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My First iPhone: The 3GS Experience

I have to say that ever since I saw the iPhone for the first time I always wanted to get one. Really the only thing stopping me was that I didn’t want to switch my old cell phone plan to the plan for the iPhone. So what I did was get a iPod Touch to [...]

DOSBox: The DOS Emulator

So what is DOSBox? DOSBox is a DOS emulator that is used to run the DOS operating system in modern operating systems like Windows XP and Windows Vista. It can also be run in Linux and MacOS X. You can no relive the good old days of computing. It can run applications, but it mostly [...]

Asus Crosshair II Formula Motherboard Unboxing

Unboxing and overview of the Asus Crosshair II Formula Motherboard. This is a great motherboard if you are building a gaming system. It supports SLI, 8GB of memory and is great for overclocking. It even supports the new Phenom II 920 and 940 processors with a BIOS update. Feel free to leave a comment or [...]

Demo of Skype for the iPhone

This is a great demo of Skype that was just released for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Enjoy the video. Credit for this video goes to jon4lakers from Youtube who let me use his video: http://www.youtube.com/user/jon4lakers

Create Custom Themes In Google Mail

This is a great little tutorial if you use Google Mail and want to make your own customizable themes for it. Enjoy the video. Credit for this video goes to mobilephone 2003 from Youtube who let me use his video: http://www.youtube.com/user/mobilephone2003

MSI HD4850 Video Card Unboxing

This is an Unboxing and overview of the MSI HD4850 Video Card. This is a great video card for the money. It will play the latest games well also. If you are looking to play games at Crysis at the highest setting then I would recommend getting something else. Great for gaming, picture and video [...]

iPhone 3.0 Demo

This is a great demo and of the iPhone 3.0 software update that will be coming out in the summer time. Enjoy the video. Credit for this video goes to mitch625 from Youtube who let me use his video: http://www.youtube.com/user/mitch625

Internet. Everywhere. The How-To Guide to Staying Connected.

So you’ve just purchased that brand new laptop that has had you salivating for months, and your excited to bring it on the first vacation you’ve been on in years. You’ve already charged that extra battery, packed the charger, and gathered up all the necessary cords and connectors. You must have been an Eagle Scout in your [...]

Organize Your Desktop with Fences

What is Fences? Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they’re not in use. A “Fence”, a term coined by this program, is an icon group on your desktop. Fences is an add-on to your desktop, not a replacement. Rope off your desktop Fences allows you to create shaded [...]

AMD Phenom II Overclocked to 6.5GHz

This is a really cool video of some over-clocking techniques to get the new AMD Phenom II Processor to over-clock at 6.5Ghz. It is a new World Record and it also got the World Record for beating the 3D Mark score as well. Pretty Cool stuff.

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A PC Guy Meets a Mac

I must say that a few years back I thought that I would never own a Mac of any kind. All I ever had from Apple was an iPod and I th

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Posted on March 2, 2009 at 7:34am — 3 Comments

Protecting Yourself Online

Being an I.T. professional I come across my share of people who don’t know how to use computers while they are surfing the internet. They c

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Posted on February 11, 2009 at 5:25pm — 5 Comments

32 or 64-Bit Computing?

Just a few years ago who would have ever thought that we would now have 64-bit computers. Well that time has come and virtually every processor that is n

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Favorite iPhone/iPod Touch Apps

Since the App Store started six months ago it has really revolutionized the iPhone and
portable iPod Touch markets. With now more than 15,000 apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch it has really opened the door for the user to do almost anything with these two devices. The possibilities are almost endless and has turned these two devices into mini portable computers. There are tons of apps available, but these are just a few of my favorites. What are your favorite apps?

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What to with your old PC?

So you have an old PC lying around. So you ask yourself, “What can I do with this thing”? Well believe it or not you can still squeeze some life out of it. computer_case

Below are just a few ideas to help figure out what to do with that old PC.

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Posted on January 19, 2009 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

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At 10:38am on June 20, 2009, Renderedcook said…: Hi Friend, was is your most used piece of geek technology ?

At 10:28am on May 24, 2009, Renderedcook said…: How are you? Hope you are enjoying this Memorial day weekend!

At 8:40pm on April 25, 2009, Renderedcook said…: Just passing through. Hope you have a great weekend! What are you up to?

At 11:57pm on April 8, 2009, Ice2642 said…: Your page looks very cool!

At 4:19pm on March 11, 2009, Ben Williams (Hawk12online) said…: Nice and thanks for getting back to me, take care, Ben.

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At 12:24pm on January 21, 2009, Jonathan Shrader said…: u said u like my avatar... look at my new one

At 10:53pm on January 2, 2009, Robert said…: Thanks for the comment. You have a pretty nice setup too, only I transport my Xbox 360, Acer PC, and 22" monitor to my dad's house where my HP is.

At 6:00pm on January 2, 2009, Dan said…: Hi TTB,
Wow, that E8500 CPU is one stout piece of hardware. I'm envious. I'm working toward putting together a better computer, one I can use for some of the newer games (Fallout 3). I do lot of computer repair and built quite a few machines for myself, but it's always nice to have other advice. I received the XFX GeForce 9800 GT today, but my Dell 5150 isn't equipped to give it a test run. I plan on the E8400 Processor and possibly an Asus MoBo (we are talking budget and bang for buck here) 500 Watt PS. I may overclock some possibly 3.6 GHz, all stuffed in a non-gaming Mini-Tower case. Since the power consumption of the E8400 is 20 watts less then my 640, I should be able to run without heavy cooling. My Dell 5150 with a GeForce 7600 GT, 3 GB RAM doesn't even speed up the fan under heavy game play. E8400 + MoBo Gaming cases drive me crazy, they are so ugly. I guess you could call this hot rod a sleeper. LOL!
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