Up, up and away - moving our content into the cloud

As more and more of our digital lives begin to move off the desktop and into the “cloud” that is the Internet, the role of computer companies is starting to drastically change.  What once was stored locally on our personal computers is now being stored thousands of miles away on servers.  Companies like Google are [...]

Why the iPhone/iPod touch isn’t suitable for motion-controlled gaming… yet

After several kinks and a great deal of frustration, the iPhone 3G is finally out, along with the iPhone 2.0 software update.  Along with these two big releases is the equally significant (perhaps even more significant) release of the highly anticipated App Store.  The App Store gives developers an easy and streamlined way to get [...]

Mac OS X Print Preview

With Mac OS X, you can get a print preview of anything you want to print using the “Preview” application.  Whenever you want to print something in Mac OS X, go to the “File” menu and choose “Print…”.  Within the print dialog box, click the “Preview” button.  This will give you a preview of what [...]

File sharing between Vista and Mac OS X Leopard

I can’t tell you how many hours I poured into trying to get my Mac and PC to communicate with each other.  It was very frustrating to have to use a USB drive every time I wanted to transfer files from one to the other, but I could never find a good, comprehensive guide as [...]

TektodoWeekly Episode 2

Microsoft walks away from its Yahoo bid, Apple is ranked best in customer service and worst in environmental friendliness, the Pope uses text messages to reach youth and Grand Theft Auto IV shakes the gaming industry with sales of 6 million units in its first week…
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A bad Apple

According to Climate Counts, a nonprofit organization backed by yogurt company Stonyfield Farm, Apple ranks at the bottom of the list for companies that are the most environmentally friendly, receiving a score of 11 out of a possible 100.  Specifically, Climate Counts cites Apple’s lack of publicly available information on its global warming policies and [...]

Video comes to the Zune

You may remember that a few months back, NBC took down all of its video content from the iTunes Store.  Well, guess where NBC has moved to?  That’s right, the Zune Marketplace.  The Zune has been Microsoft’s attempt to snatch some of the MP3 player market share away from Apple and its ubiquitous iPod, but [...]

TektodoWeekly Episode 1

Apple announces same-day movie downloads, Microsoft and Yahoo continue to battle it out and Grand Theft Auto IV and Mario Kart Wii hit stores.
Note: The Microsoft/Yahoo deal that is mentioned in this episode fell through shortly after the episode was recorded.
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How to use Exposé for Mac OS X

One of the really nice features of Mac OS X, and one that many people don’t seem to know about, is Exposé. Exposé is a tool built into the Mac OS X operating system that lets you easily control what you see on your computer.  There are three distinct features of Exposé; one let’s you [...]

Add a little color to your desktop

Whether we like it or not, or desktops usually end up turning into a dumping ground for many of our digital files.  As we add more and more files it becomes more and more difficult to find what we’re looking for.  Luckily, Mac OS X has a simple solution - Color Labels.  While on your [...]