Computers

As Google’s Android gets better and better, it becomes more and more irresistible; that’s why many of us have switched from iPhone. But, that doesn’t mean you need to leave your iTunes music behind on your computer or old iPhone; you can easily upload your library to your Android phone using Google’s Music Manager. Also, any song you add to iTunes can be automatically added to your Google Play music library, so you don’t need to

Windows 8.1 was launched today, and even though it’s a free upgrade for current Windows 8 users, some people might still be wondering if they should even bother. On top of that, you have a ton of Windows 7 users that are just plain scared/annoyed/frustrated with the entire Windows 8 concept and shutter at the thought of “tiles”, flat design, and the premise of an app store. Well, lazy and/or scared people, Windows 8.1 might

If you have Windows 8 running on your device then you most likely are eligible for the free upgrade to Windows 8.1 and I recommend you do it, like as quickly as humanely possible. Reason I say that isn’t because there’s some sort of time limit or restriction on upgrading, no. It’s simply because Windows 8.1 solves and improves on a lot of headaches you might have in Windows 8. I’ll be doing a full

When I installed the Windows 8 Consumer Preview on my Mac, I noticed one HUGE issue that I just couldn’t deal with; the screen would keep dimming down no matter how many times I would set the brightness to 100. Apparently, in anticipation of putting Windows 8 on tablets with light sensors, Microsoft has added the feature of auto brightness just like they have with their phone devices. So, I had to find out how

Occasionally in Windows, you might mess something up. Back in the day, you used to be able to turn off the computer and just hold F8 down when turning it back on to be able to boot into Safe Mode which only loaded some of the most basic Windows services so you can solve the issue and get back to the way things were. In Windows 8, there is no way to just hold F8,

  Windows 8’s new Metro UI might be all touch friendly but if you don’t have a touch screen then you might want to utilize the new hot keys / shortcuts that have been added for those of us with physical keyboards. These may not seem like much, but trust me, once you get used to using them, they’ll make navigating Windows 8 much faster.

  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.

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, etc. They aren’t there yet, but there are still some fun things you can do like control the Xbox using your PC.