by Rob Williams on March 15, 2013 in Mobile, Software
Google Reader is dead, and you’re bummed. Trust me, I feel you. However, there’s no reason to be upset, because there are a number of alternatives that have what it takes to help you forget all about Google’s ROI failure. We singled out the four best-of-the-best for Android and iOS, so let’s check them out.
by Rob Williams on February 1, 2013 in Gaming, Linux
Though still in beta, Valve’s Steam client for Linux is stable, fast, and from what we can tell, matches the feature-set of the Windows and OS X clients 1:1. That being the case, there felt like no better time than the present to dive in, give a tour and relay our experiences with both the client and a slew of games.
by Brett Thomas on November 26, 2012 in Software, Windows
As a non-Windows user who’s forced to use Windows on regular occasion, there can often be problems or limitations about the OS that can cause you to throw your hands up in frustration. I’ve been there. But in this quick article, I’m going to talk about some free apps that will help you introduce some new-found power to the OS.
by Rob Williams on November 6, 2012 in Windows
As difficult as it may be to tell sometimes, Windows 8 does in fact offer a lot to love. I’ve already had my say about what frustrates me with the OS, so now, I’m taking a look at the other side of the coin. What is it that makes Windows 8 pleasant to use? Select highlights include aesthetic improvements, the improved transfer dialog and the new syncing capabilities.
by Rob Williams on October 25, 2012 in Windows
You’ve heard it here first: Microsoft is about to release a new version of Windows. Called “Windows 8″, the OS aims to change the way we use our computers, and it’s been built from the ground up with touch in mind. Like all other OS releases, there’s both things to admire and things to complain about. First, we’ll tackle the latter.
| Title |
Author |
Date |
Categories |
| Google Reader Alternatives for Android & iOS |
Rob Williams |
March 15, 2013 |
Mobile, Software |
| An In-depth Look at Steam for Linux |
Rob Williams |
February 1, 2013 |
Gaming, Linux |
| SysAdmin Corner: Getting More From Windows |
Brett Thomas |
November 26, 2012 |
Software, Windows |
| Windows 8 Review – Part Two: The Things I Love |
Rob Williams |
November 6, 2012 |
Windows |
| Windows 8 Review – Part One: The Things I Hate |
Rob Williams |
October 25, 2012 |
Windows |
| A Quick Review of Acronis True Image 2013 |
Rob Williams |
September 28, 2012 |
Windows |
| Uniblue Powersuite Pro 2013 Review |
Rob Williams |
August 2, 2012 |
Windows |
| The Android Dilemma – An Open Platform Open to Piracy? |
Rob Williams |
July 26, 2012 |
Software |
| Creating a Bootable DOS Flash Drive the Easy Way |
Rob Williams |
July 2, 2012 |
Software |
| Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Review |
Brett Thomas |
May 7, 2012 |
Windows |
| Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Preview |
Mario Figueiredo |
April 11, 2012 |
Windows |
| A Quick Look at Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
Rob Williams |
March 2, 2012 |
Windows |
| A Quick Look at Mandriva 2011 |
Rob Williams |
September 8, 2011 |
Linux |
| An In-Depth Look at Fedora 15 |
Rob Williams |
June 27, 2011 |
Linux |
| AMD Rejects BAPCo’s SYSmark 2012 – Should We? |
Rob Williams |
June 21, 2011 |
Windows |
| Disabling Windows Pagefile & Hibernation to Reclaim SSD Space |
Rob Williams |
June 17, 2011 |
Solid-State Drives, Windows |
| A Quick Look at GIGABYTE’s TouchBIOS |
Ryan Perry |
