As the first major handheld console and a gem of the Nintendo brand, Gameboy pushed out some incredibly cool and classic video games, such as Super Mario, Mega Man, Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon, which are just a few major series that made the transition to this platform (or even started there). Tim did a great article last year reviewing some of the best emulators for handheld consoles, but of that group I think that VisualBoyAdvance really shines.

My original horror story when first upgrading to Windows 8 was having no idea how to comfortably launch applications anymore. By default, there is no Quick Launch toolbar and the Start Menu has been gutted to the point where it’s almost foreign. Thanks to some third-party tweaks and advice, both issues aren’t very hard to fix. Even if you prefer the new style Windows has taken on in the latest version of their OS, let it be known that there are applications out there that can ease the pain of launching your most commonly-used files, folders, and applications.

Maxthon has come a very long way since originally dubbing themselves as a mere replacement to Internet Explorer. As MyIE Browser, it boasted features like tabbed browsing and mouse gestures. Today, it’s much more. You and I have both witnessed browsers like Rockmelt come and go without even denting the browser market. Let’s check out what new developments have come to the latest version of Maxthon.

It only took me one or two disasters in losing huge blocks of copied text to cave in and download a third-party clipboard manager for Windows. While there are many, like ClipTrap, I’ve found that plenty of them have poor interfaces or indexing options that are not very featureful. Just the other day, I stumbled across a new one by the name of Save.me. At first, Save.me doesn’t come across as a clipboard manager.

Season 3′s initial patch of the web’s biggest online multiplayer game is upon us! League of Legends is the preferred game of millions and millions of gamers and Season 2 was a huge success for the game, its community, and Riot Games overall. There were many tournaments, a heap of new champion releases, gameplay changes, and a lot of other excitement.

Earlier this month, I wrote about how to look into a domain name’s WHOIS information as a way to gauge the authenticity and trustworthiness of the website. It was only upon having that post published that I realized that WHOIS lookup is a capability that many people never even knew existed. While that article was specifically tailored towards assisting users in gauging the age and origin of a website, there are many alternative uses for WHOIS.

Understanding your PC is the first step towards improving its health and overall performance. Out of the box, Windows does offer basic system information and tools like your Device Manager, but that’s often not the most efficient way to take a good look at all of this data. You’re probably familiar with tools like EVEREST, [...]

Today, free web hosting is a thing of the past. Major search engines like the aforementioned Yahoo! and Google weren’t such monsters yet, either. You could search for popular keywords and some of the first results would actually be free websites running on GeoCities, made by people just like you and I. Here are some ways to venture back in time and see the remains of one of the coolest internet time capsules ever.

It was only weeks ago that I posted about Songr, an awesome and easy way to stream and download free music from multiple online sources. Since then, I may have found a little gem to completely replace it. Who would need any alternative to Spotify though? While Spotify seems to be head of this class, lots of people are still fixated with downloading and keeping music.

In this post, I’d like to show you one of the easiest and most effective ways for the average internet user to make their own call on the legitimacy of a website. The best part is that it requires no real technical skill and should take you a maximum of about two minutes per website. The only piece of information that you’ll need is the website’s URL, and that’s as easy as copy and paste. Interesed?

Pastebin is recognized Internet-wide as the place to go to paste your data and code snippets. Many people probably know of the service through releases by groups like LulzSec, but it serves a much greater purpose than just dumping hashed passwords and email lists. Pastebin.com is useful in any scenario where you’ve got a ridiculous chunk of text that you need to spit out in a clean and efficient way.

As the world of eSports grows and evolves, as does the media surrounding it. Are you aware that there are people just like you and I who, right now, are streaming themselves playing an online game and making sustainable income? Streaming has just become a part of the world of competitive online play. We want to see the best players compete, and we’re willing to endure advertisements just to get a peek.

Understanding where your disk space is being allocated is information that can help you accomplish many things in improving your PC’s performance. Though there are plenty of solutions to accomplishing this, such as DiskSavvy, Xinorbis is very effective and has been around for a while. Xinorbis is available as a hard installation or an archive that can be extracted on your desktop, in a Dropbox folder, or on a flash drive.

When confronted with adware or other junkware, the average person is going to tell you that you’re going to need an application like SUPERAntiSpyware or Malwarebytes to get rid of the problem. While those are two of the best names to protect your PC from these annoyances, you should know that there are easier solutions available. Sometimes, a freeware seems too good to be free. It comes with a cost that you may not realize.

If you decided to follow the same path as me, you went ahead and upgraded to Windows 8 the first week it dropped. So far, I’ve had mixed feelings about the OS. I upgraded my dedicated gaming desktop from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 8 Pro and it’s been quite an adjustment. Weeks later, I’m finally getting everything settled in. Naturally, there are going to be some issues along the way.