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15 April 2013
Opinion: Design beautiful PowerPoint slide decks with Slidevana

If your slide-deck design skills are anything along the lines of basic, fair, or middling, check out Slidevana.
Opinion: The best and easiest ways to search for programs and files in Windows 8

Randy G. finds Windows 8's search tools a bit confusing. I offer some suggestions.
Opinion: All PCs great and small: how competition and collaboration is driving tech innovation

A strange set of competitive and interdependent business relationships is driving innovation in PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets. And for the consumer that's mostly good news.
12 April 2013
Opinion: DARPA makes an indoor GPS chip that's smaller than a penny

GPS IS a godsend for people with absolutely no natural sense of direction. But sometimes, these people-tracking satellite systems don't work so well in a dense city, or worse--when you go anywhere indoors.
Opinion: How to restore Google Chrome's missing buttons in Windows 8

Now that I'm running Windows 8 for at least part of my workday (much to my chagrin), I'm doing my best to make it hospitable. And for me, the first step is installing Google Chrome, my preferred Web browser.
11 April 2013
Opinion: Hyperlapse turns Google Street View into beautiful time-lapse motion videos

Spring is officially here, which means it's time to start planning your summer road trips. And for me, that means spending a lot of time in Google Street View. If you're doing the same thing and clicking a thousand times over through virtual streets, we have a better virtual tour solution for you.
Opinion: 3D printing comes to phones and games at MakerBot's first hackathon

3D printers have gotten to the point that they can print just about anything you can imagine (yes, even food). But while we've been focusing on better machines and more insane prints, you may have forgotten about the most important step that magically turns a digital file into a physical object--the software.
Opinion: How to handle Notification Center annoyances

Notification Center on Mountain Lion is quite useful. But sometimes, you end up with a bunch of stacked notifications that you're not quite ready to dismiss--but that are annoyingly covering up important stuff on your screen. Here's how to handle it.
Opinion: In defence of gaming

As a relatively enthusiastic gamer, I'm often subjected to ridicule about time-wasting. What's more, despite the vast amounts of revenue that the gaming industry generates -- it's estimated to be worth $82 billion by 2017, according to research firm DFC Intelligence -- video games are still largely frowned upon by the mainstream press.
Opinion: Dropbox for Business launches, offering single sign-on

Cloud-storage provider Dropbox announced today the introduction of Dropbox for Business, a team-oriented version of the service with a particularly IT-friendly feature: single sign-on (SSO).
10 April 2013
Opinion: This stop-motion Tetris game is made out of chalk and canvas

If you thought Tetris can get tricky enough on a computer screen, imagine trying to play it in real life, with chalk.
Opinion: Google Hangout and the uncooperative camcorder

Reader David d'Angelo has a camcorder and Mac, but can't make a desired connection between the two. He writes:
Opinion: What to expect from the next version of Windows

No-one knows for sure when the next version of Windows will launch, nor what it will be like. Could Windows 9 ditch the old desktop?
Opinion: Revisit Jurassic Park in blocky, non-3D Minecraft

It's Jurassic Park fever. Just last week, the 3D remastered version of Steven Spielberg's dinosaur classic hit theaters. But if that's not enough childhood nostalgia for you, Josh Collin recreated the entire prehistoric amusement park in Minecraft for your virtual touring pleasure.
Opinion: Key updates have arrived for Fuduntu and PCLinuxOS

Much of the Linux world may be awaiting the final release of the high-profile Ubuntu Linux 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" later this month, but that doesn't mean the many other Linux distributions are standing still.
09 April 2013
Opinion: Wrangling email: How I keep my inbox under control

Though specialists have devised myriad systems that purport to achieve Inbox Zero. I'm not that ambitious. I just want a system that keeps the number of unread messages in my inbox as small as possible, doesn't treat my inbox as a to-do list, and doesn't require me to spend hours sorting and archiving my mail.
Opinion: How to decrease the spacing in Chrome's bookmark lists

If you're a Google Chrome user, you may have noticed a recent change in your browser. About a week ago, Google pushed out an update that increased the spacing between bookmarks.
08 April 2013
Opinion: Samsung's new "Galaxy Win" phone is a slightly whimpier Galaxy S3

Samsung has clawed its way to become one of the industry's leading phone manufactures, if not arguably the industry leader. While the company's newly unveiled Galaxy S4 will soon go to battle against the iPhone 5 (and whatever Apple decides to call their next gen iNcarnation) and the HTC One for title of elite super phone of the moment, Samsung has still made room for the non-elite mobile customer. To that end, Samsung announced on Monday the Samsung Galaxy Win, which appears to be a slightly wimpier Galaxy S3 for the midrange consumer.
Opinion: Facebook's new app: 'Slave'

My name is Stefan Hammond and my picture is above. OK, the pic's a few years old and I don't look quite that good. But that's me.
Opinion: Repairing your iPad's network connection

Reader Walt Czeka's iPad has suddenly turned a blind eye to his local network. He writes:

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