Quitting out of Mac OS X applications

Many people, especially those coming from a Windows environment, are not used to closing an application in Mac OS X.  Application windows in Mac OS X usually have three buttons, red, yellow and green.  The green button is a magnifying button that will expand a window to the size required to see all its information.  [...]

Put your computer in your pocket

A tutorial on PortableApps Have you ever wished you could take your computer wherever you go?  Maybe you found some great websites for a school project and want to bookmark and visit them at home, or maybe you want to work on a paper on a computer that doesn’t have a word processor.  Sure, you [...]

Long live Windows XP

It seems users just don’t want to give up Windows XP. A little over a week ago, I wrote a short article discussing the future of Windows Vista and stated how there has been growing support to keep Windows XP as the default operating system for many computers. As this recent MSNBC.com article illustrates, this [...]

Firefox 3 Beta 4 impressions

Firefox has come a long way since its humble beginning in 2004. It has come to represent a viable alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and, as a result, has gained over 15% of the browser market. Now, Mozilla (the developer behind Firefox) is hoping to continue this trend of success with the recent release of [...]

Heading out on Safari

Pack your bags because Apple wants you to go out on Safari, the Safari web browser that is. Last year, Apple announced that it would be offering its Safari web browser to PC users in addition to Mac users. Apple has trying to carve a slice out of the browser market for itself, but is [...]

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