The Steam client has, unfortunately, porked up quite a bit over the years. Even though it needs to go on a serious diet, you can still fortuantely slim down the client by purposely choosing “Small Mode” and disabling a few features to get it running relatively speedy. Check out the video below to see how it’s...

If articles like this one get you a little concerned about whether what you’re posting to SkyDrive is “acceptable” or not, you can simply put your files into 7-Zip archives, put a password in front of the archive and encrypt it to safeguard your stuff. Note: This is not an invitation for people to post obviously-bad things to SkyDrive. However...

Truth: You really don’t need that much computing power to play a DVD. Truth: You really don’t need that much computing power to play a 1080p video file, be it MP4, AVI (in any number of variants), MOV or what-have-you. Truth: You do need good amount of computing power just to play Flash and Silverlight content because yes, both are just programmed...

AutoHotKey, arguably the best macro app you could use for Windows, is something I personally use on a daily basis. One custom script type I programmed was the ability to output the date anywhere I am in the Windows environment when I need it auto-typed in somewhere (in a document, email, chat, etc.) The video below shows how that’s...

Interested in giving Linux a go, but not sure if you want to get rid of Windows to use it? Well, you could always try booting it in a virtual machine, or replacing the operating system on an old PC. Alternatively, you could try dual booting. Now, this is easier said than done, because most Linux builds don’t really get along all that well with Windows 7,...

Everyone knows (and if you don’t, now you do) that YouTube has the absolute worst online community on the internet, and this is undisputed. Have no fear, because Herp Derp for YouTube is here. The way it works is simple. All comments are replaced with herp and derp. Example:Herp Derp is a mandatory Chrome extension and everyone should use...

The calculator app in Windows 7 isn’t what you’d exactly call exciting because, well, it’s a calculator. However there are significant improvements over WinXP’s calculator that are really easy to miss. For much of what you will see in the video below, you probably use specific web sites (or maybe even smartphone apps) to get the same...

Microsoft Excel’s actually a lot more versatile than some folks give it credit for being. There’s a lot you can do with a spreadsheet, if you know what you’re doing, and you can actually put together some pretty advanced stuff. We’re not going to get too much into macros and visual basic today- that’s a whole different can of worms....

There’s a reason the MP3 audio format completely obliterated WMA (Windows Media Audio) as the preferred choice – it works everywhere. On PCs, on laptops, on smartphones, in many car stereos, etc. The more places a specific media format can be used, the better it is. With video, the same is true, except instead of MP3 you use MP4. If you’re...

You’ve probably heard someone trumpeting the latest indie game. You’ve probably caught wind of the Humble Indie Bundle. You’ve probably seen someone advertising an indie title on Kickstarter. If you use Steam, you might have even seen EA’s Indie Bundle (they’re doing it wrong, by the way). So what is an independent game? Just what...