Archive | September, 2011

The Video Hosting Wars: Deciding Between YouTube, Vimeo and Oculu

The Internet has changed the way content is delivered on the web. Streaming video is featured all over the web thanks to high speed internet service providers and the advent of video support for Adobe’s Flash Player. There are several services available for uploading and share video files as streaming Flash videos. However, the popularity [...]

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The Amazon Kindle Fire

Amazon has announced its newest member to the Kindle family. The Amazon Kindle Fire might be just another tablet computer, but it brings a lot to the table and might just be compelling enough to ignite the crowded tablet marketplace.The Amazon Kindle Fire is extremely inexpensive at $200 and will have access to Amazon’s vast [...]

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Printer Appears Offline

If your USB or network printer appears offline, this means you are trying to print to a printer that is either powered off, jammed, or that you are unable to communicate with for whatever reason. There are solutions if your printer appears offline, but you must first determine what is causing the problem. Is it [...]

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Run Windows 8 On A Mac

You can run Windows 8 on a Mac several different ways, but the easiest way is to use free virtualization software such as Virtual Box. There are several steps you must perform to get this to work properly. In this tutorial we are using Mac OS X Lion and have downloaded both the Windows 8 [...]

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The Desktop Computer Is Dead

It shouldn’t come to any surprise that the desktop computer is dead. We’ll take a pause and bow our heads in prayer, because it’s true. The hulking machines with the glowing LEDs and whirling fans will soon cease to exist outside of the workplace. It’s sad, really. There are several reasons for this and there’s [...]

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How To Download Memtest86 And Test RAM

It may be necessary to download Memtest86 and test RAM on your computer if you’re experiencing problems such as sudden reboots or blue screen errors that lock up your system. Newer versions of Windows have their own memory diagnostic utility, but if you’re running an earlier version of the Microsoft Operating System, such as Windows [...]

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