I’ve had a few questions regarding the life (and how to prolong it) of laptop batteries recently, so I figured I’d post a couple of links with great information:
The care and feeding of Li-Ion batteries from the Tech Republic blog
How to prolong lithium-based batteries from Battery University
In case you haven’t hear all the buzz by now, people who use the T-Mobile Sidekick have lost all their data (Contacts, Calendar, Photos, etc.) that are stored on T-Mobile/Microsoft/Danger servers “in the cloud.” This just goes to show you that even the big companies are not immune to data loss.
Please be sure you [...]
If you’re a Windows user, just set up your PC to “hibernate” overnight. “Hibernate” powers down your monitor to about 5 watts of energy and your PC to 2.3 watts—virtually the same as turning your PC off (your monitor uses zero watts when turned off; more on this below). Either way, you save as much [...]
Someone recently asked me why they were not “seeing” all 4GB of RAM they recently added to their laptop computer. In general, the Vista 32-bit Operating System can support up to 4GB of RAM (64-bit can support up to 120GB, depending on the version, but that’s the topic for another post!). However, within that 4GB [...]
Windows Home Server was designed for households and home-based offices that have more than one personal computer.
It was created to help you simplify your digital life, and provide an easy way to access your media and files from any computer, inside or outside your home. The leading benefits of Windows Home Server will help you [...]
