Posts related to anything to do with Technology
If you’re like me and have accidentally (or purposely) deleted a file on your computer and emptied your trash can, you may be pretty sad to find out that you have lost the file forever. I’ve done this years ago with an SD card and I was not able to get the 100+ photos back that I deleted accidentally. Fortunately, there’s a program called Stellar Phoenix Mac Data Recovery that allows you to get these … Read more
Using and Anti-Virus program is a must for all Windows users. Especially if you use the internet regularly or transfer data from other computers using CDs/DVDs and flash-drives or USB drives. Since Windows operating systems are used by almost all PC users, most viruses, spyware, malware, trojans etc. are created specifically to infect Windows PCs. Fortunately there are plenty of free AV programs you can download from the internet. I have been using Windows OSes … Read more
I had been needing to find a way to split a PDF file into multiple smaller files for each individual page recently and this had me searching online when I came across some excellent freeware which can accomplish this. Sometimes you get a PDF file or have to work with a PDF file you didn’t author and certain information on each page is specific to something so you need an easy way to split pdf … Read more
Anker had sent me out one of these 6 button Wireless mice to review and showcase to my readers as they know I do a thorough review and share honest feedback on the pros and cons of any tech product that I review. The Anker Infrared Wireless Mouse is a 6 button, 2000 DPI wireless mouse that can adjust between 1000,1500 and 2000 DPI. It has 6 buttons that are preconfigured in their actions, but … Read more
The .htaccess file is the standardized Apache specific configuration file and is leveraged by most hosting providers that support WordPress blogs. Unless you are running on a Windows hosted environment with IIS servers and therefore you wouldn’t have a .htaccess file chances are your WordPress blog is using a .htaccess file to handle everything from how the site content is structured, URL’s are rewritten to any custom redirects you may have put in or leveraged … Read more
This was the year where DragonBlogger.com was to transition to a new leaner theme and perhaps transition to cloud hosting platform which is more scalable and capable of handling more concurrent SQL connections than my current hosting situation. I particularly only find this an issue because I am a multi author site and when more than one author is logged into WordPress at the same time the 2 concurrent SQL connections limitation causes intermittent 500 … Read more
I have switched from Thunderbird to Postbox as my email client recently as I wanted to see if it was more stable and crashed less often than Thunderbird. I use an email desktop client primarily because I run multiple separate Gmail accounts some are business app emails like my dragonblogger.com one and some are my personal accounts. The problem is the web based gmail has issues switching back and forth occasionally still but I like … Read more
PC Gaming is not even close to being dead as those would proclaim, even with consoles becoming more PC like in architecture in 2013 the PC still reigns supreme and provides gamers the most options and flexibility for any style of gameplay. Previously we focused on gaming laptops in previous articles for their portability but gaming desktops on the high end will still outperform any gaming laptop. Here are arguably the top 5 gaming PC’s … Read more
Whether you’re stuck in the middle of some crappy company’s boot logo while rooting your device or doing customization, these 5 Android terminal commands are those that every Android user must be aware of. In fact, it might just save you from wasting extra bucks by allowing you to recover your Android device at your home instead of bringing it down to a service center. Besides, some of these Android terminal commands would definitely help you … Read more
I’ve been a Mac user since 2010 and I haven’t looked back in over three years – until recently. Ever since Windows 8 was released last October, I have been catching myself saying the “W” word (it’s frowned upon to say “Windows” when you’re part of the Mac cult) and “I want” in the same sentence. All bias aside, the Windows 8 start screen using the same live tile layout as their mobile OS was … Read more
So, you have finally rooted your Android device and you want to play with it and all it’s hidden features. You can do a lot more with your Android device by having root access compared to a device without root access. Flashing different Custom ROMs in your device is one of the benefits of a rooted Android device. An operating system for your Android which is completely different from the stock OS is unofficially called … Read more
Nexus devices are doing a pretty nice job in terms of sales across the globe (especially in the US) and one of several reasons why people love Nexus devices is that they have the unaltered stock Android OS on them. Although Nexus devices are being sold with a locked bootloader, it is fairly easy to unlock it including doing it on the Nexus 10. However just a bit of fair warning, unlocking the bootloader on … Read more
Technology is rapidly developing and there is no sign of things slowing down. One of the trending technologies lately is AUGMENTED REALITY (AR). Most people may not realize that most smart phone’s are already supporting this futuristic technology to some degree. So keeping the “some degree” in mind, here I came up with some trending & what I think are the best 5 augmented reality apps for mobile devices. 5. 3D Pool game – … Read more
Believe me I am one of those people who uses Google Currents, AP Mobile, Pulse and various other news aggregate apps to get the latest headlines online. Despite this I found that I missed having a local paper, I missed the detailed articles and specifically the more local news around the cities I cared about most. Online news on Google News can lack a local appeal and I still liked print papers for some occasions. … Read more
The blog post takes a look at some of the pro and cons of BYOD trend (bring your own device).
By now, most people have heard of 3D printing technology. A couple of years ago, 3D printers were an expensive technology. Now, for a couple thousand dollars, you can have a 3D printer in your home. Not only do you have this ease of access, but you can surf online databases and download files to create just about anything. Everyday, there is a new story on the internet about someone printing something spectacular and life-altering … Read more
Are you annoyed with advertisements on your Android device? Are you looking for a solution to make your Android device free from annoying banner advertisements? Then you are at the right place. Now Android users who rooted their devices can enjoy an advertisement free experience on their device, all thanks to AdFree for Android by BigTinCan. AdFree removes most of the ads in the browser and other apps. It does this by nullifying requests to … Read more
When I received a brand new Samsung 55″ LED TV for Christmas I was ecstatic and overjoyed, but quickly found that 3 built in HDMI ports was not nearly enough for the amount of equipment I had to plug into the TV. Sure I could have dumbed down some of my gear to using Component Video but this would defeat the purpose. I did a little research and took a gamble on the Kinivo 501BN … Read more
Motorola has recently released an update to its Android smartphone the Motorola RAZR i. If you have already updated your smartphone to this latest version then you might just need to follow this guide to root your Motorola RAZR i. The device is really beautiful in the hands of developers as it runs on an Intel Atom 2 GHz Soc processor with PowerVR SGX540 a graphics chip. The stock ROM doesn’t really put extra butter on the smartphone … Read more
The Cloud is constantly evolving and it is not new news that most applications now have cloud based versions or cloud equivalents. Just think of Dropbox, Google Drive (including Google Docs) and Microsoft Office 360 to see how cloud based applications are becoming the standard. The idea that you can connect to any application from any PC from anywhere with an internet connection can also apply to your full Windows desktop environment with a Hosted … Read more