If you’re on the road a lot, you know the pain of getting Internet access. You might connect to the Web using a Wi-Fi hotspot in your hotel, a café, or at the airport. In most cases, you have to pay a small fee, or you might connect to a mobile broadband network using a [...]
Today’s PCs come pre-installed with either the 32-bit (also known as x86) or the 64-bit (also known as x64) edition of Windows. With the full retail package of Windows 7 (which includes one 32-bit and one 64-bit disc) now available, both novice and professional computer users are having a difficult time deciding which version they [...]
So far in our spring cleaning series, we’ve shown you just how much junk can accumulate inside your PC and some quick steps for clearing this out. But don’t put away your cleaning supplies yet, this week we’ll give you five more tips to finish off your spring cleaning to ensure a summer of optimal [...]
In last week’s spring-cleaning experiment, we cleared out more than 125 GBs of data junk on just a handful of PCs. Now, we’re taking our spring cleaning to the next level to show you just how we cleaned them – and the steps you can take to have that “just like new” feel in your [...]
Spring is finally here! With the warmer weather, however, comes the frenzy of throwing out old garbage, scrubbing our homes and reorganizing our belongings. Unfortunately, PCs rarely get the love they deserve during this all-inclusive scrub down – but they should. After all, even a PC or laptop that is just a few weeks old [...]
There are a million articles focusing on backup and data safety on the web, but the sad truth is, only six percent of all PC users back up their data regularly. And it’s really a striking figure, considering the fact that data these days can entail one’s memories and entertainment, not to mention even one’s [...]
Windows 7′s taskbar is quite a versatile tool. It acts as both a task switcher and program launcher. Microsoft even allows you to pin certain items, such as Control Panel or websites to the taskbar. Unfortunately, if you try pinning a drive, like your C: partition or a DVD drive, to the taskbar, it will [...]
Windows is in constant communication with the Internet – in fact, dozens of Windows features send data to and from the Internet. So if you need or want more control over what’s flowing through your data pipes, this blog post will help. This is not your typical “Microsoft is spying on you” blog post. Instead, [...]
In last week’s blog post, we performed some early performance benchmarks and compared Windows 7 SP1 with the recently released Windows 8 Consumer Preview. While speed improved in some scenarios, other aspects suffered a bit. However, the important thing to remember is, performance doesn’t just depend on the underlying operating system (OS); it also relies [...]
Don’t let the shiny new Metro interface of Windows 8 fool you—the new operating system (OS) has been improved not just with a spanking new outfit but also in the performance department. For instance, Microsoft’s future OS needs to work with both high-end PCs as well as small-factor devices like ARM and low-powered Intel tablets, [...]
