One of the bad things about technology being so pervasive in our lives is the fact that there are people out there trying to do heinous things with it, to harm people essentially. A virus on your phone is a…
Approximately 2 years ago I had the opportunity to review MacSpeech Dictate a speech recognition software designed to make text input on OS X as simple as speaking. Since that time I have used MacSpeech Dictate on a fairly regular…
It’s shopped! We’ve all heard that expression, it means something has been altered. It’s usually a photograph that’s been doctored trying to make something funny, but it can be a professional job like a magazine cover. We’ve seen good and…
As we get older and our lives become more complex between personal and work responsibilities, keeping track of “to do” tasks can become a job onto itself. There are many ways of attacking these tasks and today we will look…
Perusing through the 2010 end of year “Best of” lists for the Mac, I noticed one application or app as Apple now calls them, to be on several of these lists – TextExpander 3 from Smile Software. It is designed…
Futuremark is well known for their benchmarks, and now they’re also known for their games too. The most popular of their software is the 3DMark series, and now the newest one is here. They were kind enough to send me…
A little over a year ago I reviewed Nero 9, and well it’s got over 100 comments on it and not all that good honestly. To this date I’ve had no issues with the program but apparently many others have,…
Look around the internet and you’ll see tons of videos created by users, in fact I’m sure you know there are sites out there dedicated to just videos. Most of those videos are created by average people and not professional…
Imagine having your own personal stenographer to transcribe our recorded words into printed text. With today’s review item you need hire your own personal secretary as the Mac OS X based MacSpeech Scribe does the job for you. For those…
It’s important to keep the drivers in your system updated to make sure everything runs as it should. You’ve got many drivers in your computer that help keep things working correctly, but as technology progresses these drivers will need updated…
For review today I’ve got two products. You can buy Microsoft Streets and Trips 2010 by itself or few a few dollars more you can get a GPS receiver with it. Today I have the bundle for review. Streets and…
Testing, Benchmarking and generally getting information about your computer is important to not only product testers and companies but it can also be a valuable source of information for the general user as well. If you look around the internet…
A few years ago I was amazed out how my forty year old boss had such a poor memory. Now that I am, cough, cough, a little older with two kids running around at home and working around the clock…
Before I start this review I have a confession to make; I hate typing! I am not the fastest typist and I tend to make more mistakes than I care to admit to. So when MacSpeech offered me the opportunity…
These days, everyone knows you should back up your data on a regular basis. Our hard drives are becoming so big and the amount of data on them is nearly incomprehensible. To that end, when trouble occurs or our drives…
A while ago we took a look at WinX DVD Author software, and recently they asked me to take a look at another of their programs called WinX DVD Ripper, and, as the name suggests, it’s a DVD ripping tool.…
One thing great, or maybe not so great, depending how you look at, is that all people are different, and we all have different personalities. We all like something different and that includes our computers themselves and the desktops we…
Remember the days when 120GB hard drives were considered capacious? Today a terabyte 3.5 “ hard drive can be bought for a little over a hundred dollars, sometimes less if you find a great deal. With all the available space…
At my last office job, I worked for a fellow with a rather forgetful memory when it came to passwords and logins. Despite most of them being the exact same, he could never remember his credentials to anything – ever.…
Losing computer data can be devastating. Imagine losing all your family photos, important work documents, or financial information. These scenarios have happened in the past and will in the future. To prevent such catastrophes it is important to have ones…
