By Andrew Leal for Technologizer
Before Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, Jim Henson made short films for Big Blue. The tech may be archaic, but the entertainment is timeless.
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By Bill Pytlovany
I recently wrote about how social engineering and human nature is used to trick us into downloading files which infiltrate our computers. When I signed on to Facebook today the first thing I noticed was an obviously malware post.
Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Can You Spot the Malware? Read More »
Listening to Bob describe his issues was exactly like listening to 90% of the people I talk to these days. It’s not that their computers don’t work, it’s that they don’t work well. Things take too long to open, Internet connections seem slow and as a rule, hard drive space is starting to disappear. This is especially true with systems that are over 3 years old. The older smaller drives of these system fill up quickly when compared to todays systems with large capacity hard drives.
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By John Dodge
Deciding when to upgrade your mobile phone is not automatic when you become discount eligible. Far from it. If you commit to the wrong phone, you’re stuck with it for 12 months unless you replace it at pay full price.
Dodge Retort: Upgrading Mobile Phones – Prey to Traps Read More »
By Steve Bass
It’s not like I have anywhere important to go to, but I still hate to wait. That’s why I’m enjoying USB 3.0.
Let’s get the numbers out of the way; then I’ll talk practicalities.
USB specs are inflated… they always are. USB 2.0 is rated at 480 Mbit/s (about 57MB/s) while USB 3.0 is 4.8 Gbit/s (572 MB/s). In the real world, the only users getting these speeds are the marketing people who dreamed up the specs. On my PC, USB 2.0 moved files at 25MB/s and USB 3.0 can get up to 55MB/s.
TechBite: Adios USB 2.0–Hello USB 3.0 Read More »
By Chris Pirillo
The community has asked me to do more videos about software. The biggest challenge is to find titles that most people may not have heard of. I also try to find things that are affordable and cross-platform. The other day, I stumbled across this software which is free – and cross-platform. What does it do? Perhaps the title of this video will help you figure that out! CleanHaven will clean up your text.
Chris Pirillo: How to Clean Text Read More »
PC Pitstop has partnered with our friends at Corel to offer members of the PC Pitstop community an exclusive offer.
Exclusive PC Pitstop Offer: WinZip & WinZip Pro Read More »
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Looking for a way to set your PC to shutdown or restart automatically? On today’s Tekzilla Daily, Veronica shows you how to use ShutDown Timer, which lets you schedule a restart or shut down based on time, date, cpu temp, memory usage, and more!
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By Chris Pirillo
I love USB. I love the ports, the devices and the hubs. The problem with hubs, though, is that most of them top out at only seven little spots to plug things into. I have SO many USB devices. How the heck am I ever going to plug them all in at once? How many USB devices do you have? List them all in the comments thread and let’s see who has what! Whoever has the most (and can PROVE it with a picture of them all together at once) will win my existing USB hub!
Chris Pirillo: How Many USB Devices Do You Have? Read More »