Not all PCMech readers are full of joy and happiness. Many are IT administrators, meaning they deal with whiny annoying "customers" every day. As such, they’re pretty darned bitter. We at PCMech recognize this and have introduced a new Dark Side membership program. It includes the following: A snazzy new white uniform, complete with laser rifle: ...

Oh, how time flies – especially on the internet. It’s my belief that time literally moves 3x faster on the internet than it does in real life. Why? Because you can’t remember what you did on the internet last week, never mind last month (but you can in real life). Moving on.. One year ago: Ubuntu 8.04 was released. Lots of people downloaded it,...

Periodically during the PCMech Live broadcast I will refer people to the PCMech Forums when a) I don’t know the answer to a particular tech question and/or b) the tech question asked requires a threaded conversation (which can’t be done with real-time chat). For those who have never been to the PCMech Forums, they are quite large. There are tens of...

For those that join us live every week on Wednesdays from 8pm to 10pm EST, you may find it easier to use chat if you alternatively connect using an IRC client like Chatzilla instead of the in-browser way. This video shows you how to do...

For those not aware, Dave (the guy who runs this site) is currently in Seattle Washington attending Gnomedex 8.0. He was given the opportunity to step in front of the live feed for a few minutes and converse with the audience @...

I have no doubt at all that we have a lot of business owners and marketing folks come by and visit PCMECH. Folks who could benefit from the large audience we have here. If you are interested in:Growing your business Building more awareness for your brandthen I have an announcement for you. PCMECH is now offering direct sponsorship opportunities. This is...

The other day, I met with Kyle Graham of Ambidupdate.com. We were meeting to talk a little business, but he had asked me ahead of time if he could do a quick interview. Of course I said yes. He used his new Flip Video to record this interview of me outside of a Chili’s in Tampa, FL. Now, Kyle’s service allows people with little to no experience...

People see PCMech.com and sometimes wonder what is the “engine” behind the magic, so to speak. Well, it’s no secret that PCMech uses WordPress. If you were thinking about trying WordPress for yourself there are completely free ways to do it (as in without the requirement of a domain and web host). See video below for details. Also remember that...

Per the last survey we sent out, one of the courses people wanted in the PCMech University system was a digital photography course. One is coming very soon. See video below for...

Have you heard of Twitter? Are you on Twitter? The opinions on Twitter vary a lot. And the reactions I get range from “What is it?” to “It is frickin’ awesome!” I do use Twitter and today I just wanted to take a moment to ask you to follow me on Twitter. My reason is below. For those in the dark on it, here are some links to...

Disclaimer: This is entirely in the idea phase at this point. Nothing has yet been done to organize this. OK, we had an idea. And the more we think about it, it seems like a really good idea. That idea is to have PCMech be behind the organization of a cool tech conference that will take place on the East coast, likely right here in the Tampa Bay area. Now, I...

I recently started an afternoon version of PCMech Live for our UK visitors so it wouldn’t be so late for them. It worked out well. The video below shows the first 20 minutes of the show and how things normally fare out. Things to note: We also have a standard Wednesday night @ 8PM show as well. If you are signed up to the PCMech Newsletter you will be...

The #1 complaint we get on our live show is that it’s way too late for UK visitors (of which we get quite a few), so… I (me being Rich) am going to try out a show @ 2pm EST which should be 7pm GMT; a much more reasonable hour for UK folk. I will be trying this out today if you want to stop by. http://www.pcmech.com/live REMEMBER: If you want a...

One of the first questions answered on the show was what our thoughts were on the current state of the computer industry. Rich answers by stating two upcoming tech examples, USB 3.0 and SSD. See video below for...