Why would you still want to build your own PC today? There are a proliferation of desktop PCs, Laptops, Notebooks, Netbooks, and Tablet PCs on offer that not only give great performance but also come packaged in various impressive styles, formats and sizes to suit the vast majority of PC owners’ wants and needs. Today’s PC is without a doubt a very...

It’s sad to say the average computer user doesn’t heed precautions when using a computer in their favorite coffee shop. No, I’m not talking about making sure passers-by don’t spill coffee on their laptops. I’m talking about basic security measures required to protect their privacy while surfing online via a public wireless connection found in your...

Bring a seemingly-dead laptop battery back to life, to a usable condition, although not quite like-new. It could be almost as good as a replacement laptop battery and a lot cheaper than a universal external laptop battery. Using a freezer – the same place you put your frozen peas and TV dinners – you could restore a dead laptop battery. Simply follow...

Though some of you may have chosen to allow your laptop to double as heating pad, this is really a terrible idea. When you starve your laptop of the air it needs to cool down, you run the risk of letting it overheat. Those who have been there know how bad that can be. Buying a laptop cooler is like purchasing any other accessory for your computer. You need to...

This is a guest post by Abdul Karim. Since early 2000, the thumb drive has revolutionized computing. It made it possible to quickly and easily transfer valuable files between computers. Thumb drives [also known as USB drives and flash drives] were introduced shortly after the adoption of USB after an era where users were fed up with using blank CDs and floppy...

This is a guest post by Neil Jones. The iPad is selling in large numbers simply because it is making work, hobbies and entertainment easier and more accessible for people of all age groups. It is a tablet computer that scores with its sleek and elegant design, small form factor and being lightweight makes it so convenient to have as a companion. The iPad is...

One of the important page elements in your blog that will make your readers want to read your posts is your blog title. The title itself, as well as its design, has to capture the interest of your blog visitor, as well as reflect, in a rather indirect way, the theme or spirit of your blog. You can easily do both by creating a logo design for your blog...

This is a guest post by Bill Rounds. You are online every day, probably for several hours for fun or work. But the online universe is not always status updates and YouTubes of funny cats. There are some grown up things to consider. One is how much information you are broadcasting to the world while using the interwebs. Fortunately, manning or womaning up is...

This is a guest post by Monte Russell. Do you live in an area that has lighting strikes all the time (almost daily) or, like me, once every two months or so? Did you know that if lighting hits a power line it can travel up to 30 miles? And that is in a radius out from the point of the strike. (To see a frequency of strikes, look at this map.) This is one of the...

Interference can be caused from many things in your home or office, but they all result in one thing: your wireless network doesn’t seem to provide its expected range. Check the specifications of your wireless router first to make sure that you have realistic expectations from the device. If you are exceeding the maximum range of your device, you may need to...

This is a guest post from the guys over at TestFreaks.com. So, you have a shiny new, or somewhat new, MacBook Pro, and you like to use Google Calendar. But instead of whipping out your browser every time, did you know that you can easily set up your Mac to sync with Google natively? Believe it or not, there are no additional programs or scripts needed to make it...

I have been a Gmail user pretty much since the beginning. I was lucky enough to get an invite early on from a very generous person. I haven’t really started using Google Docs until the last year or so though. However, in the past few months I have come to truly enjoy using Google Docs. There are two basic ways to use Google Docs. If you have a Gmail...