The Best Microphones for Computers

So you’ve written a sweet song, and like a true rock star you want to record your work. Luckily for you, even you don’t have much cash, you can still make a decent recording using your computer. One of the most important things needed for good recording is a good microphone. There are many great [...]

T-Mobile Dash Review

I recently purchased the brand new T-Mobile ‘Dash’ mobile phone.  Is Love too strong a word?
The dash is incredibly small.
For months before purchasing the dash, I had been suffering from Trio envy.  My brother’s Trio was significantly smaller than my Pocket PC phone, and he could type on it with both hands, while I pecked [...]

Keep MP3 players safe and secure

MP3 players don’t work well once you drop them on the ground. Whether it’s the display screen or the headphone jack that breaks, you’ll have a hard time using your player after the accident.
If your warranty has expired – or, worse, if the coverage doesn’t include mishandling – you’re forced to buy a replacement player. [...]

Philips Universal Remote: A Product Review

If you’re tired of using multiple remotes to control your TV, cable/satellite, DVD player and VCR, you should check out the customizable remote that Philips manufactures. Technically named the Philips SRU4105WM/17, this highly-programmable remote control offers you almost everything you could want in this type of product.

For eighteen to twenty-five dollars, you get a long, [...]

Yahoo Event Reminders Guide

How To Use Yahoo!’s Events Reminders
My Yahoo! events reminders are one of the most useful features I’ve ever found (and I’ve been using Yahoo! for a while…).  It’s particularly useful because checking my email is the first thing I do every morning.  (You, too, probably.)

I have a really hard time remembering to take my [...]

BlackBerry Curve

The Blackberry Curve from RIM inherits much of the sleek styling of its older brother, the 8830 World Edition. It keeps the great screen and the stylish navigation trackball, the GPS, and of course all of the PIM perfection that Blackberry offers, and adds a very nice 2MP camera that shoots video as well. The [...]

Bill gates announces death of the mouse

Featured on the BBC website today Bill Gates has reportedly said that the life of the hand held mouse is no more.
So what will replace the old trusted mouse? Well Microsoft has been developing touch screen monitors for a while now, even touch screen tables too! Anyway, I found a video on YouTube that you [...]

Use help desks to save you from a headache

It was probably around three or four months ago but I did actually suffer from a hackers attack. It was devastating, files were lost, data left unsecured and it was an invasion of personal privacy.
I was lucky enough to have contacts with a supporting help desk which remotely accessed my server and fixed the problem [...]

Conference Calls

Conference calls are important, period. It’s a vital part of day to day running of a business with either other employees or clients. Usually setting up a system can be a costly affair and requires installations, technicians and possibly office disruption.
I found this cool looking website called “Budget Conferencing (dot com)” which seem to offer [...]

IT Technical Support

Everyone knows that working in IT require tech support at some point in the year. Only too often has there been situations where websites go down or get hacked, computers won’t work and a hundred and one other possible problems.
Having an IT help desk should be standard for any budding internet or IT user. They [...]