Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

Predicting Future Technology

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

There are a lot of sci-fi movies out there that try to predict how life will look like in the future. This, of course, also includes future technology. The question is whether it is really possible to accurately predict future technology? I believe it is not an easy task, although ...

Games and Movies

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

If you take look at the entertainment industry or the electronics industry, you will see that movies and computer games are a very popular form of entertainment. While movies have been popular for many decades, computer and video games are just emerging. That is why it is fascinating to see ...

Configuration File for Software

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

There are a lot of programs and games that use configuration files in order to allow people to change different settings. Currently, the standard for such files is .ini, but sometimes files using the .ini format will use different extension such as .conf, .cfg, or .txt. One of the things ...

Games in Closed Beta

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

You might sometimes be reading discussions where players are debating which closed beta games are the most entertaining. When you read such a discussion, it is important for you to realize what the difference is between games in the closed beta stage and games which went gold. What I want to ...

Firefox and Privacy

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Firefox is a great browser, and I would recommend it for several reasons. First of all, it is the safest browser if you are using the “king of all plugins”, namely NoScript. Secondly, it allows a lot of customization, again thanks to various plugins. The question that I want to ...

Top YouTube Videos

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Do you know what are the most popular videos on YouTube? It appears that the majority of the most popular videos on YouTube are either music videos, or contain music in some form. Many of them have millions of views, and some of them have even tens of millions of ...

Brightness in Games

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

Have you ever played a video game that was interesting and engaging, but the graphics were too dark in order to fully enjoy the game? Dark style of graphics is often the result of the graphics engine. I think that a lot of players remember playing games like that, and ...

Ball Mouse

Friday, September 17th, 2010

To be productive at your computer, you need a properly working mouse. You will often see people buying mouses on a regular basis, because their old mouse stopped working properly. While I do not have any solution to the problem if your mouse is optical, there is a way to ...

What is a CPU?

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

I think that everyone who spends time at a computer heard at some point the term CPU. Even though many people heard about it, I am wondering how many actually know what it is, and what it stands for. First of all, the CPU is an acronym for Central Processing ...

Choosing an Mp3 Player

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Mp3 players are gaining more and more on popularity. If you commute to work, and like the idea of listening to music, then you probably have one of these devices already. If not, then there are a few factors you should consider before making choice which one to buy for ...