June 3, 2011 |
Windows |
| A Quick Look at Futuremark’s PCMark 7 |
Rob Williams |
May 13, 2011 |
Windows |
| Enabling and Testing SSD TRIM Support Under Linux |
Rob Williams |
May 6, 2011 |
Linux, Solid-State Drives |
| An In-Depth Look at Ubuntu 11.04 |
Rob Williams |
April 29, 2011 |
Linux |
| A Look at Futuremark’s 3DMark 11 |
Rob Williams |
December 7, 2010 |
Video Cards, Windows |
| VPS: What It Is and How It’s Useful |
Rob Williams |
December 3, 2010 |
Security, Software |
| Acronis True Image Home 2011 |
Rob Williams |
October 29, 2010 |
Windows |
| Using SyncBack to Synchronize Your Windows Folders |
Rob Williams |
October 13, 2010 |
TG Tip, Windows |
| Windows 7 Libraries and Network Folders |
Jamie Fletcher |
October 8, 2010 |
TG Tip, Windows |
| Sharing Your Thunderbird Profiles Between PCs and OSes |
Jamie Fletcher |
September 17, 2010 |
Software, TG Tip |
| Five Web Browsers: Which is the Fastest? |
Rob Williams |
September 15, 2010 |
Windows |
| Enabling Auto-Logon and the Administrator Account in Vista & 7 |
Rob Williams |
September 10, 2010 |
TG Tip, Windows |
| Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 – A Photographer’s Review |
Brett Thomas |
August 20, 2010 |
Software |
| Ripping Your Blu-rays the Easy and Free Way |
Rob Williams |
August 4, 2010 |
Windows |
| An In-Depth Look at openSUSE 11.3 |
Rob Williams |
August 2, 2010 |
Linux |
| PlayClaw – Has FRAPS’ Killer Arrived? |
Rob Williams |
June 30, 2010 |
Gaming, Windows |
| Using Aliases in Linux to Make Life Easier |
Rob Williams |
May 26, 2010 |
Linux |
| A Look at Valve’s Mac Steam Client |
Brett Thomas |
May 19, 2010 |
Apple, Gaming |
| 10 Things Linux Does Better Than Windows |
Rob Williams |
April 9, 2010 |
Linux |
| Using a Thumb Drive to Install Windows 7 |
Robert Tanner |
February 3, 2010 |
Windows |
| VMware Fusion 3 – Windows on the Mac Made Easy |
Brett Thomas |
January 11, 2010 |
Apple |
| Ten KDE 4 Tricks Worth Knowing About |
Rob Williams |
December 18, 2009 |
Linux |
| Sun VirtualBox – Free, Powerful Virtualization |
Rob Williams |
December 11, 2009 |
Software |
| Managing Your Audio to Keep Neighbors Happy |
LD Blake |
November 3, 2009 |
Audio, Windows |
| Nero Linux 4 – Still the Best Burning Tool for Linux? |
Rob Williams |
October 12, 2009 |
Linux |
| KDE 4 Isn’t Too Bad, After All |
Rob Williams |
October 2, 2009 |
Linux, Staff Editorials |
| Introduction to Consumer Virtualization |
Rob Williams |
July 27, 2009 |
Software |
| SUSE Studio: The Do-it-Yourself Linux |
Rob Williams |
July 24, 2009 |
Linux |
| GOG.com – Breathing New Life into Old Games |
Rob Williams |
June 24, 2009 |
Gaming, Software |
| RipNAS Essentials – Automated CD Ripping with WHS |
Greg King |
April 15, 2009 |
Audio, Windows |
| Audio Archiving Guide: Part 1 – Music Formats |
Matt Serrano |
September 10, 2008 |
Audio, Software |
| Chrome – Google’s Attempt at the ‘Ultimate Browser’ |
Rob Williams |
September 3, 2008 |
Windows |
| Reallusion Crazy Talk 5.0 |
William Kelley |
June 6, 2008 |
Windows |
| ASUS Shows Faith in Splashtop |
Rob Williams |
May 14, 2008 |
Linux, Staff Editorials |
| Nero 8 Ultra Edition |
Nate Marion |
December 17, 2007 |
Windows |
| e frontier Poser Figure Artist |
Jen McPherson |
December 12, 2007 |
Windows |
| Futuremark PCMark Vantage |
Rob Williams |
October 18, 2007 |
Windows |
| Backing Up Your Linux |
Rob Williams |
August 27, 2007 |
Linux |
| Xtorrent 1.0 for Mac OS X |
Don Williams |
July 31, 2007 |
Apple |
| Thirteen OS X Widgets You Should Be Using |
Don Williams |
July 20, 2007 |
Apple |
