When you hear "touchscreen", you think of mobile electronics like a smartphone, a GPS device or other like items. However full-size desktop touchscreen monitors are available, have been for some time, and they’re not as expensive as most people assume they are. You really should have Windows 7 if going with a touchscreen monitor It’s not...

Video and graphic enthusiasts looking for the best possible display you can get on your LCD monitor should consider color calibrating it (much like what is done with HD-TV’s). Rather than paying someone to handle this for you or purchasing an expensive device, consider renting a color calibration device from your local photo store: I did a little research...

You may have heard the statement that having a black background uses less power than a non-black background. Google even switched to a black ground a while ago to attempt to save energy. Logically, this seems true because your screen doesn’t light up as much, however this is not the case. For proof, check out this video (ignore the advertisement)…...

If you have multiple monitors and do a lot of reading online, one thing you might want to consider is turning one of your monitors on its side and then changing the orientation. The reason for this is when you maximize your browser/PDF/emails/etc. on an upright monitor, the orientation resembles an 8.5×11 page (at least more so than a the monitor being in...

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