So, you’ve got yourself a new game, but it doesn’t quite appear to be working as intended. For whatever reason, your system’s unable to play it properly. It lags. There’s graphical tearing. It locks up at random, or doesn’t start up at all. Naturally, this is a problem you want to fix- and fast. Assuming you’ve already tried...

Sony has definitely seen better days. The company posted a fiscal loss of 5.8 billion (yes, billion with a big fat B) in 2011, and the shucking of the optical drive subsidiary is part of their restructuring plan. For those shopping around for optical drives, you may in the near future see Sony-branded optical drives selling at fire sale prices just to get rid of...

Have you ever wondered how your computer keyboard functions? It’s pretty likely most folks haven’t really given that a lot of thought.  After all, the keyboard is one of the most basic parts of our computing experience- and compared to some other, more complicated segments of the system, it’s not really as complex, right? Let’s find...

While a lot of us would like to own an iPad, it can be hard to justify the expenditure. You’ve got an iPod, a Mac and a MacBook – just how do you justify adding a new device to your Apple collection when it doesn’t really fill its own essential niche? One way is to scrap the rest of them and let the iPad fulfill all your computing needs – but is that...

The problem with computers is that they’re never 100% reliable. Whether through a virus, degradation of your hardware, or an error in your system, there’s always a chance that any data, no matter where on your system it’s stored, might become corrupted, fragmented, or lost. As such, it’s pretty much vital that you keep a backup of any...

Home security isn’t cheap and never has been, and this is why people look into fake security alternatives. But does it work? That answer depends on what the fake security is and how it’s applied. Here are a few of the more popular fake security items out there. Fake “Protected By” stickersThis is a fake security item that people have...

I live in Tampa Bay Florida and during the summer there are a lot of thunderstorms; it happens so often that a “spat” storm (meaning one that lasts a half-hour or lses) happens pretty much every other day all summer long. That being the case, it’s totally normal in these parts that the power kicks off for anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes...

Back in the old days when computer mice were ball-operated, at best they would last two or three years before the rubber ball started wearing down and you had to replace it. Optical mice – one of the best damn improvements to a hardware computer product ever mind you – cured all that. It is not unlikely that some of you have optical mice that are...

When it comes to a power comparison between a gaming laptop and a gaming PC, the PC is generally going to come out on top. The problem with laptops is that, since they’re portable and mobile, parts have to be tailor-made for them, and generally have to be a lot more compact than their desktop counterparts. As a result, laptop hardware often tends to be a...

The first question most of you have is, “What’s the difference between a document scanner and a regular scanner?” Answer: A document scanner usually doesn’t have a bed on it; it usually operates in sheet-feed-only mode where you place the paper in the thing, it’s auto-fed through, and the scan is sent out afterward. Think of it...