With this port you can connect your notebook to a HDTV anytime. These series of laptops features durable surfaces with a liquid metallic appearance. They also come…

As computers get older, they tend to slow down. It may not be time to buy a new one just yet, though. I have a lot of experience troubleshooting with clients, and here are some of my best tips for speeding up a slow computer. 1)      Keep your Desktop clutter-free. At many client sites, I find their Desktops loaded with icons from side to side. This wanton use of desktop space can put quite a load on your graphics processor. So, just keep the top 5 (okay 10) programs you…

In the past couple of years the debate about the use of a wrist rest has grown and is taking a serious turn with experts, employers and others voicing their opinions. Most people believe that a wrist rest helps in aligning a person’s wrist and hands properly while typing. However, the key is to use the wrist rest in the right manner because wrong usage may lead to an injury. A mouse pad wrist rest helps in proper typing technique that stresses the importance of bending or cupping the hands…

The iPhone 4 comes out in less than a week, launching what looks to be the most successful version (pre-sales sold out in less than 24 hours) of Apple’s already successful all-in-one smart phone. If you’re one of the lucky few that was able to get a pre-order in, or plan on camping out for the phone on launch day, you’re probably going to want to pick up an iPhone case to protect your new investment. As an owner of the original iPhone, I know from experience how useful it…

By now everyone has heard of the iPhone 4, the next version of the iPhone which was announced just two weeks ago by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Jobs has touted the phone as the “most meaningful revision” to the phone since the iPhone 3G was released 2 years ago, and it definitely packs enough features in there to make even existing iPhone owners consider upgrading. So what’s new in this version of Apple’s iPhone? Here’s a quick rundown: