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Why I’ve Switched from Browser-Based Apps Back to Native Software on the Desktop
“The browser’s the future, everything will live on the web.”How many times have you heard that in the last five years? Since the dawn of the web application, Google, Microsoft, and countless other companies have pushed millions of users and companies to browser-based clients for email, calendaring, document editing, file ...
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Siri On OS X: Will Most Users Even Care?
On last week's podcast, we discussed whether the omission of Siri in Apple's OS X Mountain Lion announcement was by design, or if it's something that Apple is saving for a future date, when Mac and MacBook hardware can get updated with standardized dual-mic setups and possibly a dedicated Siri ...
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What Kind of Computer User Needs a High-End 17-inch Laptop?
Late last year, I started shopping for a new laptop. I wanted a mobile PC that performed well, had reasonable size screen and wouldn’t give me a backache after lugging it around all day. So I got a fully upgraded, 13-inch Macbook Air.The nature of laptop performance has shifted over ...
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On The Limitations of ARM vs. x86 for Mac OS, Windows
John Brownlee's feature on CultofMac about why he doesn't believe that Apple will ever sell Macs that run solely on ARM is getting passed around a lot this week, and it does an OK job explaining the differences between (and inherent architectural advantages of) ARM and x86 processors.While he simplifies ...
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Living with Technology: The Life of a Photo, from Shutter to Photoshop
[Editor's Note: For today's column, I asked Loyd to write about his photography workflow--what he does with photos after they're shot and stored on his camera's memory card. The importing ...
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How HTC Squandered Its Android Lead and Had a Mediocre 2011
There was a time not long ago when HTC was the darling of the Android world. HTC released the first two Android devices, skinned the interface when it really needed ...
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Does it Make Sense to Buy a $100 Off-Brand Android Tablet?
Tablets are the craze right now, and there are dozens of ODMs happy to sell you a $100 off-brand tablet. As the cost of components continues to drop, inexpensive tablets ...
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Living with Technology: Building My Annual Production PC
It's January already, so that means it’s time for a new production system. I build a new production system once a year, whether I need to or not. Even given ...
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How Lax Guidelines and Loopholes May Hurt Intel's Ultrabook Initiative
It's 2012--the year Ultrabooks are supposed to take over 40 percent of the laptop market. The figure is almost believable due to the glut of thin laptops shown off at ...
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CES 2012: Google Missed an Opportunity to Make Android 4.0 Matter
As CES continues to unfold, there is a sad but not completely unexpected trend on the show floor. There are many Android phones being announced, but so far almost none ...
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2012 Gear Lust List: Six Devices I Want to Buy This Year
This is not another article trying to predict trends for the new year. Screw that, my crystal ball is in the shop for repairs. Instead, I’m going to talk about ...
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Our Favorite Tech of 2011: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
The Core i5-2500K is an overclocking beast that deserves (or demands) a better cooler than the freebie fan Intel throws in the box with its CPUs. I opted for the ...
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Our Favorite Tech of 2011: Samsung Galaxy Nexus Smartphone
As much as I like love Android as a platform, and think it’s great for a lot of people, I’m very picky about the phone I use on a daily ...
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Our Favorite Tech of 2011: UEFI BIOS and ASUS Auto Tuning
I built a Sandy Bridge rig this year, which meant buying a new motherboard, new RAM, a SATA III hard drive, and a new aftermarket cooler, because the Core i5-2500K ...
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The 7 Improvements We Want in Android 4.0 and the Galaxy Nexus
After spending some time with the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is tasting mighty sweet. Google has fixed a lot of Android’s problems, but nothing is ...
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Tested: Life with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Smartphone
The Galaxy Nexus is the third device in Google’s Nexus line of flagship phones. Nexus has always been a platform for showing off what Android truly is. There are no ...
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HP's Potential Logo Revamp Angles for Daring New Direction
HP suffered through two identity-crisis roller coaster rides in 2011. Not fun, exhilarating and life-affirming roller coaster rides, either. More like scary I-might-never-be-the-same-after-this rides dealing with the rise and fall ...
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Living with Technology: Goodbye Zune, Hello Nano
I’ve been a dedicated Zune user ever since Microsoft started shipping the flash-storage versions of their digital music player. The hardware tended to be fairly average, but I always liked ...
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The Five Android Features I'm Thankful For
In our part of the world, this is the time of year when we consider the things we’re thankful for. Most things on the list are big and important; the ...
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How the Nook Tablet Makes Android Even Less Open
Just a few years ago, who would have thought that brick-and-mortar bookseller Barnes and Noble would prove to be Amazon’s biggest competition in the e-reader market? Not only that, but ...
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Living with Technology: Good $200 Desktop PC Speakers
Would you spend $200 on desktop PC speakers? Most people won’t. Even PC folk I know who actually care about their audio often spend less than $100 on speakers.In the ...
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Why Nvidia is Betting Big in a Diminishing Graphics Market
Intel keeps chugging along, generating record revenues and profits. AMD is back in the black, generating a profit for the second quarter in a row, as well as releasing its ...
