The Blu-ray rewriteable optical media format as of this month has been around for 5 years. July 18, 2011 will mark rewriteable Blu-ray’s 5th birthday. Sony introduced the first consumer-available rewritable Blu-ray drive on July 18, 2006 for the low-low price (yes, that’s sarcastic) of only $699. What a deal. Blu-ray burner drives have officially...

Put a Mac-specific RAM stick next to a PC-specific stick and they look nearly identical, so what’s the difference? The difference is that picking out proper Mac memory is determined by model while on a PC it’s determined by motherboard. If you built your PC yourself, you shop for memory based on what the motherboard supports. If the mobo’s...

The harder you work your computer, the hotter it gets. Basic, right? One of the easiest ways to keep your computer and its components cool is to purchase a computer case that is specifically designed for optimum airflow. If you’re looking to cool down your PC, here are some of the best computer cases for airflow available: Antec DF-85 Black ATX Full Tower...

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...

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...

The ubiquitous Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly abbreviated as NES, launched a whole new generation of gaming in the 1980s and is a console many people still enjoy to this day – parents and kids included. Owning one is great, there are many great games for it, and fortunately there are NES console clone alternatives (like this one) if you...

This is going to be one of those things where you’ll probably think, "Why didn’t someone think of this sooner?" Before I get into what this is, the primary reason wireless technologies are frowned upon in corporate offices is security. While it’s true just about any corporation could save tens of thousands of dollars a year by having...

There are three questions I ask myself whenever going through a bag or box of electronics crap:Does it have a purpose? Will I use this in the next 12 months? Is this unique, meaning I don’t have a duplicate?If the answers to the above are NO, NO and NO, it gets thrown out. Getting rid of your electronics junk is done by doing the following 1....

If you want to find something that’s always available to buy right now on Craigslist, it’s used rear-projection televisions. These hulking masses of electronics positively litter not only Craigslist but just about everywhere else where things can be posted for sale freely. So what happened? Why are these big-big TVs being sold left and right? Is...

Taking pictures underwater is just plain cool, however the equipment to do it has never been cheap – or is it? For the longest time, the only way to take an underwater photo on a budget was either to separately purchase an enclosure for underwater use custom fit to your cam that cost more than the cam itself, or do the old seal-in-transparent-bag thing and...