I have been in the market for a new laptop for a little while. Between delays and the holidays, it came to be 2012 with no new laptop. Then I wanted to wait for the CES so I could see what be coming onto the market and now I wonder if it is worth it to wait until mid-2012 to get a new laptop that comes with Windows 8 and an Intel IvyBridge processor. From all the CES coverage … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Send your documents to Kindle with Amazon’s new software
Moving society away from such heavy reliance on paper comes at one painful inch at a time. Amazon's Kindle and other eReaders and tablets out there have certainly done a lot to assist in the cause. Amazon has made available an application for Windows that would allow you to send your personal documents to your Kindle devices. With it installed, you can either right-click a … [Read more...]
Fotoshop by Adobé is the ultimate makeup
Though this commercial is completely fake, it is more truth than what we normally get in Photoshopped magazine covers and makeup commercials. http://vimeo.com/34813864 … [Read more...]
Hexadecimal Numpad eases your IPv6 conversion
IPv6 is here and it is the result of lots of hard work, deep thought, and planning ahead so we don't run into the same situation we have now with IPv4. However, one thing that was not considered in its adoption is our faithful keyboard. IPv6 expands beyond 0-9 and incorporates hexadecimal so we have to wander our keyboards for 0-9 and A-F. The shift key also gets a work out … [Read more...]
Video game cheaters are 3 times more likely to cheat IRL
PopCap Games, the developers behind fun, casual games like Bejeweled and Plants versus Zombies, released an interesting study today. The results of the study conclude that "once a cheater, always a cheater" seems to hold true when it comes to gamers. The study finds, amongst other things, that those willing to cheat in social games have fewer qualms with cheating in real life. … [Read more...]