by Mike McEvoy on March 4, 2010
The world of streaming online video is evolving at a rapid pace. The Roku HD-XR Player is a slick product for getting Internet streaming video to your TV. For a very reasonable cost it can deliver HD-quality movies, TV shows, and a number of other Internet services including Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand directly [...]
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by Mike McEvoy on March 2, 2010
Belarc Advisor is truly useful PC software utility for maintaining and managing your computer. The program tells you nearly everything you could possibly want to know about the hardware on your computer and much of what you might want to know about the software that’s installed. Unlike some online tools, Belarc Advisor also keeps all [...]
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Desktop_Computers,
Laptop_Computers,
Maintenance,
Performance
by Mike McEvoy on February 22, 2010
I’ve considered writing a post about PCs, Macs and security issues for some time. It’s not any easy subject to wrap up in a nice, neat 1,000-words-or-less format. Meanwhile the ongoing debate about which computer platform is most secure has continued. There are lots of different opinions and lots of high energy debate, but there [...]
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Antivirus,
Firewall,
Internet_Security,
Maintenance
by Mike McEvoy on February 15, 2010
Several months ago I wrote a review of ScanCafe.com “ScanCafe – Great Photo, Negative and Slide Scans.” I was impressed with their service, quality and prices. One drawback I found with the service was the absence of an option for medium format black and white negatives. It took ScanCafe a little time but they finally [...]
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