Green computing’s all the rage lately, isn’t it? Seems every single tech business in existence is currently competing to see who can build the greenest data center, who can design the most energy efficient tech, and who can save the most power. But why should corporations do all the work? After all, Earth’s kind of our home, too. We should all...

So, you’re playing an older game and all of a sudden it effectively borks itself. “Okay, no big deal” you tell yourself. “It’s a pretty old piece of software and it’s probably not designed to be used with modern hardware.”  You figure you can just take a look at some of the solutions online, check a few knowledge bases,...

Those of you who pay attention to investment news already know the story of the hour- Facebook’s gone public. On Thursday, they filed an IPO, and the entire investment community rejoiced. Several social gaming companies saw their stock skyrocket, and Zuckerberg revealed just how much money he’s really been making off of his world-changing social...

The most common means by which people lose access to their accounts isn’t via hacking software, nor is it through keyloggers or data miners- though those two certainly aren’t to be discounted. It’s not a result of data breaches, nor is it security-compromising worms. It’s the phishing scam. Generally sent through email, these scams are...

The lovely thing about Chrome is that it’s got such a thriving, passionate developer community. If there’s a problem that needs solving, there’s probably an addon designed to solve it. Today, the extensions list is going to be a little more scattered than usual. Submitted for your pleasure are five more useful, unique, and/or downright cool...

If you’ve ever found text messaging to be too limited and wished that you could actually chat with your SMS contacts, you’re pretty likely to love this app. Available for Blackberry, Android, iOS, and Nokia phones, Whatsapp markets itself as a “cross platform mobile messaging app.”  Not too shabby, eh? It’s basically a surrogate...

While this might be old news to some, I’m sure there are still a few people who wouldn’t mind hearing about this tool. Let’s say you’re on YouTube, and you see a video you really like. It’s downright awesome, and you think “Hey, I’d love to put that on my iPod.” Believe it or not, you actually can do that. Some...

A few days ago, we celebrated a well-earned victory against the Old Guard. SOPA and PIPA were called unconstitutional. They were shelved, their proponents were defeated, and all was well on the ‘net. For about an hour.  Something’s recently come into play that casts SOPA and PIPA in a whole new light. Turns out, they folks responsible for SOPA had...

YouTube’s grand and all, but there’s definitely a few things that could be improved about it. Until Google decides to implement automatic playback, or the ability to resize videos while watching them, we’ll have to turn to outside sources. Notably…Chrome extensions. Here’s 5 extensions for Google Chrome designed to make your...

For newbies to the platform, Steam can seem a touch overwhelming at first. While it’s not too hard to get the general stuff down- purchasing games, installing files, accessing steam apps, adding friends – there are a few tips and tricks that not everyone seems to be entirely aware of. We’ll start simple for now- more complex functions and...

So, you’re going on vacation? Gonna be away from your computer for a while? If you’d like, you could always email every single one of your contacts to let them know where you’re going to be, and for how long. Alternatively, you could simply set up an auto-responder. How it works is pretty simple: Someone emails you, and the client responds back...

So, you’ve got yourself a brand new, shiny computer. Trouble is, your whole desktop looks a little…impersonal. You’re sitting there thinking to yourself, “high time I changed this.” Trouble is, you’re not sure how to go about doing so. Have no fear- it’s actually an incredibly simple process. Step 1- Access the...

Social media means big business for marketing firms. It should come as no surprise that some slimy individuals want to exploit that for their own gain. No, I’m not talking about Zuckerberg and his crew- what they’re doing might be unethical, but it’s technically legal. Not so with all of the criminal elements that have set up shop on social...

With the advent of the social network, more and more of our lives and consequently our identities, are finding their way to the net. Names, interests, social relationships, birth-dates, and sometimes even financial information. All very valuable information for the right (or wrong, depending on how you look at it) person. It shouldn’t come as any surprise...

Believe it or not, there are more games on the Chrome Web Store than just Angry Birds. I know, I found it shocking too. Know what’s even more surprising? Some of them are actually good. As in…really, really good. I suppose it’s not surprise, really. I’ve compiled a list of games you should take a look at, if ever you’re bored and...