Review: SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 8 GB MP3 player
2012 UPDATE: I was using this MP3 player until the Summer of 2012. The only reason I replaced it was because the battery was losing its charge (as all MP3 players and iPhones do over time). Since 2009 I have become an avid Android user. I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Player 3.6 with an... Read more
VIRUS WARNING: Beware of Facebook Scam Emails That Will Lead to a Virus or Your Account Being Stolen
For the past few weeks I have been spammed by various emails posing as legit Facebook emails. If you receive ANY email from Facebook with an attachment DO NOT OPEN the attachment or you will get infected with a virus. Also if you receive an email from Facebook informing you that you... Read more
I Am Addicted to the New MMO PC Game “Aion: The Tower of Eternity”
I have a confession to make… I have been neglecting this site for the past 2 weeks because I have been using any free time by a computer to play the new game, Aion: The Tower of Eternity. It is the first massive multiplayer online role playing game (“MMORPG” or “MMO” for... Read more
Call of Duty: World at War PC Patch v1.6 Download is out!
The 1.6 PC patch for Call of Duty: World at War was released on September 18th, 2009. Below are the 1.6 notes from the game (taken from the Call of Duty website). * 3 new Multiplayer maps: Battery (mp_drum), Breach (mp_bgate), Revolution (mp_vodka)! * New Nazi Zombie map: Der Riese... Read more
Review: Aliph’s Jawbone Prime Bluetooth Earpiece
Review: Aliph’s Jawbone Prime Bluetooth Earpiece MANUFACTURER WEBSITE: http://us.jawbone.com/ When it was brand new the original Jawbone from Aliph was the best Bluetooth earpiece I had ever used. To my dismay I accidentally broke it. When that happened I saw the Jawbone II was out.... Read more
Review: SUPER Anti Spyware (Spyware, Malware, Adware Remover)
PRODUCT REVIEWED: SUPERAntiSpyware I had honestly never heard of SUPERAntiSpyware before I was contacted by a representative (Mike) to review the product. I was a bit skeptical as to how well it works (according to website claims) but I am always willing to try something new and... Read more
Firefox 3.5.1 Update / Security Patch has been Released, Update Your Firefox Now!
There was a CRITICAL security vulnerability in Firefox 3.5 that was found earlier this week, reported here. Unlike the Microsoft Internet Explorer team it only took the Mozilla Firefox crew a few days to fix this issue. Also along with the security patch are a few fixes that are noted... Read more
Call of Duty: World at War 1.5 Patch / Update Download
There was a new patch / update released today to the PC game Call of Duty: World at War. It is version 1.5. The PC patch/update is about 974 MB. So it might take a few hours to download for some of you with really slow Internet connections. I uploaded the COD WAW 1.5 patch/update... Read more
Google Chrome OS Takes a Shot at Microsoft Windows
Sundar Pichai of Google recently announced the new Google Chrome operating system. Not to be confused with the Google Android operating system which was created for mobile devices like your cell phone. Sundar takes throws a punch at Microsoft Windows by saying, “…operating systems... Read more
The New and Improved Firefox 3.5 is Hot! Download and Install it Now!
Mozilla released Firefox 3.5 for download to the world at the end of June (yes, it’s 100% free to download). By the time you read this Mozilla should have about 8 million downloads. According to Mozilla, the makers of Firefox, version 3.5 is twice as fast as version 3.1. I don’t... Read more
Can’t Play The SIMS 3 on Your Computer?
Sims 3 is 100% compatible with the new Windows 8. It is also compatible with Windows 7 32 and 64-bit. It has the same system requirements as Windows Vista which are posted below. (Sims 2 is also compatible with Windows 7.) Please Note: If you do not download all of the latest updates... Read more
My Computer Power Supply Blew-Up
About 7 years ago I was playing a game on my Windows computer that I built the previous year. I was having a great time playing a First Person Shooter game (forgot which one, I have played so many) online against other people. All of a sudden I heard a loud “POP!”, actually it... Read more
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 Kills NOD32 AntiVirus v4
*** UPDATED 06/05/09 *** Virus/Malware/Spyware/Adware scanning and removal from computers and USB drives is something I do at work almost every day. I use two programs to do this, Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (free version) and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009. I love the combination, it is... Read more
My Favorite PC Game the past 5 months, Call of Duty: World at War
I have been a huge Call of Duty fan since the original. Every time I am bored or done with PC gaming another installment of the Call of Duty series gets released. World at War came out in November 2008. I ignored it as much as I could when it hit the store shelves since ...Read... Read more
Conficker Virus Hijacked My Friend’s Hotmail Account and Spammed Her Contacts
About a week ago I received an email from a friend of mine whom I talk to regularly. It seemed rather odd. The writing style of the email did not match my friend’s style. She was asking me to wire $2,000 to her current location in England. Last we spoke she had not previously... Read more
“Koobface”, the Facebook Worm is back and as Vicious as ever!
Last year Facebook was infected by a worm named Koobface. All of the good anti-virus programs catch it by now. This February a new variation of Koobface appeared that has snuck by virus scanners and is as vicious as ever. What Koobface does is send you a message through one of your... Read more
Virus Deleted All Folders on a USB Drive, Kaspersky and a Mac Solved the Problem
A couple of weeks ago a coworker asked me to help him with a problem. A virus infected his USB drive. The virus appeared to delete all the folders on his USB drive. I cleaned out the virus from the USB drive with Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009. There was still a problem; the folders the... Read more
Caution! “ViddyHo” Worm/Phishing Scam Preys over Google Talk Users
Many users are reporting getting an instant message on Google Talk that appears to be from someone they know. The instant message says something like, “hey, check out this video: http://tinyurl.com/xrv987l.” When the user clicks on the link thinking it is from a trusted person... Read more
The Main Hard Drive on my Computer Just Crashed Today
I was working on an experimental website earlier today when Vista slightly froze. It also gave a weird write error message that I have never seen before. I figured it was just some weird Vista glitch I had never seen in my life. I reset my computer. Suddenly the computer would not... Read more
Static Electricity Killed My Computer
I had been working for about a year with a computer company. I was given a computer to take home. It would be used to demonstrate my company’s PC hardware products. At the time it was a really nice computer with all the bells and whistles every computer gamer would want. My... Read more