Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I got the chance to check out a new to me GPS software, that runs on both Apple and Android platforms. The Software / App is called Waze, and personally I think this is about the coolest thing I’ve seen hit the GPS market.  It combines GPS navigation with social media [...]

My dvd’s wont play. Why? Short answer: It’s cheaper to remove DVD play back to get around the price of the codecs. To get DVD play back you have to purchase Pro Pack or Media Center Pack. Well, that’s fine for people like me that would rather use VLC Player, WinAmp or some other third [...]

     I installed Windows 8 Professional on my Dell Duo and everything worked accept the screen rotation. After many searches and false leads I finally found a solution that worked. Samsung has a support page for their Series 7 slate with 32 bit and 64 bit rotation drivers. I installed the 32 drivers on my [...]

Here is a list of Windows 8 shortcuts that i have compiled. Windows key Windows key Opens Start Screen Windows key + B Go to the Desktop from the Start Screen Windows key + C Opens Charms bar Windows key + D Show Desktop Windows key + E Locks device orientation Windows key + F [...]

In our travels over the internet we run across the question “what is website hosting?” quite often. This is an attempt to clear up that confusion and to also define the working components of a hosted website.  Let me start by separating two terms used in conjunction with hosting, those being Domain and Website. First [...]

When I tried to activate Windows 8 I got the following error message: “Error 0x8007007B The File name, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.”. I was unable to change the Windows key in the Windows Activation GUI. The key was grayed out with no option to edit. The Fix that worked for me [...]

Qwiki is one of the newest entries into the search engine arena.  Currently it’s in it’s alpha stage, and while the way it delivers information is a novel idea, I have doubts on it’s future.