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Tablet v Laptop: The Classic Debate
So you’re looking for a new laptop or tablet but you don’t know which to buy? Well, it all depends on what you intend to use it for. They are both perfectly competent pieces of technology with their own advantages and disadvantages. Tablets are all about apps, providing a user experience via the use of…
Microsoft Surface Pro 4: Release Date, Specs, and Rumors
When the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 was released, its slogan announced that it was “The tablet that can replace your laptop.” This claim, which was actually fairly well delivered upon, put the Surface Pro 3 in pretty fair competition with Apple’s MacBooks. Since then, despite its high cost, the Pro 3 has been enjoying lucrative…
Cortana Burns Siri
Remember those old Mac commercials? The really funny “Mac vs PC” ones? The ones that almost always got a good laugh no matter what side of the Mac/PC line you were on? That bashed on PCs’ weakest points while simultaneously extolling Macs’ strengths? No? Well Microsoft sure well does. In fact, they remember them so well that…
Microsoft Takes Aim at Apple in Cheeky ‘Surface Pro 3’ Ads
Microsoft has been pushing big for its Surface devices since their inception, none more so than their latest edition, the ‘Surface Pro 3’. Starting with the Surface Pro 2 and ramping up with Surface Pro 3, the Windows devices have been increasingly marketed in competition with not just other tablets, but actual laptops. With no…
GateKeeper Chain Automatically Locks Your Computer
We’ve all seen the sad saga unfold: someone unwittingly left their laptop open to Facebook, a “friend” thought it would be funny to post an embarrassing secret about them, and they end up being humiliated in front of their unrequited crush and entire circle of friends. But frenemies aren’t the only people interested in taking…
From Tired to Tiles: the Reinvention of Microsoft
By tech industry standards, it’s been an eternity since Microsoft ascended to dominance in the field of personal computing with its Windows operating systems. It’s thus not surprising that people have typically spoken of them as unfashionable dinosaurs, functional but not innovative. As they push hard for a sizeable share of the booming mobile sector,…
Samsung Chromebook Fail
After considerable thought I purchased the Samsung Chromebook, looking for something light, easy and portable. Although, I knew the limitations, I didn’t realize how limiting they would actually feel. I said I wanted the Chromebook as a writing device, but I’ll admit, I really just wanted to see it in action. You hear a lot of stuff…
Why Windows Phone Will Fail
Microsoft has listed July 2014 for when it will end support for Windows Phone 8. Already? It’s been five months since Windows Phone 8 – the second generation of Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS was officially lauched. Has it saved Microsoft from its downward plunge in the mobile sector? Not quite, going by sales data. Problems…
Google Announces Chromebook Pixel
Google announced yesterday their new laptop: Chromebook Pixel in an ambitious attempt at the high-end market and will feature a high resolution touch screen. Talking on Thursday, the head of Chrome, Sundar Pichai had this to say: “This is about power users. Some of them buy Mac, some buy Windows 8. We wanted to make…
Windows 8: The Good, The Bad, and the Charms Bar
Windows 8 Pro on Dual Boot – My Experience Over time, Windows tends to slow down and lag. Once it’s too much for you to bear, you re-install to make it run all smooth again. I’ve been running Windows 7 ultimate on a Lenovo G580 since July and my Windows installation had begun to crawl by December….