Just when you thought the personal computer has become another boring piece of hardware, along comes the Tablet PC to challenge that notion. This new device, about the size of a legal pad of paper, promises to deliver the killer punch for mobile computing. But perhaps the greatest advantage Tablet PC has over the current… Read More »
Judging by the way the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) are pushing for more all-encompassing copyright laws, we can’t help but feel like criminals whenever we burn our collection of MP3s onto another CD. Copyright, it seems, is a misnomer; it should be called “copywrong” Such feelings… Read More »
Do you know that the oil on your fingers can ruin internal PC connections? Well, that’s just one of the valuable lessons you’ll learn from expert PC upgrader and author of this book, Glenn Weadock. According to the book’s publisher, none of Glenn’s PCs contains any of its original parts. That says a lot about… Read More »
If books could kill, this probably will. Not so much because of its size (in excess of 1,300 pages) and weight (two kilogrammes), but rather, if you follow what was written to a T, you’ll be in for a nasty surprise. At the time of writing, there were already five pages of errata documented on… Read More »
Gone are the days when you can buy a single copy of Windows and pass it to your friend, your friend’s friends, your girlfriend, your girlfriend’s boyfriend… In the spirit of sharing, we’ve all become accidental pirates. But no longer. You see, the software giant is now determined to put the brakes on casual copying,… Read More »
Every merger comes with enormous execution headaches. The Hewlett Packard-Compaq union is certainly fraught with challenging hurdles. Particularly so at a time when just about everything else in the computing business – from revenues to profit margins – is getting smaller. Already, analysts are predicting that the massive product overlap, possible brand confusion and potential… Read More »