There’s been a whole lot of internet rumblings about Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system hitting the RTM phase (Release to Manufacturing aka burn to DVD put in boxes). Apparently it’s not quite there yet according to Microsoft’s official Windows Blog.The…
Read more Microsoft Windows 7 RTM: Not as Final as You'd Expect
Apple’s iPhone 3GS represents a major upgrade for the company’s smart phone lineup offering a number of improved components that boost its speed and multimedia capabilities. Unfortunately some of its software updates might be silently robbing the device of battery…
Read more The Case of the Mysteriously Draining Apple iPhone 3GS Battery
There are those essential pieces of software your PC always needs; that web browser you enjoy, the instant messenger you’re accustomed to, and of course VLC. VideoLAN’s open source multimedia player has hit version 1.0.0 which is a major milestone…
Solid state drives offer a very attractive performance increase over the old platter based hard drives of the past, unfortunately getting the most out of them isn’t as simple as plugging in the drive. Given the technology’s early state you’ll…
Read more Windows Vista and SSDs, A Case Study
In case you missed the veritable flood of news concerning the topic Mozilla’s Firefox version 3.5 final has been released. The latest version boasts improved performance and standards compliance which is always nice.As far as the performance claim there is…
Read more Firefox 3.5 Released
Microsoft isn’t in the habit of giving things away for free aside from their web browser…and media player…and well just about anything that can net them a decent amount of market share so they can push their platforms.That would…
Read more Microsoft Security Essentials Beta to Launch Tuesday, Free Security Software for Windows Users
Virtualization has been gaining fans due to its capability to consolidate servers and services which means reduced operating costs for most companies. Of course if you’re dumping oodles of cash into the product and hardware for it your job…
AMD is attempting to extend their GPGPU computing reach by creating a plugin that will allow Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 to be accelerated by their ATI Stream technology.The basic premise is your ATI Radeon HD or FirePro graphics card…
You may have mistaken Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system as a gussied up and streamlined version of their previous operating systems but you’d be ingoring the changes under the hood that are set to make it one of the…
Read more Windows 7's Direct3D Improvements, DirectX 11 Brings Whole Lots of Changes
