Another quickie for you guys today. Here’s a rather fascinating infographic I saw just the other day. Ironically…it’s about the reason infographics are so bloody popular. Time and again, we’ve proven – particularly as our age moves from more abstract forms of entertainment to more concrete ones – that human beings are, in...

For decades, we’ve seen the idea of the “smart house” referenced in popular culture. From the Jetsons to Tony Stark’s virtual butler to a smart house that’s out to get revenge on its inhabitants, the technology has mostly been science fiction rather than something you can have in real life. That’s changing, and changing quickly. Smart home technology...

It’s bound to happen, eventually- keyboards are like anything else, and subject to the same wear and tear as any piece of hardware. If you use one enough, eventually, you’re going to have to do a bit of repair work. After all, cleaning your keyboard doesn’t really help when half the keys are missing, does it? Truth be told, it’s not...

Here is a list of ten web development tools that you may use on your iPhone. One is no better than the other is. The numbers do not indicate their rank or usefulness. 1. Analytics A handy little must have if you are the sort of person who is unable to gain access to a PC every day. If this is you then the “creatively” named app known as Analytics, may be for...

One of the coolest things about Star Trek: The Next Generation was the holodeck. Utilizing space-age computing that even our modern society can only dream of, the crew could easily transport themselves to any time and place, without even having to leave the ship. It made for some downright awesome adventures, and must’ve been a great (and dangerously...

In today’s technology-ridden society, people no longer “look things up” in encyclopedias or even search engines. “Google” has become a verb, replacing all other synonyms and being used even when that particular search engine is not. Google’s competitors are fighting to achieve the same status. Since search engines basically have the power to decide...

We all know it’s quite possibly- and actually fairly easy – to use an Xbox 360 controller with your PC. It’s really just a matter of plugging it in, and downloading a few drivers from Microsoft. What many of you might not know is that you can actually take things a step further- you can use your controller as a mouse and keyboard array, as...

You may recall that fateful day in January when iconic photography mogul Kodak filed for bankruptcy. With the filing came the end of an era. Film rolls and negatives are slowly becoming things of the past as SD cards and digital drop boxes carve out their niche in the photography world. As a parent versed in the digital photography ways, you have a new...

Facebook’s not exactly the poster child of productivity. Quite the contrary, it’s one of the biggest time-wasters in the world, with hundreds of pieces of content and a whole plethora of time-wasting social games. What some people might not know is exactly how distracting it (and many other social media websites) really are – and just how much...

Old game cartridges have an irritating tendency to accumulate grime when they’re not being used, particularly in the area where they connect to the console. It’s tough to say why- perhaps the electrical transfer that occurs there when they’re plugged in makes them uniquely suited to gathering up dust. Usually, blowing on them will be more than...

With today’s issue of Layman’s Terms, we’re going to have a look at a few more graphically-inclined terms. Let’s get right into it, shall we? LCD:  “LCD” stands for “Liquid Crystal Display.” Basically, it utilizes a unique type of matter which exists somewhere between a solid and a liquid in terms of state. The...

Every new release of Microsoft office has had its irritating little quirks, and 2010 is no exception. This time around, the issue lies in Word, in the default template. See, as far as I know, most people need their word documents to be formatted in one of two ways, at their core – they need them to be either double spaced or single spaced. Microsoft...

Hey there, folks. Today we’re taking a look at a few more common terms in the world of computing – both software and hardware related. Let’s get started. Native Mode: Basically, native mode is the default operating state of any given computer system. Sort of. For example – let’s say you’ve got a Windows PC, with Windows 7...

The private browsing feature (available in all major web browsers) is something most people don’t use simply for the reason it can prove to be inconvenient. For the most part, people use the private browsing feature so the browser doesn’t retain any cookies. Well, you don’t need to use private browsing to get that feature in Firefox, as you...

So, if you haven’t heard already…OUYA. For those of you who don’t want to read through the Kickstarter page, I’ll summarize what the console is, as well as what it represents. OUYA is, at its core, an attempt to blow open the last closed market in gaming. That is to say, they’re trying to make console gaming- and console games...

I’m going to be brutally honest here: The YouTube Politics site just plain sucks. Some of you may have tried to view online live video there only to deal with choppy video that barely runs at 3 frames a second (no joke). It’s almost as if you need a quad-core CPU with 1GB of video memory just to view that site correctly – and that’s...

Ultimately, it’s the FCC that has the final say-so on what parts of the spectrum band a wireless carrier can use. Obviously, wireless carriers want as much as they can get to serve as many customers as posisble. The FCC has officially allowed AT&T to use a portion of the 2.3GHz spectrum. Some of you may be thinking, “Gee.. that’s awful...

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for Solid State Drives, when compared against traditional HDDS was the price point. More advanced technology and more expensive materials translated easily to a much, much pricier piece of hardware. As many have predicted, that price gap is very rapidly closing- and very soon, we might be seeing HDDS phased out for faster,...

In the State of Texas, certain schools are requiring students to carry ID cards that have RFID chips embedded in them so there whereabouts can be monitored. Note on linked article above: The title of it is totally misleading, as the students are not being “micro-chipped”; it’s just a card and not an implant. As far as children in schools being...

I’ll totally admit that having a smartphone with the ability to snap photos (and shoot video) is mighty convenient. However that doesn’t mean the phone can actually take good pictures. As anyone learned in digital cameras is aware, more megapixels does not equal better quality photos, and even if a modern smartphone matches what your digital camera...