We don’t think Windows 8 is a bad operating system at all. In ways, it’s superior to Windows 7. But Windows 8 is the ugly duckling — and many people are avoiding getting a new computer because they don’t want to deal with Windows 8 — because of all the negative publicity. TC thinks Windows 8 was a… Read More »
A Sugar-Powered Smartphone? Sweet! A more efficient, sugar-powered battery developed by a team at Virginia Tech could help move the technology out of the lab and into your favorite gadget. Your phone might have to start counting calories. A Virginia Tech research team unveiled a new sugar-powered battery Tuesday that could replace conventional batteries in cell phones and… Read More »
One of the most common problems we find on computers are browsers overloaded with malware toolbar. These malware toolbars can be not only annoying but can slow the browser to a crawl, hijack searches and home pages, and even cause Windows to run poorly. It has become such a pervasive problem that Google has taken notice and now… Read More »
During my morning Web foraging, I came across this article I found rather interesting — so I wanted to share it with you: Microsoft employees reportedly call Windows 8 ‘the new Vista’ We’ve argued in the past that it wouldn’t be fair to compare Windows 8 to Vista, in part because Vista was widely hated by many Windows… Read More »
The star you’ve never seen (or how to quickly add a site to your Favorites or bookmarks) All Windows users — Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer The last few Cloudeight Direct sessions, it occurred to me that most people have never noticed the star in (or near) their browser’s address bar. If you’re one of those who’ve never… Read More »
I received a Chromebook for Christmas (after begging for one, claiming I could use it to add more features to our newsletter 🙂 ). Of course, I couldn’t wait to extricate it from its packaging. As I had figured, Google makes setting up a Chromebook extremely easy. An on-screen guide helps you along. If you don’t have a… Read More »