Category «Hardware Tips»

Networking / Routing / Firewall Help

I’ve mentioned the LangaList before. It’s an informative newsletter put out by Fred Langa. There is a free newsletter, and an extended pay newsletter. Monday’s free portion of the newsletter had a good tip I wanted to pass on: 5) Linksys Gem Fred — On the Liinksys issue mentioned in your most recent issue: There …

The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide

From Ed Bott’s Blog: I can’t vouch for the accuracy of this resource, but it sure does look comprehensive. Definitely a good starting point if you’re stumped by what one of those obscure BIOS options really means. Consider this and similar sites as reference tools, not as a bible. For what it’s worth, I don’t …

Refilling Ink Cartridges

About 2 years ago my father bought me an Interactive Media Sales, LLC (IMS) Ink Refill System. It sounds sophisticated, but it was just a simple set of squeeze bottles with ink to refill my ink cartridges. The first couple of times I used it, it was a little messy, but I quickly got used …

USBMan

USB and USB 2.0 tips, tricks, reviews, news, troubleshooting, problem solving and information. They have information by Windows version, host type (chip maker), an active forum, and more. If you have USB problems or question, check it out at http://www.usbman.com/

Why Do-It-Yourself Photo Printing Doesn’t Add Up

From the New York Times: Prices of printers have dropped up to 30 percent in the last few months thanks to a savage price war. Is this then the time to buy a photo printer for your home? After all, for about $200 you can get the Hewlett-Packard Photosmart 8250 that in just 14 seconds …

All things laptops

Laptop news from Laptopical. View notebook computer reviews and read articles about laptops from brand names such as Acer, Apple, Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, IBM, Sager, Sony and Toshiba. Weblog includes news about Centrino, Sonoma and Turion chips and processors. There is a blog, news, reviews, and articles. If you are looking for information on …

LightScribe

It has been close to a year since we first mentioned LightScribe technology. While Lightscribe drives are still few and far between, it appears as though they will be here shortly. I saw my first lightscribe commercial onTV the other day. HP is now including Lightscribe enable drives in some of it’s PC’s. Bestbuy.com has …

NETGEAR – Wireless Digital Media Player

Another wireless digital media player, this one from Netgear. The first one we saw was from D-Link. We’ll see if we can’t get a review lined up for the new year on one or both of these products.