In a joint effort between Pure Digital (the company behind the Flip Video) and Cafepress, you will be able to buy your own Flip camera and customize the appearance to suit your tastes. In the press release sent to PCMech this morning, it says: For no additional cost, the Flip Video personalization platform gives consumers unlimited options to create a Flip Mino...

As promised, I have ended the contest for the aluminum laptop stand from Lapworks today. This contest was done through Twitter. The winner is Zane Savage. His Twitter profile is @zanesavage. Zane isn’t new to Twitter, but his entry in the contest stood out. Here it is: @davidrisley PCMECH.COM is an Entertainmentgasm FULL of Geeky Goodness Oozing out of the...

Most digital photographers probably use some form of online photo album. After all, your photos do no good to anybody if nobody but you sees them. Among the top contenders in this space are Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket. Personally, I am a big fan of Flickr. But, does that mean I should keep everything on Flickr and Flickr only?I was recently at BlogOrlando...

A lot of people enjoy using RSS feeds while others still don’t quite understand how. Those who do get it understand that an RSS feed is a gateway to portable web content. No more do you have to visit a website to see what the latest articles are. You can have those articles brought to you. One such application is called Snackr. It is a free, Adobe AIR based...

Ubuntu users love to brag about the super-easy way to download and install free applications using the Synaptic Package Manager. Mac users can point to AppFresh, a free tool which helps you automatically keep your applications up to date. Are Windows users just left out in the cold? Not exactly. If you’re a Windows user (and statistically that includes most of...

Few can argue that Windows Vista, at the very least, didn’t really go the way Microsoft would have wanted. The initial release of of Vista was fraught with problems and the public perception hasn’t recovered since. Even while Vista is today a pretty stable operating system, it cannot shake the negative press it received in the initial days. But, is it fair...

The economy is definitely first and foremost on a lot of minds right now. While there is no need to worry unnecessarily, this is a time to think strategically about your life and your income. You want to get more out of what you have, and you should put some thought into other ways to generate income. Here at PCMech, we, too, are feeling the effects of the...

Congratulations to Vicki, the winner of our computer case giveaway. Now, it is time for the next one.You can read the review of the Attache Laptop Stand. So, here are the details for winning this laptop stand. The contest is going to wrap up on Friday, October 10th. The winner is going to be announced on Twitter. This means that you will need to sign up for a...

A couple weeks ago, I posted an article called Your Computer Is Targeted. That article talked about a product called The Hacker’s Nightmare. Tonight, I wanted to show you a behind-the-scenes look at the product itself and exactly why I recommended it to my readers. So, earlier this afternoon I created a video where I showed you what’s behind the...

We live in a world where marketing is reality. All you have to do is look at the world of politics to see that. Perception is reality. Apple is the king of perception marketing in the tech industry. The “Mac versus PC” commercials have successfully put forth the idea that a Mac is different than a PC. It isn’t and it is about time we get this right. No, I...

There are some dicey things happening with the U.S. economy right now. Gas prices are super high. The drastic increase in debt by the federal government as well as people on an individual level is leading to a very shaky economic foundation. Things are likely going to get worse before they get better, but as a person tuned in with technology, there are some...

While I am still disappointed at the lack of a to-do list application in Google’s app offerings, I do have to give them credit for continually doing things. Gmail has been around for awhile and still sports the “beta” designation. I don’t know if that will ever change, but perhaps one reason for that is that some of the Gmail Labs...

Looks like Microsoft is back-pedaling on their new ad campaign starring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. A story on Valleywag reports that the ads are being pulled, and that their marketing team is trying to spin a positive face to it. It seems some got the commercials and others didn’t. I’m going to put myself into the latter category and I see this...

Yesterday, VMware officially released the final version of VMware Fusion 2.0. This is a major upgrade to the VMware Fusion software that lets Intel-based Macs run Windows, Linux or any other operating system without the need to reboot. I had been holding off on upgrading because 2.0 was in beta. But, now that it has reached final, it was time for me to give it...

Another Google Chrome Security Flaw Identified Windows 7 hits Milestone 3 Professor Given $100,000 to Study World of Warcraft VMware Fusion 2.0 AvailableRelated Links:Google Chrome VMware Fusion Microsoft Virtual PCThanks for...