July 2, 2011
Improve your working memory and fluid intelligence by playing a game. This isn’t some vapid marketing claim; it’s the result of various scientific tests. Brain Workshop creates the exact circumstances of an activity shown in three different academic studies to improve one’s short-term memory and problem solving skills.
June 16, 2011
One major issue with Firefox 4 is that it swallows up more RAM than any other version before it. Its memory usage has become almost abusive and working with a browser that turns your computer into a snail is no fun. If you are looking for ways to tame the beast, I may have some clues! In this article I will show you 3 steps to reduce and limit the chunk Firefox bites off your RAM.
May 20, 2011
SD memory cards are one of the most common forms of mobile storage, but they also tend to be very specific in their purpose. On their own, these cards tend to be less useful than USB thumb drives and portable hard drives. That doesn’t have to be the case though. There are quite a few cool ways to re-purpose old SD cards and drag some extra life out of them.
November 19, 2010
Compared to the classic 160 gigabyte iPods, the amount of storage in the top of the line iPhone seems no bigger than a gym locker. If you don’t know, the largest size iPhone 4 model you can purchase has just 32GB of available memory space and it’s 64 gigabytes for the iPad and iPod Touch. Throw [...]
September 10, 2010
RAM, or Random Access Memory, is your computer’s short term memory. If your computer needs information and does not find the RAM, it then needs to journey to the hard drive to try and retrieve the data, which is far more time consuming. Many older computers that feel sluggish can be given new life if upgraded with [...]
March 26, 2010
Over the past ten years of the digital photography revolution, digital camera memory cards have become increasingly more affordable and larger. They are the film of digital photography, but thankfully a lot less expensive. So what is the least you should know about digital camera memory cards? Here are my recommendations.
March 25, 2010
A few days back one of my computers decided to act up. Sometimes Windows would boot and function well for some time after which applications would fail to start or crash. Other times Windows would not boot without resetting multiple times. Obviously, almost instinctively I attributed the trouble to Windows. Ran a couple of scans [...]
January 19, 2010
There’s no doubt in anybody’s mind that Mozilla Firefox is one of the best browsers out there. It also has the honor of being the biggest rival to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Part of the reason behind Firefox’s success is the fact that there is an awesome team of individuals behind it, who work around the [...]
October 30, 2009
If you own a Mac, you should know that one of the most useful tools is Activity Monitor, found in the Utilities folder. If you haven’t used it before, get introduced to it; it will help get you out of sticky situations when your Mac isn’t responding properly. Activity Monitor is basically Mac’s version of [...]
May 1, 2009
You’ve seen the “make your kids love learning!” toys before, right? Things like LeapFrog, and that computer game where you keep the spaceman alive by doing math problems”¦ too fun. Once you hit about 9 years old, though, those games start to walk the fine line between fun and pathetic. Thankfully, there’s Sporcle ““ a [...]