| Elgato Turbo.264 |
Matt Serrano |
July 11, 2007 |
Apple |
| Customizing OS X: The Easy Way |
Don Williams |
July 6, 2007 |
Apple |
| Top Utilities For Enhancing OS X |
Don Williams |
June 27, 2007 |
Apple |
| Top Five Amarok Tips |
Rob Williams |
June 19, 2007 |
Linux |
| Game Emulation In Linux |
Rob Williams |
May 28, 2007 |
Linux |
| NeroLinux 3 |
Rob Williams |
May 24, 2007 |
Linux |
| Gentoo 2007.0 |
Rob Williams |
May 12, 2007 |
Linux |
| Cedega 6.0 |
Rob Williams |
April 11, 2007 |
Linux |
| Adobe Creative Suite 3 Preview |
Rob Williams |
March 27, 2007 |
Windows |
| SabayonLinux 3.3 |
Rob Williams |
March 22, 2007 |
Linux |
| Windows Home Server Preview |
Colin Huckstep |
March 20, 2007 |
Windows |
| Windows Vista Gaming Performance Reports |
Rob Williams |
January 29, 2007 |
Windows |
| Laplink PCmover |
Rob Williams |
January 26, 2007 |
Windows |
| Windows Vista System Performance Reports |
Rob Williams |
January 25, 2007 |
Windows |
| Windows Vista Version Comparison |
Rob Williams |
January 24, 2007 |
Windows |
| Top 8 Vista Annoyances |
Rob Williams |
January 23, 2007 |
Windows |
| Should you buy Vista Ultimate? |
Rob Williams |
January 22, 2007 |
Windows |
| Beginners Guide to Linux Desktops |
Rob Williams |
December 19, 2006 |
Linux |
| Sabayon Linux 3.2 |
Rob Williams |
November 26, 2006 |
Linux |
| Top 10 Free Linux Games |
Rob Williams |
September 19, 2006 |
Linux |
| GParted LiveCD 3.1-1 |
Rob Williams |
September 15, 2006 |
Linux |
| Gentoo 2006.1 |
Rob Williams |
August 30, 2006 |
Linux |
| Sabayon Linux RC2 |
Rob Williams |
August 11, 2006 |
Linux |
| Freespire RC1 |
Rob Williams |
August 1, 2006 |
Linux |
| Kate OS 3.0 Beta |
Rob Williams |
July 25, 2006 |
Linux |
| Lavalys Everest Ultimate Edition 3.0 |
Rob Williams |
July 10, 2006 |
Windows |
| SuSE Linux 10.1 |
Rob Williams |
June 29, 2006 |
Linux |
| Windows Vista Beta 2 Performance Reports |
Rob Williams |
June 14, 2006 |
Windows |
| Manga Studio Debut 3.0 |
Jen McPherson |
June 6, 2006 |
Windows |
| Dragon Naturally Speaking 8 Preferred |
Matthew Harris |
May 31, 2006 |
Windows |
| Look at Gentoo 2006.0 LiveCD |
Rob Williams |
March 1, 2006 |
Linux |
| Diskeeper 10 Professional Premier |
Matthew Harris |
February 10, 2006 |
Windows |
| Steganos LockNote 1.0 |
Rob Williams |
January 26, 2006 |
Security, Windows |
| Nero 7 Ultra Edition |
Rob Williams |
January 25, 2006 |
Windows |
| In-Depth Look: Futuremark 3D Mark 06 |
Rob Williams |
January 18, 2006 |
Windows |
| Steganos Security Suite 2006 |
Rob Williams |
December 14, 2005 |
Security, Windows |
| iolo System Mechanic Pro 6 |
Matthew Harris |
November 4, 2005 |
Windows |
| Look at Flock Developer 0.49 Build |
Rob Williams |
October 24, 2005 |
Windows |
| Steganos Internet Anonym 2006 |
Rob Williams |
September 16, 2005 |
Security, Windows |
| Internet Anonymity – Anonymizer vs Steganos |
Rob Williams |
August 8, 2005 |
Security, Windows |
| Internet Anonymity – How you can stay safe online |
Rob Williams |
August 3, 2005 |
Security, Windows |
| Mozilla Firefox Extensions You Should Have! |
Rob Williams |
July 15, 2005 |
Windows |
| Iolo System Mechanic 5 |
Matthew Harris |
July 1, 2005 |
Windows |
| Futuremark PC Mark 2005 |
Rob Williams |
June 28, 2005 |
Windows |
| Enthusiast Look: Windows XP 32-Bit versus 64-Bit |
Rob Williams |
June 8, 2005 |
Windows |
| SuSE 9.3 Professional |
Rob Williams |
May 30, 2005 |
Linux |
| Everest Ultimate Edition First-Look |
Rob Williams |
May 17, 2005 |
Windows |
| NeroLinux: In-Depth Look |
Rob Williams |
April 5, 2005 |
Linux |
