System Update: Gravatars and Facebook Pics Now Showing
After six months almost 1,000 readers have registered for a commenter account here at Smarterware, either using Facebook Connect , OpenID , or just by creating an account . Obviously SW readers are...
View ArticleiPhone 3GS? Not Enough to Justify the Cost (and AT&T Sucks)
Asked my Twitter peeps whether or not they were buying the just-released iPhone 3GS, and 175 replies later, the response is a pretty solid NO. Almost 80% of respondents are passing on the 3GS mainly...
View ArticleIntel CPU Temperature Monitor Real Temp
Real Temp is a lightweight computer software program for the Windows operating system that has been designed to provide the user with information about the temperature of Intel cpus. The software...
View ArticleFine, I’ll Say It: Snow Leopard Is Ultimately a Service Pack
Merlin Mann’s tweet about Snow Leopard hits the nail on the head. Even though David Pogue says this is an “uninformed wisecrack,” I’m still calling Snow Leopard a service pack. “Snow Leopard Fixes...
View ArticleFine, I’ll Say It: Snow Leopard Is Ultimately a Service Pack
Merlin Mann’s tweet about Snow Leopard hits the nail on the head. Even though David Pogue says this is an “uninformed wisecrack,” I’m still calling Snow Leopard a service pack. “Snow Leopard Fixes...
View ArticleHackers Don’t Tinker Because They Got Invited
Mark Pilgrim's excellent exposition on the "tinkerer's sunset" (an idea Alex Payne put forth in his iPad piece I linked earlier) got me thinking about the nature of tinkerers, and whether the iPad...
View ArticleIntel Processor Identification Utility
It is always a good idea to check the computer hardware thoroughly after it has been purchased. It does not really matter if a fully manufactured PC has been purchased or a single component like a...
View ArticleLessons from Apple on Advertising and Aesthetics
Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4 yesterday in his WWDC keynote, and it's a gorgeous device with software upgrades that include multitasking, a video chat app called FaceTime, and more. I'm still a...
View ArticleIl netbook è morto, viva il netbook: Toshiba Dynabook N301
Un recente studio di DigiTimes che indica i tablet in frenata per quanto riguarda il I trimestre 2012, rispetto ai primi tre mesi dell'anno scorso, rende assai più sensata la scelta di Toshiba di non...
View ArticleApplicazioni professionali ed entertainment: MSI punta sugli All-in One
MSI, produttore taiwanese di hardware, notebook e personal computer, presenterà la sua ultima line up di PC All-in-One al Cebit 2012, che si terrà dal 6 al 10 marzo ad Hannover, in Germania. MSI in...
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