OPINIONS WANTED: Does anyone else believe Chrome will be at 10% market share by 2011? Does anyone believe that Safari will regain the number 3 position because of iPAD? “The Times They Are A Changin”, and browsers seem to be leading the way. Tell me what you think.
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Many of you fight the computer cable battle each time you add a new piece of hardware or move your ‘rig’.
Post a link to a photo or video of your computer cable mess for a chance to win some help.
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OOPPPs! After a flood of users clogged their forums, BitDefender issued a statement describing a recent update gone wrong.
It seems BitDefender was quarantining itself and killing Windows 64 bit systems at a record breaking pace.
Suicide is never the answer.
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It’s no secret that I love Windows7. I started using it with the beta version, moved to RC 1, and then purchased the Windows 7 Pro version as soon as it was available.
But as much as I love it, there are a couple of things that I think are missing and a couple of things that can be improved. Listed below are the things I add as soon as I install the program. I know they’re not the only things available, but they are the things I must have to feel comfortable using Windows 7.
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I can’t wait to get the whole story on this. Where did they originate? How did they perform? How does Windows identify them? Were they throw away i7 cores? I’ve got way more questions than answers and something tells me this is going to be a longer story than the recent Toyota tale.
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By Chris Pirillo
My finger is very secure! It’s attached to my body. However, PC PitStop community member Bob wrote in to ask about fingerprint sensors on his laptop. He’s been having trouble since updating from Vista to Windows 7.
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PC Pitstop is 10 years old. Can you believe it? That’s right, PC Pitstop officially opened its doors in March 2000, exactly 10 years ago. As a former SVP at Gateway Computers, I had noticed that support costs were growing faster than revenue. “There had to be a way to automate the process of diagnosing and fixing common computer ailments”, I thought. And voilà, PC Pitstop was born.
Our tests were revolutionary for its time using principles of cloud computing that would become popular close to a half decade later. As millions of computers came to our web site for PC help, we were also able to collect the world’s largest database of PC statistics.
10 Years of Making PCs Faster and Live Longer Read More »
The magic of 7continues. Check out what the folks at engadget have to say about the new Windows 7 mobile operating system for smart phones.
Windows Phone 7 Series Read More »
Microsoft screwed up, and they know it. The last version of Windows was a turkey stuffed with some pretty dumb features. I’ve spent some time with the latest version of Windows, though, and it looks like it could be a winner.
You thought I was talking about Vista and Windows 7? Nope, this is a look at ten years of system optimization at PC Pitstop, and I started at the beginning. The decade opened with a Microsoft disaster called Windows Me, followed by a decade-long success called Windows XP that still rules today. But it just goes to show a big company like Microsoft doesn’t always learn from its mistakes.
Ten years later, look what’s changed! Read More »