PC vs MAC
My personal preferences After reading so many articles, (mostly false) statistics, user comments on the issue, before going more into an issue, I feel obliged to say what I have used over time, what my philosophical view on the matter is, and I will try to remain realistic and cold-blooded, in contrast to all the …. Read More
Netbooks
Intro Netbooks are small, portable computers, a smaller version of notebook. They are, to quote Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux: “Notebooks done right”. They are manufactured since 2007, and feature screen sizes from 5″ to 12″. In contrast with Tablets or iPads, the architecture of the most Netbooks is based on Intel or AMD …. Read More
Netbook CPU benchmark
The data is from netbookcheck website. Some of the data is clearly not accurate, like TDP for some CPUs and the rank of the last four CPUs, which is clearly better than Celeron 353, which should be on the bottom of the list. For many of the CPUs there is no benchmark data, and they …. Read More
Linux alternatives to famous Windows apps
Intro Many of us have started working on MS Windows. While the operating system itself did not win our hearts, it is the 3rd party apps and games that made us feel entrapped to this OS. We thus got into a problem – they are forcing us to update to the new versions of OS …. Read More
How to merge Thunderbird mail accounts or backup and restore an account
This tutorial will demonstrate how to merge old Thunderbird messages with the new ones or restore the old account. I have tried 3rd party applications that claim to do this, but none of the apps managed to do what they are supposed to. Fortunately, it is not too difficult to do this manually. This way …. Read More
How to increase laptop’s battery life
New batteries for laptops are hard to find and expensive, if you are not looking for a Chinese battery, which have disputable performances and life. There are also services that replace cells within your original battery, but who can say if they don’t put inside the same Chinese low quality cells? So, what should you …. Read More
How to easely create XML Data from MS Office’s Excel, Libre or OpenOffice or anything with tables
I will be describing things in MS Office Excel 2013, but it also applies to other similar apps. I was in need to create XML Data to be used on a website. The easiest way to type-in information is in app with tables, of course, but the conversion to XML Data has proven rather difficult. …. Read More
How to correctly assemble and configure ADSL and IPTV and what affects the speed
Please read this article if you do now know how to connect everything and make secure connection, but also if you have done everything and you have the internet connection, because you might have done something wrong, which can lower the performances. I am going to show how to connect when you have IPTV, ADSL …. Read More
Google Talk is Dead! Long Live Pidgin…or Telegram
Google talk no longer works – use Pidgin! Many Windows users had Google talk. It was a small app that did the work, it was simple and yet it was everything most of us needed. However, Google has decided to cancel it in favor of Hangouts. They did not have to make Google talk unusable, …. Read More
Fix for blank or empty Windows Features List in Windows 7
In Windows 7 or Windows Vista some users have experienced a problem with Programs and Features/Turn Windows features on or off. Instead of the list, blank dialog appears. There are several steps how to fix this. After each step restart your PC and see if it did the trick. Try it in order presented here: …. Read More