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Why I'm Done With Windows [Opinion]

Microsoft made an announcement this week that has really just tipped me over the edge. It's the last in a string of moves actually; but that's it. I'm done. I'll switching all my Windows machines to Linux or a Hackintosh; I'll be replacing my Home Server with a Time Machine or Linux-based NAS, and Windows will relegated to a virtual machine. Here's why.

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4 Things You Can Use Google Alerts To Monitor The Web For

Some of you may have forgotten due to all of their recent developments and projects on the side, but Google is still a search engine at its core. With tens of millions of pages indexed, there's no reason why Google shouldn't be your go-to search solution over competitors like Yahoo! and Bing. One thing Google has always really excelled in is integrating features of their properties separate from Search, like Gmail, Plus, Blogger, Google Calendar, into Search.

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Google Apps: Use Nicknames & Catch-All To Avoid Spam

Do you use Google Apps for email on your domain? You're going to want to learn these two tricks, which give you access to as many incoming email addresses you could want without creating new accounts. Multiple incoming email addresses are useful for preventing spam, because you can track who is giving out your email address. Even better, if that address is spammed constantly you can set up a filter to block all mail going to it.

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Dumb Television Shows, People Who Shouldn't Have Graduated And More [Best Of Reddit]

On the agenda for today, we have some incredibly dumb IAmA action, some video game nonsense, a Reddit of the week and more. It is time to kick back, relax and get ready to be entertained by the best of the crazy stuff Reddit has to offer.

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MyCommittee Is The Best Online Tool For Creating Online Agendas And Minutes

Online tools and resources for organizing effective meetings are wide and varied, and extremely useful. With sites like MyCommittee.com you can reduce the need for back and forth emails and forwarding documents to pull together a meeting. MyCommittee allows you to organize and manage meetings with your committee members, as well take minutes online.

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Free Font Friday: Comic Sans, You Are Not Alone (With A Bonus Video!)

Comic Sans is one of the most notoriously abused typefaces, but it's been taking it like a champ, and just keeps on being its cheery, quirky self. Also, it's not the only comic font around – just the most famous one. So I've decided to dedicate this month's Free Font Friday to Comic Sans.

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Cloud Storage Options For the HP TouchPad That You Should Know About

HP TouchPad users have a number of cloud options (whether using webOS or Android), enabling them to ensure that data remains safe on a remote server that can be accessed from a different computer in the event of mobile device failure.

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5 Of The World’s Most Famous And Most Influential White Hat Hackers

In this article, I’m going to jump back to the original definition and explore the world of “good hackers,” otherwise known as “white hat hackers.”Let’s take a look at five of the most influential computer experts that have helped shape the world to be what it is today. You may not know these people by name, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard of their work.

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How To Sync Any Folder To SkyDrive, And How To Use SkyDrive On Windows XP

Microsoft’s new SkyDrive is a great entry in the cloud storage wars -- it competes toe-to-toe with Dropbox, Google Drive, and the rest. However, it has some limitations. We’ll show you how to overcome these limitations and use SkyDrive the way you want to.

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Join The Real-Time Virtual Live Gig Interaction With CrowdStream

CrowdStream is an application which allows musicians and other entertainers to notify fans of exclusive information during concerts, such as backstage access, bonus updates and user-submitted videos. It increases the crowd's sharing of video and allows entertainers and fans more direct communication during the gig.

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6 Fresh Crowdsourced Sites For Learning And Sharing Knowledge

Sharing knowledge is just another side to the great classless spirit that finds space on the web. We have seen earlier how crowdsourcing web services have tapped the power of collective wisdom for the betterment of all. So, why not tap into some fresh new crowdsourcing sites that help us share knowledge?

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5 Free Premium Must-Play Games For Your Android Tablet

There's more to having a tablet than just blogging, creating spreadsheets and managing your finances. Yes, one of the biggest advantages of having a tablet is, of course, playing games. Here are five games that I consider perfectly made for the larger tablet screen, and that make perfect use of touch screen technology in an intuitive, easy-to-learn way.

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The Transportation Of Tomorrow: Awesome Inventions That May Transform How We Commute

The course of human civilization has always been shaped by transportation. The transportation of tomorrow may not solve all these problems, but it may solve some – and it’s important to give the matter thought now so we can plan for the future.

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