Sunday, September 27, 2009

Pimping Your PC with Peripherals – Keyboards and Mice!

Posted by ttblogger • 10 Comments • Permalink
image

You get your shiny new PC delivered via FedEx.  As you start to unpack and assemble that puppy, you realize that the peripherals (if they even have any) are usually of the most basic kind. It’s then that you realize that you need to “Pimp Your PC” with peripherals.  In this Tech Tip we’ll look at two of the most basic of computer parts that will help you Geek out on your PC experience – yes, the lowly keyboard and mouse. 

Read Full Article Click Here

 comments tab permlink tab

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Choosing Webcams

Posted by ttblogger • 6 Comments • Permalink
image

I can remember my first encounter with a Web camera (or webcam, for short). It was in the early 1990s, and the item in question was perched atop the computer monitor of a friend’s desktop pc. It looked like a large, white, and evil eyeball. The video that the webcam picked up was choppy and in grayscale. But I can still remember how neat I thought that whole thing was.

Times change, and technology gets better. And so has the quality and variety of uses of webcams. Sure, you can still use a webcam to watch the cat or a pot of coffee, or to record silly hijinks. But you can do much more with one. Like record high-quality videos and and do audio/video conferencing over the Web.

Like choosing any other peripheral, picking the right webcam can be tough.  This TechTip looks at some of the factors you should consider when you decide that a webcam is for you. 

Read Full Article Click Here

 comments tab permlink tab

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Four Apps to Take Your Tweeting to the Next Level

Posted by ttblogger • 4 Comments • Permalink
image

There’s no doubt that Twitter has become a major player in the world of social media. In fact, it’s pretty much at the top of the heap of the various microblogging services available on the Web.

And with good reason: Twitter is easy to use and the breadth and depth of posts is something to see.

For a power user (or a power user wannabe), the Twitter Web interface leaves a bit to be desired. It’s fine for reading and posting messages (called tweets in Twitter-speak). But the interface is lacking in a lot of ways. If you want to, for example, send a message to another Twitter user or retweet (repost an interesting message), then you have to remember a keyboard command and/or do some copying and pasting.  Why do that, when you can use graphical tool that gives you point-and-click access to all the Twitter functions you need? And a few more to boot. There a number of desktop clients for Twitter, and a few Web-based ones too.

This TechTip looks at four of the more interesting Twitter clients out there. All of them are free, and they work on desktop computers that run Linux, Mac OS, and Windows. 

Read Full Article Click Here

 comments tab permlink tab

Sunday, September 06, 2009

How to Watch Your PC on a TV

Posted by ttblogger • 9 Comments • Permalink
image

Many people have purchased large screen flat panel televisions over the last few years and one of the cool by-products of having an HDTV is many will have a plethora of inputs that will allow you to view your desktop computer quickly and easily right on your television. Some of the geeky pleasures of having the ability to output your computer to a TV are showing off videos or photos on the big screen, and using it as a very large work or gaming screen. In this Tech Tip, we are going to look at some quick and easy methods for viewing your computer’s output on your television (these tips work great for projectors as well).

Read Full Article Click Here

 comments tab permlink tab
Page 1 of 1 pages