Taking a page out of the book of Mac, Microsoft has added the hot corners feature to Windows 8. This feature allows you to hover your mouse on any of the four corners of the screen to initiate a shortcut. Here’s how to use them.
Windows 8 adds a much easier way to take screenshots. Instead of having to use the Print Screen button and then paste into Paint (or a similar application), you can now automatically save a screenshot to the Pictures folder as a png with just the touch of a couple
What happens when you mess up? Well, luckily, Microsoft has made it quite easy to reset your WIndows 8 system without having to completely reinstall the OS. Here’s how.
Windows 8 has adopted a feature from most smartphones; the ability to see what apps are using what resources in a much more intuitive and convenient way. This can be very helpful in determining why your computer might be going slow, why its battery isn’t lasting as long as
Remember that Android phone made out of wood that popped up on all the major tech sites earlier this year? Wondering what happened to it? Well, the manufacturer, AD, seems to still be working hard on getting a functioning unit out by the end of this year. In the meantime,
One thing Microsoft definitely is trying to get right with Windows 8 is the integration with Xbox. At the moment, this integration is minimal, but you can definitely see where Microsoft is heading with it: allowing you to play Xbox games from the console on the PC, pausing and resuming,
Similar to Windows Phone devices, you can also sync your Windows 8 PC with the likes of Facebook, Hotmail, Linkedin, and Twitter. When you do sync, you can use the People app to keep track of your friends’ social updates and contact information. Here’s how.
You might notice that MSConfig program has been altered in Windows 8 and one of it’s main functions has been moved; changing the startup programs. Have no fear, we found out where they moved it to. You can easily find it and use it to change what programs automatically run
Have you seen these guys yet? They are kinda the best desk top companion for an Android fan, ever. These little guys are 3″ vinyl collectible figurines (don’t let the artist, Andrew Bell, ever here you call them “toys”) with positional arms and sturdy feet. Once more, they come in
Thanks to Rootzwiki, someone has posted the manual, Odin required, Android 4.0 update for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II. You’ll need to download ODIN and setup the proper drivers, download the update, and then let it flash. This update is unrooted though, so if you are rooted and want
“Is it a phone? Is it a tablet? It’s the best of both!” Or is it? With Samsung’s huge marketing push for their new Android powered Galaxy Note, I’m sure you’ve heard the opening line before. In our review, we take a look at the claim of it being a
UPDATED for PR1.3: Read the procedure below for changes in section IV. Have a Nokia N9 but wish you could just get some Android goodness on it? How about loading Ice Cream Sandwich on it and in a separate partition so you don’t mess up your current setup? Thanks to
You read that correctly. You can now load Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nokia N9 thanks to a group of developers over at the NITDroid Forums. Not only does it work but it seems most features, besides the camera and auto-rotation, are working pretty well according to AndroidCommunity. With
Ninjas over at PhoneArena have received some leaked shots of what some are assuming might be the new Samsung Galaxy S III. These assumptions are being based on the fact that the ninja is saying this is the Samsung i9300 and that number does fit in with the logical order
According to a Facebook post by HTC, the HTC Vivid is one of the first smartphones in the US to get the update to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The update also brings some type of maintenance-blah-blah to the Beats by Dr Dre system on the phone as well,
