One trend in technology lately has been to embrace a minimalistic user interface. This has entailed using a lot more icons and a lot less text. I can agree that this approach isn't all bad. You are able to fit more on a screen and with smaller devices you are able to make the buttons bigger for an easier touch interface. In many instances, the context can explain what an icon … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Use WMI Code Creator to simplify WMI scripting
Windows Management Instrumentation, or WMI, has been mentioned on the site a few times previously. It allows you to get information about a PC from the computer itself. Today, I'm sharing about a free tool provided by Microsoft called WMI Code Creator. You can utilize WMI through the command line or with other languages like VBScript. You can use the WMI Code Creator to … [Read more...]
Organizations can get a private channel in Google Play for their internal apps
There is more than one way to get Android apps on your device but Google's Play Store is the prime source for those apps. With BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) finding its way into more organizations and the undeniable usefulness of portable devices has many organizations turning to develop their own apps for the Android platform. However, the organization is probably reluctant to … [Read more...]
MediaMonkey and XBMC Android apps enter beta
Two big name multimedia programs are making their way to the Android platform and recently released betas. MediaMonkey is music library manager similar to iTunes but in my opinion, much better. XBMC is a media center designed to make your computer into the ultimate entertainment hub. Starting off on the Xbox, it has found a special place in the heart of cordcutters, especially … [Read more...]
Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor adds 60 cores through a PCI-Express card
Intel is angling to get a piece of the pie that video cards are currently enjoying as the GPGPU trend continues to grow. GPGPU, or general processing on a graphics processing unit, uses the GPU on a computer's dedicated graphics card to do additional processing in parallel. GPUs are particularly well suited for floating point operations and their applications can range from … [Read more...]