More Desktop PCs Opinion

  • 09 March 2012

  • Opinion: Lenovo's Fire-Hazard PC Recall FAQ

    Lenovo is recalling more than 50,000 all-in-one desktop PCs due to a fire hazard, the company announced today in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Here's a quick Q&A that Lenovo PC users should read.

  • 05 March 2012

  • Opinion: Got an App Idea? Two Free Tools Can Help Bring It to Life.

    Now that apps have become such a key part of computing life, it seems pretty safe to assume that most of us have had an idea for a new one at some time or another.

  • 24 February 2012

  • Opinion: Watch This 16-Bit 'Legend of Zelda' PC Casemod Come Together Block-by-Block

    We love a good casemod here at GeekTech--whether it is an Xbox 360 Transformer or a Tron Bike tower PC--but we rarely ever get to even see the guts inside of these artsy machines.

  • Opinion: Android: Coming Soon to a Desktop Near You?

    If ever there was a week to make plain the writing on the proverbial wall of the personal computing world, this week has been it.

  • 23 February 2012

  • Opinion: Now You Can Edit Collaboratively with Google Docs for Android

    Just a few short weeks after giving users of Google Docs for Android offline access to their documents, Google on Wednesday announced another highly sought-after addition to the software.

  • 31 January 2012

  • Opinion: Apple Passes HP in 'PC' Sales--or Did It?

    Apple knocked HP off the throne as number one PC maker during the last three months of 2011, according to a report by market watcher Canalys.

  • 30 January 2012

  • Opinion: Mac 911 Live

    In this special edition of the Macworld Podcast, recorded on the Macworld | iWorld show floor, I'm joined by our Mac 911 columnists, Christopher Breen and Ted Landau. Chris and Ted answer common Mac and iOS troubleshooting questions, including ones submitted live by our audience!

  • 26 January 2012

  • Opinion: PCs Are Selling Just Fine, Thank You

    With tablets and smartphones generating so much buzz these days, it's easy to write off the good old personal computer as a dying platform. However, the latest numbers from the NPD Group show that the PC market is doing "pretty well."

  • 24 January 2012

  • Opinion: NES PC Mod Combines Nintendo Power With Computer Tech

    Exactly what amount of money would you be willing to pay for a one-of-a-kind, custom-made Nintendo Entertainment System... PC? No, it's not just a PC tower with an NES shell slapped on the outer plating -- it's a rewired system that actually uses the gaming system's inputs as computer ports. Hardware wizard James Regan recently posted an extensive rundown of the project on the Retro Collect forums, describing how s/he built the entire kit.

  • 23 January 2012

  • Opinion: 10 Things to Look Forward to in LibreOffice 3.5

    Hard on the heels of the release of the bug-fixing LibreOffice 3.4.5 last Monday, the Document Foundation on Friday published a release candidate version of LibreOffice 3.5, which will be the next major version of the office productivity software.

  • 18 January 2012

  • Opinion: Alienware Releases Muscular Compact Desktop

    Alienware, Dell's gaming computer brand, announced Wednesday a new compact gaming desktop with a powerful discrete graphics card and a choice of Intel Core processors.

  • 13 January 2012

  • Opinion: Change the Mac's system voice

    Thanks to Siri on the iPhone 4S, people are quickly getting used to hearing gadgets talk. Your Mac can talk, too. For using your Mac everyday, there’s VoiceOver, which is designed for people who are blind or have low vision. If that’s more talking from your Mac than you need, you can use the Mac’s Text to Speech feature, where the Mac reads selected text. It can be handy to use in a presentation, or, if you use an app to record your Mac’s audio, you can create sound clips to use in videos or audio recordings.

  • 11 January 2012

  • Opinion: LibreOffice Firms Up, Drops Half Its Excess Weight

    Ever since the launch of LibreOffice in late 2010, slimming and trimming the unwieldy and aging code base it inherited from OpenOffice.org has been a priority for the Document Foundation.

  • 10 January 2012

  • Opinion: More Businesses Will Choose Mac Over Windows: Report

    While Windows-based PCs are expected to continue dominating the workplace through 2013, Apple products will "storm the corporate hardware market", according to Forrester Research. And the push will largely come from the bottom up rather than top-down, eroding market share from Windows PCs.

  • 09 January 2012

  • Opinion: A Closer Look at Vizios All-in-Ones

    I'll be honest: I wasn't expecting much out of Vizio here at CES. When I heard the news that the TV manufacturer was diving into the desktop and laptop space, my inner cynic was dismissive. Vizio likely had a few 27-inch screens lying about, and slapped some components into a plastic frame to sell them for a little over cost.

  • Opinion: Vizio Officially Announces All-in-One PC, New Laptops, and 10-inch Tablet

    Vizio officially branched out into the PC market, with announcements of its new all-in-one PC and two new laptops. The value HDTV maker has also unveiled (without revealing very much) its next-generation 10-inch tablet.

  • 07 January 2012

  • Opinion: Vizio's Entry into PC Market Could Drive Down Prices

    Vizio, the flat-panel TV maker known for its sleek designs, could shake up the PC market because it gets screens for a bargain and that would allow it to undercut its competitors' prices.

  • 05 January 2012

  • Opinion: Stardock's Free Tiles Gives Today's PCs Some of Win8's Functionality

    There are those for whom the standard Windows interface never quite cuts the mustard. Stardock software has made a living off XP/Vista/Window 7 malcontents for quite a while now with desktop utilities that enhance the look of Windows and mimic the best features of other operating systems. Tiles, which can be installed as a standalone program or as part of the Object Desktop suite, falls into the latter category, making current versions of Windows look more like the upcoming Metro interface sported by Windows 8.

  • 29 December 2011

  • Opinion: Get Your Tiny PC on: Raspberry Pi Will Be Ready Early in 2012

    Last year we told you about the Raspberry Pi Foundation's initiative to build a 25 dollar PC. in a recent blog post, Raspberry Pi confirmed that the company is on schedule for a January 2012 release--assuming the testing of the beta units go well, anyway.

  • 27 December 2011

  • Opinion: Razor-qt: A New Linux Desktop Alternative

    Among GNOME 3, Ubuntu Linux's Unity, and Windows 8's Metro, there's no denying that desktop environments have become a hot topic in 2011. More specifically, mobile-inspired interfaces are becoming increasingly commonplace, challenging users to accept a whole new paradigm in the desktop world.

« first « previous … 2 3 4 5 6 … next » last »