The Lucky 13 Security Checklist. Prepare your Windows PC for better...
I’m preparing to go to Mobile World Congress where one of my worries will be security and privacy. To that end I’ve hardened my Windows build and written it up below as a checklist of tasks that I urge...
View ArticleTouch coming to Lenovo U310 and U410 Ultrabooks
We’re expecting a number of Ultrabook refreshes over the CES 2013 week and here’s the first of them. The Lenovo U310 and U410 are getting a touchscreen upgrade. Liliputing reports a fairly...
View ArticleDell XPS 12 Video Review by Chippy
I’ve been doing a lot of testing on the Dell XPS 12 over the last 4 days. Here’s a 16 minute video of my findings. If you’re interested in Ultrabook Convertibles, take a look at this video because it...
View ArticleSee Average Battery Life and Check for Connected Standby on Windows 8
What’s Connected Standby? It’s the hardware and software that turns a PC into a smart device. Always on, Always Connected! You can find more information here and I encourage you to read it and to...
View ArticleTest: DVD rip speed with Handbrake and Quick Sync on Ultrabooks
Backing up DVDs is an important topic for many people. Transferring the DVD to a portable format isn’t easy though and can take a lot of time. My daughter is away this weekend and I thought it would...
View ArticleMicrosoft Surface Pro 2. Real-World Battery Life Review
This is a post by Surface Pro 2 owner Hector Gomez who shares his battery life report after one month of usage… When Microsoft announced the first Surface Pro it got hit with many reviewers claiming...
View ArticleIntel announces a Dual-OS platform
Just minutes ago at the CES keynote, Intel announced, briefly, that they have a dual-OS platform ready. Windows and Android on one device. The live demo worked! We know little right now apart from...
View ArticleWindows 8 Store Market Share. 1% Seems Right.
This is all Microsoft had to say about ‘Windows Momentum’ last week. (See image.) …so I did some digging and calculations. Here are some figures that might help ISVs more than the useless figures given...
View ArticleBudget Windows 8 + SSD laptops must keep-up with Chromebooks
We’ve got some great Windows 8 tablets out there with relatively fast SSDs that are costing less than Chromebooks. If you look at the Acer Switch 10 and ASUS Transformer Book T100 you’ve even got a...
View ArticleChromebook vs Netbook. Round-one with the $200 Acer E11
Acer E11 and Acer CB3. Both $200 laptops. I bought an Acer E11 Windows laptop. It’s pretty much an Acer C3 Chromebook running Windows. Same N2840 CPU. Same 2GB of RAM. Same 32GB eMMC SSD. Same weight...
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