Do you have a proper computer chair? Is your keyboard at the proper height? Is your mouse proper for your hand? The answers to all these questions and more in the most exciting podcast – EVER. Well, not really. But listen to it anyway.

What is Linux? Linux by definition is a Unix-like operating system. The Linux kernel (i.e. the central component of the operating system) was created by a man named Linus Torvalds. What does “Unix-like” mean? “Unix-like” means that Linux “acts” like Unix in the way that it performs functions. You need not have to understand what this means other than...

Mac OS X Leopard is about a month away from being released. It looks promising, but are there any solid reasons for Tiger users to upgrade?

In the Windows world, Vista is the current rage. And you can define “rage” in a couple of different ways, in this case. On one hand, “rage” can be defined as what is hip and new. On the other, “rage” can be defined as that white hot hate you feel when it takes 5 boot-ups to get the proper screen resolution under Windows...

I know PC Mechanic is more of a technology site and that most of the readers are not bloggers. But, if you are interested in blogging, you might want to check out my personal blog at WebbyOnline.com. This afternoon I am driving over to Orlando, FL in order to attend BlogOrlando. The event is going all day on Friday. PCMech is now a blog site, which actually...

Does your web site or blog have enough readability to it? Or is it alienating some of your audience? Listen in and find out.

One of our readers named Mike submitted the following problem to us: Basically, I seem to have an issue where my sound will skip/distort any time my processor is busy. And it doesn’t have to be anything significant, this can happen just when I’m opening up Firefox. Now, I can understand something like this happening on an old PC, but I don’t...

Want a cool picture with a digital compact camera? How about attaching it to a balloon and sending it to 117,000 feet. That’s what some folks from Canada did. SABLE-3 was launched on Saturday, August 11th, 2007, at 9:31 AM with a payload, consisting of a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set to take 1 image every minute and a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS...