While at home, I’ve taken to plugging in my laptop to my TV via an HDMI jack to use the latter as a secondary monitor for the former. Unfortunately, in doing so, I’ve noticed a rather irritating bug – one which manifests if I plug my system in when I’ve got Chrome open. The sound [...]
Gesture control is all the rage these days. After all, there’s something inherently cool about being able to control your computer with a wave of your hand. It’s the sort of thing once reserved for the realm of science fiction, right up there with holographic user interfaces. While the latter is still a bit out [...]
Some people love the Windows 8 UI. While it certainly takes a bit of getting used to, they’re right at home with it not long after picking up the new operating system. I’m not one of those people – quite the opposite. Windows 8 isn’t my cup of tea, and as such, I’m quite thankful [...]
In today’s issue, we’re going to look at some of the more common file types that appear on the Windows Operating System. Bmp: Stands for Bitmap. One of the most basic types of image storage, Bitmaps tend to be larger than JPEGs, as they’re completely uncompressed. The pixels of a bitmap are resolution-dependent, so it’s very [...]
The best thing about indie games development – and what separates it from AAA development – is that you’re considerably more likely to come across unique, unusual, and interesting ideas. It’s tough to say why that is. Maybe it’s because smaller developers need to try harder to be noticed. Failure is definitely a distinct possibility, [...]
Just a quick tip for you today, folks – a bit of troubleshooting for some of the more finicky programs and games you’ll be running on your computer. See, the way Windows 7 sets up its User Account Control, the majority of programs on your system aren’t configured to run with administrative privileges. Unfortunately, while [...]
Launchpad is one of those features of OS X Lion that makes you scratch your head a little bit. It brings the app screens from iOS over to the Mac. Now, some Mac users will just openly accept this because, well, it came from Apple. Others (like me) find it annoying that Apple is trying [...]
A lot of people out there are fond of Dell laptops. And, their XPS 13 line is pretty slick. I mean, as a Mac guy, I could sit here and tell you its just a Macbook Air clone, but alas, it is a slick little ultrabook. Recently, Dell announced the XPS 13 available with Ubuntu. [...]
AirPlay is really a very cool technology. Wirelessly stream video to your TV. Doesn’t get better than that. To use AirPlay, you would need an Apple TV. It is currently priced at only $99, and given all that it can do, it is a pretty good buy. Apple being Apple, all of their stuff tends [...]
It’s usually pretty easy to capture screenshots in a game. Most titles on the market now include some sort of hotkey for taking a picture, and even for those that don’t, you can always just use the good old “print screen” command. But what if you want to record some video, and you’re not interested [...]
As I’m sure many of you do, I have a Netflix account. It’s pretty awesome- for a paltry $10 a month, I’ve access to a whole library of movies and TV shows which I can watch whenever and wherever I desire (so long as I’ve a stable Internet connection, anyway). Unfortunately, since I live outside [...]
Clutter is one of the biggest problems with the Internet these days. Some websites are just designed in a sloppy fashion, or interrupted by advertising, poorly-placed images, or simply a terrible layout. Furthermore, no matter where we go, or how we browse, there’s always something there to distract us, something vying for our attention. Maybe a website is [...]
It takes a very specific, very special kind of person to knowingly violate the law – and an even more special kind to talk about it on Facebook after the fact. I’ve said time and again in my posts that you need to watch what you say online – or, at the very least, make [...]
I have a confession to make. This isn’t easy for me to tell you, and it might make you think considerably less of me. Ready? Here goes nothing…I have never used Linux before. I’ve had an interest in the operating system for a while, but I’ve simply never gotten around to trying it out. Feel [...]
At the time of writing, it’s been about a week since I received a rather interesting email from CNet, detailing a question I’m sure at least a few of us have asked ourselves in the past: is saving your log-in information in your web browser a bad move? After all, it’s something a lot of folks [...]
