The New Xbox Experience: Is Microsoft Trying Too Hard?

Last week, Microsoft introduced gamers to the New Xbox Experience, or NXE.  The NXE is a complete overhaul of the previous “blade” UI (user interface) gamers were accustomed to with the Xbox 360.  While there were many reasons for the NXE, one of the largest and most important was the growing Marketplace library.  As more [...]

Increase the size of your Mac OS X desktop icons

While teaching computer courses to senior citizens, one thing that consistently comes up is the size of the content being displayed on the screen.  One area where this can be particularly aggravating for people with poor eyesight is the desktop, since it is often cluttered with all sorts of icons.  Well, in Mac OS X, there is [...]

Fake fireworks: Where do we draw the line?

You’ve probably heard by now that the fireworks display for the Beijing Opening Ceremony was fake, well at least some of it.  While there were indeed real fireworks going on in Beijing, the video that was being fed into the huge monitors inside the stadium itself, not to mention the video that was being broadcast [...]

Take control of your Mac

If you’re like me, you want your computer to be fast.  However, no matter how much RAM you have or how fast your processor is, there are some things that you just can’t speed up, well, at least with hardware.  Think of it like this.  Your Mac is like a convertible.  It’s sleek, it’s powerful, [...]

What the “Mojave Experiment” teaches us

Recently, Microsoft has rolled out a new advertising campaign for its Windows Vista operating system, dubbed the Mojave Experiment.  The idea behind the campaign was to see whether regular, everyday users who stated their extreme dislike of Vista, but who never actually used Vista themselves, would, in fact, find Vista appealing once they got their [...]

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