Windows 7 and Snow Leopard
As you may or may not know Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6) was released on August 28th. Windows 7 is due out officially on October 22. both of these operating systems are marketed as “fixing” or “refining”...
View ArticleMicrosoft Security Essentials
If you are on any Windows operating system, there is one thing that I can almost guarantee you’ve thought of – viruses. Previously, you have had to go out and trust free software solutions, or trust a...
View ArticleThe Apple Tax
The idea of an Apple Tax is expressed in many ways from the traditional “z0mg!! MacBook costs $300 more than HP!!1!1!!” to cost analyses of the components going into each machine. The Apple Tax is...
View ArticleTop Ten Geek Christmas Gifts for the 2009 Christmas Season
Since the Holiday season is just around the corner, Shane and I decided to work on our Geek Christmas Lists. Luckily, I was given the task of the pricey gifts…
View ArticleStarting 2010 Right: Backing Up
Following from my Christmas list last month and recommending some backup products it’s only logical to talk about backing up in my first article of 2010. I’ll be covering aspects such as what backing...
View ArticleHow to help others remotely
Picture, if you will, your grandmother in desperate need of your computer expertise. No fear, you think to yourself, she’s just down the street. But wait! You forgot she is in Florida for the winter,...
View ArticleRemote Access – More Permanent Solutions
For example, have you ever been sitting at school when you realized that your favorite (legal to bittorrent) TV show came out last night, but you forgot to watch? Well fear not, you can quickly log on...
View ArticleBrowser Review Spring 2010
This time I'll be reviewing the top browsers on the PC and running them through a series of four basic tests in an attempt to gauge their standards compliance, speed, and memory usage.
View ArticleKeep Your Laptop Cool While Keeping Costs Low Pt 1
With the rising trend of notebook based computing, many people have had the joys of having a slightly toasty lap. While cooling has improved greatly with newer laptops, sometimes you can still notice...
View ArticleKeep Your Laptop Cool While Keeping Costs Low Pt 2
Part two on how to keep your computer running cooler - this time with software based solutions.
View ArticleThe Modern Operating Systems
Last month you’ll remember I gave a top down view of what your operating system consists of. I recommend that you go back and read What is an Operating System? before continuing further. This month...
View ArticleGuest Article: Pro-Choice
Operating systems are largely taken for granted by the general population, who use computers to access emails, do a little Googling or perhaps post a quick update to their Twitter status. Even then,...
View Article1995 – The Year of Gaming
Hey guys, this is my first article of many for RSBANDBInformer! I’ve been working with Shane as the editor for the articles for almost a year now, and I’ve been wanting to write an article, and now...
View ArticleMac OS X Lion and The Future
Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Lion. These are the big cats of Mac OS X, Cheetah was released back in March 2001 and Lion was just released last week. Over the past...
View ArticleHow to Build a Computer
How to choose parts for upgrading or building a brand new desktop PC, from inception to completion.
View ArticleThe Pure Interface
This week Jagex released an update (screenshot) to RuneScape that further changed the in game interface. However, that is not what we’re going to be talking about this month. The update did provide a...
View ArticleMac Gaming: Not the Oxymoron it once was
Gaming: the final entertainment frontier. These are the voyages of a Mac user, on his continuing mission to explore strange new services; to seek out new games and new optimizations, and to boldly go...
View Article8 Reasons for Windows 8
I’ve been using Windows 8 full time now (on my gaming PC) for about two weeks. I also played around with it quite a bit during the test lengthy test period from beta through consumer preview. Through...
View ArticleWhat future technology are you excited for?
One of the most common things to be asked about is the future of technology. The future of technology is important to each and every person. Future technology will undoubtedly play some part in good...
View ArticleThe Case for Kinect
Microsoft is a company that often receives a significant amount of bad press for one reason or another. Cases in recent memory have been the perceived failure of Windows Vista, Microsoft’s radical...
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