Google Images is what you use to, obviously, search for images. Yesterday, Google updated the interface. Several big changes were made, including the elimination of by-page listings in favor of what’s known as “Infinite Scroll”. What is Infinite Scroll? It’s when you reach the bottom of any page of results and are presented with a...

I know right up front there are going to be more than a few folks that will consider this an “Apple bashing” article. That is not my intent. As everyone knows, there is a distinct difference between want and need. The bitter truth about Apple products is that people want them because they’re “cool”, but don’t actually need...

Whenever you purchase a new cell phone, you have to be absolutely sure what you are getting is what you want as you typically have to agree to a lengthy contract before you walk out the phone. If you end up not liking your phone, you are stuck with both the device and provider for the term of the contract unless you decide to purchase a new phone (all out of...

It’s nice to have an auto-reload/refresh feature in your browser, particularly for sites that have their content change often (or even your webmail if it has issues auto-updating itself). Here are 3 ways to do it: Mozilla Firefox Add-on: ReloadEveryAfter installation of this add-on, right-click any loaded web page, choose Reload Every from the context...

In case you haven’t heard, newspapers aren’t doing too well out there. Video stores are disappearing. Everything is going digital now. Even books. Problem is – people don’t really want to sit at the computer to read the news. It requires a different kind of experience. The Ipad gives it, and the Droid-powered tablets sure to be coming out...

Digging into the incredibly useful NirSoft freeware utilities, today we take a look at SmartSniff Packet Sniffer. SmartSniff is a network monitoring utility that allows you to capture TCP/IP packets that pass through your network adapter, and view the captured data as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in...

We’re in the final stretch to being ready to launch a brand new design for PCMech.com. I wanted to give you guys an update on what’s in store. This is going to be a lot more than a re-design. While the entire scope of the project is a bit large, it is actually going to be a shift in how the site conducts itself. There will be editorial changes as...

Recently, I yet again ran into a web site that would not work in Firefox or Chrome correctly. It had some form dialog boxes in combination with some JavaScript that simply would not display proper in the two aforementioned browsers. What I did at that point is what anyone else in Windows would do, I fired up Internet Explorer 8, loaded the site with that browser...

Video game consoles started out originally using game cartridges, commonly referred to simply as carts. They always worked, and the only time you ever had a problem with one is when the contacts physically eroded over time – but it took a long time for that to happen. Heck, there are 25-year-old NES carts even now that still work as good as the day they...

A recent report published by the security experts at Secunia finds that Apple, Oracle and Microsoft are 1, 2 and 3, respectively, in known software vulnerabilities across all their non-OS products. If you don’t want to read the full article, The Windows Club has a good write-up about it where they make a good point: The report shows an alarming development...

It is common knowledge that inactivity is bad for your health. However a new study shows that there may be more this than just the inactivity factor. An article on the New York Times points out: In a study published in May in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, they reported that, to no one’s surprise, the men who sat the most had the...

One of the longest running and successful RPG games is the Ultima series which spanned both consoles and computer platforms. If you are a fan of these very difficult games, then you might be interested in the The Ultima 6 Project: The Ultima 6 Project [is] a remake of Origin Systems’ classic game Ultima VI: The False Prophet  with newer graphics and a...

With all the tech that surrounds us , there are still certain things computers have not replaced. Here are 5 of them. 1. Books(image credit) "Digital Media" is a buzzword (buzz-term?) in the industry right now, and companies are hocking e-readers to you left and right. The response to these devices by most people is apathetic at best, followed by a...

Once a month on “Patch Tuesday“, Microsoft releases patches and updates for their operating systems. However, due to potential problems introduced by updating system files, there are many different opinions on when you should actually install these updates. Ask 5 people and you might get 5 different answers. The benefit to installing the updates is...

OK, so there is an issue with the Iphone 4 antenna. Got it. But, judging from the way many in the tech blog world are treating it, this is not only the only thing happen in the world, but it is Armageddon itself. Are you kidding me? Look at Techmeme right now (see below). This issue dominates the page. And now you got a Senator chiming in about it? Dave...

Sometimes the simplest tools are the best kind. Web developers/designers absolutely require a utility to resize a browser window so they can see what their projects look like under certain resolutions. The best utility for this, which unfortunately does not work in any version after Windows XP, is Sizer. But what if you’re running Windows 7? Or a Mac? Or...

My first experience with writing data to optical disc was with Nero Burning ROM many moons ago in the late 1990s with Windows 98. When I upgraded to Windows XP, one of the first features I used was the ability to burn discs using the OS and nothing else. It worked well for the most part. What I mean by "the most part" is that there are times when...

The title of this post is taken from the tag line of Microsoft’s free WebMatrix offering: It includes IIS Developer Express (a development Web server), ASP.NET (a Web framework), and SQL Server Compact (an embedded database). It streamlines Web site development and makes it easy to start Web sites from popular open-source apps. The skills and code you...

Recently I was called upon to load the Windows 7 OS on a PC for a neighbor. I told him what the price of the OS was, he gave me some cash and I purchased a System Builder’s single-license copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit edition. The price was $100, is a full edition (meaning not upgrade) and non-transferable (meaning it can only be used on one PC)....

If there’s one universal constant to the universe, it’s that teens will always find new way to fry their brains. The latest craze(?) is something called binaural beats.  By listening to specifically programmed audio of this type for around 30 minutes, you’re supposed to feel "high". Weird? You bet. The site that provides this...