Archive for the ‘Hardware’ category

Get Rid of PC Errors Without a Technician

April 12th, 2011

Have you ever received error messages from your computer? Has there been a time that you had to finish a project and when you have tried to print it, the driver for your printer gave you this error message that you have no idea how to fix? Has your computer been so infiltrated by viruses and malware that you don’t know what to do? Did the Windows registry give you weird messages that something is broken? You think you don’t have any other option but to call out an expensive computer technician? There is another option!

If you’re having problems with a faulty driver in your computer, an expensive PC technician isn’t the only answer. You can fix the issue right away. Faulty drivers are mostly caused by not updating the device drivers installed on your computer. Device drivers need constant updates to be able to perform at their optimal. But, if you have not updated the drivers, you can search the internet for the correct updates and install them onto your computer, given that they are compatible with your operating system. Another way of solving the error message caused by faulty device drivers is to perform a clean uninstall of the driver and reinstall it correctly. By just doing that, you eliminate the error message caused by the device driver and you didn’t pay anything to a technician.

Registry errors are another cause of frustrations. First, because it makes your computer speed and performance slow down. Second, because the registry is one of the most complicated parts of the operating system and messing with it can totally damage your computer. The registry stores all the settings and configurations of a computer, so when it’s not working properly or if there’s something wrong with it, the whole system fails. But this problem can be worked out by downloading a fix from the internet. These are known as registry cleaners. Many are even downloadable for free. After you have downloaded and installed the registry cleaner, you can quickly fix many errors and problems. The computer technician would have done the same thing.

Now, if your computer system has a malware infection then that is a different story. Malware are programs created for the purpose of damaging a computer or for stealing data. These programs are all over the internet and can just enter your computer anytime without you noticing. In order to prevent this, you must protect your computer by downloading one of the malware scanners distributed on the internet. Run the scan on a regular basis and always keep the software up-to-date.

With these steps alone you can protect computer, improve performance and save a lot of money.

gScreen Spacebook Dual Screen Laptop

September 1st, 2009

Ever wanted more screen size and productivity from your laptop. Well this awesome product could be the solution. The gScreen Spacebook is a dual screen laptop with some very nice specs.

This laptop is in response to many users wanting more productivity from their laptops, especially when it comes to things like video and editing.

gScreen Spacebook

gscreen spacebook

gScreen Specs

Spacebook planned Specs:
- 2 LED backlit display screens
- Windows VISTA/ WIN XP PRO (optional)
- Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26-GHz
- 4 GB of RAM (2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM x 2)
- 320GB 7200-rpm HD
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GT with 512MB dedicated memory (or)
- NVIDIA® Quadro FX 1700M Graphics with 512MB dedicated memory
- 9-cell battery
- IEEE 1394 1 Graphics Card Output (15-pin, D-Sub) X 1, HDMI X 1 Mic-in X 1, Line-in x 1, Headphone X 1 PCI Express Card X 1 AC Power Adaptor Output: 19V DC, 90W Input: 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz universal Battery Pack Li-ion 9 cells

Can’t wait to see one in the flesh.

gScreen Spacebook website

Nokia Booklet 3G

August 25th, 2009

Nokia, the leaders in the mobile phone industry have made a big announcement with their new Nokia Booklet 3G notebook.

nokia-booklet-3g

This is more like a netbook than a notebook and it has some very nice specs. The Booklet is 10″ and is only 0.79″ in thickness.   It weighs under 3lbs, tipping the scale at 2.75lb.

Of course it will have all the connectivity you would expect from a Nokia product. WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and HSPA. This will be a Windows powered device with an Intel Atom processor.

The release date for the Booklet 3G is sometime in September. Keep an eye out for these, because based on Nokia’s reputation, we are expecting big things (in small packages).