And I thought my laptop’s CPU was burning.
I recently purchased an ASUS laptop (yeah, notebook is the new school term) and I’ve been writing about my reservations about running it on Vista. But I’m stuck with it since it came with the laptop.
Now the specs of the laptop is pretty decent for a “mobility” model. [...]

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I deferred posting the news of the iPhone launch, since, well… I’m not too excited about it. So forgive me for letting my personal feelings affect a supposedly objective takes on technology and lifestyles.
I haven’t really been an Apple user. When the iPod craze came (and went?) I was the guy who never owned [...]

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I come from a family with a history of diabetes. It’s been tough for diabetics to deal with blood letting daily, even if it’s just a drop from a tiny prick. While technology has offered almost painless technologies, many commercially available blood sugar analyzers still need a drop of blood to function. This can [...]

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Now here’s something to look forward to. Apple is reported to be in talks and negotiations with Hollywood studios to explore the possibilities of an online movie rental service. This is most probably a move to engage this market which already contains players like Netflix, MovieLink and Xbox Live.
On the details, Kristen Nicole of Mashable [...]

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The next-format wars rages still with Sony slashing $100 off their latest Blu-ray player. Their BDP-S300 Blu-ray player now costs a mere $499 which is around half of what their first players amounted to.
One of the biggest criticisms against Sony’s Blu-ray disc is the cost of their players as opposed to their high definition rival, [...]

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Text messaging (or SMS) is a great way to keep in touch and it has probably redefined the way personal communication is done. However, with this rapid change, text etiquette hasn’t really been established. Politeness is still an important thing to show even in text messaging. Here are some tips on how to text politely.

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Microsoft unveils a new line of surface computer products named Surface.
Surface computing is an advanced touch interface. Apart from just being a hand-gesture interface, it is able to recognize real-world physical objects. It just offers a whole new paradigm on how we would rethink input devices.

This will be mainly targeted to hotels and restaurants [...]

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If it comes from Google, it must be good. Google Maps has just made Street Views available for a couple of cities for you to try out. It’s really amazing. However, it’s only still available where available. Just look at New York and San Diego. It allows you to access street level sights that [...]

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Alex has already given us some great tips on starting up your Podcast, but what I want to talk about today is how to keep doing a Podcast after you start. I record a daily Podcast for Apple Gazette, and a a weekly Podcast for Forever Geek (both Bloggy Network sites).
Recording a [...]

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Your granny may not have a chance to be hip with an iPod if she has a pacemaker. A report from Reuters narrates the study of a high school student who did a study whether iPods can mess up with medical electronics like pacemakers. The study was presented to a group of heart specialists.
The study [...]

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If you’re looking to block Caller ID it’s very simple.
In the US
Dial *67 before you dial the number and it will block the Caller ID.
In the UK
Dial 141
Alternatively you can…
Dial “0″ and have the operator dial the call for you.
To permanently block Caller ID you can call your local phone company and request that [...]

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For those of you non-geeks, resistors are electronic components that resist (duh! :p) electronic current. I remember back in the days of shop class, we had a hard time learning what values of those color bands painted around the resistor mean.
Here’s a pretty forward web application for electronics hobbyists - Resistor Color Bands. Does [...]

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So you’ve got the next big thing swirling around in your brain…or maybe you’ve even produced a prototype of some sort. Whatever stage you’re at, you have decided to apply for a patent. The question is how?
Well, to be honest, it’s not that hard. The hard part actually comes in the [...]

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I love Macs. I spend a good portion of my day, every day, talking about Macs over at Apple Gazette.com, so I’m happy to write this short “How To” for all of you Windows users thinking of making the switch.
It’s never been easier, because now that Apple has switched to Intel processors you [...]

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Everything is bound to be smudged or dirty. Even your precious laptop screen is vulnerable to your fingers or some dust. And personally, I used to get so irritated by smudged marks on my screen. If you’re particularly obsessive-compulsive, that’d bug you.
You may find a whole lot of cleaners in the market but again, [...]

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