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Ten Failures of Apple and Microsoft
Apple and Microsoft are two of the largest and most well-known technology brands on the planet. Microsoft Windows and Apple’s Mac OS X dominate the desktop operating system market. Both of these companies can claim responsibility for changing the world of mobile computing. Side-projects of Microsoft such as the Xbox have taken the pole position [...]
Seven Reasons Why Linux Distributions Are Better Than Windows
Following Matt’s mini-series covering Windows vs. OS X yesterday, I thought I would contribute something with a more Linux-y feel. Note that I make it a point in the article title to say “Linux Distributions,” rather than simply saying “Linux.” I want to make things perfectly clear: Linux is not an operating system. Linux is [...]
Target Store Customer Service Problems
I ordered a few items on Target’s Web site the other day; it was relatively simple to do. Then, less than 48 hours later, I discovered that lower prices for the same items had been posted. I immediately reached out to see if I could be refunded the difference (which, in my estimation, was over [...]
Valve Gives Away the World with the Epic Holiday Giveaway
I really enjoy games. Recently, I rediscovered an interest in PC gaming, specifically. Steam is my go-to place for pretty much all my PC games nowadays, ranging from first-person shooters like Counter-Strike to quiet simulations like The Sims. I have always known Valve, the company behind Steam, to be pretty generous, but when I heard [...]
Five Awesome Weapons of Science Fiction
Science fiction has long been the genre of choice for wishful thinkers who dream of a day that we may sail through the heavens at the speed of light while meeting new life forms from all corners of the Universe. Unfortunately, not every vision of the future is a utopia of peace and tranquility. The [...]
10 Gadgets to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
A new year approaches, and to most of us, this means a chance to wipe the slate of past transgressions clean and resolve to do better — to be better. We all make New Year’s resolutions (even if they’re in secret and remain undeclared to the world), but how long does it take for many [...]
Five Reasons to Attend Tech Conferences
Tech conferences are being held all over the map at virtually any day of the year. Some of these conferences are very specialized. Others can be very general and contain a variety of different panels and presentations that appeal to attendees from a wide range of backgrounds. One thing virtually all technology-based conferences have in [...]
10 Ways to Optimize Your Dropbox
Here at LockerGnome, we burn through a ton of bandwidth sending multimedia files across various channels to one another. Of these channels, the one we use most is Dropbox. Not only does Dropbox assist in sending files to folks regardless of being a part of your corporate network, but it’s also a simple enough service [...]
Crypteks USB Keeps Your Files Secure in Style
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Crypteks; the opinions represented are 100% my own. Picture this: You’re responsible for keeping the launch codes of a top secret military weapon safe. Do you keep them on your laptop for any novice hacker to peruse and steal, or do you keep this data locked [...]
Software Ideas Cannot Be Copyrighted, Says EU Court Adviser
An EU court adviser said on Tuesday that copyright protection cannot be claimed on software functions. The implications of this statement are huge, especially considering the fierce parent wars currently consuming the mobile world. Reuters reports: The non-binding opinion by Yves Bot, an advocate-general at the Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (ECJ), is in line [...]
