Coming Next: Using Your PC as a Cable Box
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- Coming Next: Using Your PC as a Cable Box
- Spring Cleaning For Computers
- Glacier’s rugged wrist PC is no Pip-Boy 3000
- Build Your wn Multi-touch Surface Computer
- Windows 7 will allow downgrades too
- Verizon ffering Internet Security Suite
Coming Next: Using Your PC as a Cable Box
New York Times
Computers and other digital devices need special hardware add-ons in order to receive the cable programming. But what happens when you want to watch the Food Channel in the kitchen and (horrors) you only have a laptop there? New technology will let cable companies feed programs onto your home network in the standard formats used by the Internet. That way you could simply run video software such as Windows Media Player or a special program given to you by your cable company to watch any show on your cable system on your PC game console or smartphone. “Your computer will be your alternate screen in your house or it could be your primary screen if you want that” said Peter Percosan a partner in the San Francisco consulting firm Digital-strategy who works closely with the cable business of Texas Instruments. Last month Virgin Media the big British cable company.
Spring Cleaning For Computers
Washington Post
Posted by: Hemisphire | April 6 2009 1:50 PM Stuff like this makes me glad I can just drag and drop my unused applications into the trash in Mac S X. Posted by: ilikeike | April 6 2009 2:14 PM I switched to a Mac after years of doing seemingly continual maintenance on a PC. However I do the upkeep on my daughter’s Windows-based laptop and the first thing I did was uninstall all the junkware every PC seems to come with. It’s crazy how difficult it can be to delete all the little bits left over afterwards (not to mention the obsolete versions) for which you almost have to resort to additional software. I’m so grateful that Mac apps clean up after themselves when you update to new versions. Posted by: krazykat23 | April 6 2009 3:22 PM I try to keep my PC running as smooth and clean as possible. After 6 months of the Microsoft ffice Trial that came with my PC I have finally switched to penffice (nnow that I am in read only mode).
Glacier’s rugged wrist PC is no Pip-Boy 3000
Slippery Brick
It’s the ultimate ultraportable. From Glacier Computer the Ridgeline W200 is a wearable version of the company’s Ridgeline which can usually be found in your vehicle.
Build Your wn Multi-touch Surface Computer
Tom's Hardware Guide
With that said Maximum PC decided to create a multi-touch surface computer using methods found online at the. Ultimately the online magazine didn’t go out and spend $12000 but rather just $350. ut of various processes used to construct the homemade multi-touch surface the staff decided to use the FTIR (Frustrated Total Internal Reflection) screen setup.
Windows 7 will allow downgrades too
CNET News
html” >option gained notoriety with Windows Vista. With Vista the downgrade right was not only marketed by computer makers but once Microsoft stopped selling XP some PC makers sold Vista machines that. html” >were “pre-downgraded” to Windows XP. Microsoft is actually expanding that Vista downgrade rights program slightly the company confirmed on Monday. Under the new program PC makers will be able to ship pre-downgraded machines based on anticipated demand for those systems. Until now computers makers could only ship XP-downgraded machines if a particular customer had specified that is what he or she had wanted.
Verizon ffering Internet Security Suite
TMC Net
–Parental controls: Blocks or unblocks specific groups of Web sites based on age profiles. Keeps logs of sites visited by each user in your household. Prevents searches using specific keywords and allows parents to manage the time their kids spend on a computer. –PC tune-up: Improves and maintains a computer’s performance by providing easy-to-use disk defragmentation and cleanup. rganizes files on PC hard drives for faster access by grouping together similar files. It also allows computer users to schedule regular tune-ups. –Pop-Up blocker: Eliminates intrusive pop-ups and ads.
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