Microsoft in 2010

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

Microsoft is one of those companies that always seems to carry the weight of the computing world – and rightly so. If you think of any area within computing, MS somehow has a finger in the pie. In some areas of course, they are the pie.

Credit has t…

App of the Week: Air Video

Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

I came across a great new tool for anyone who has a iPhone and a wireless network at home – Air Video. You download the Air Video app on your iPhone (any version works), and then from there install Air Video server on your Windows or Mac machine.

Air…

Review: Powertime for iPhone

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

Many South Africans have been in that sucky situation where your power goes out late at night, and you have to somehow find a way to buy prepaid electricity. This usually necessitates a trip to the nearest shop or garage which requires you to pay cash

So is the iPad a computer for Mom? Not really.

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

So what is my opinion on the iPad? Well first off, I do like it. Despite all its shortcomings, I think it might be a game changing device.
I read somewhere that iPhone should be renamed the iPad Nano. And that might be a very apt description, seeing a…

Have a Windows Home Server? Here is how to drop its power usage…

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

IF you are one of the people who is using Windows Home Server, you might have been wondering what you can do to make the server use less electricity.

While there are many innovations that people want from the next version of Windows Home Server, powe…

Review: Apple Magic Mouse

Posted on 16. Jan, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

At the end of 2009 Apple surprised everyone with the stunning new iMac – bigger display, more horsepower, and perhaps more significantly, a new (good) mouse. Apple has never really been able to make a decent mouse up to now – true, they have always b…

Review: Amazon Kindle International Edition

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

Once in a while a game changing product comes along that makes you rethink conventions which are pretty much hardwired into our routines. This is immediately apparent in the consumption of media – be it music, movies or print. With the dawn of the…

Tips for improving Windows 7 performance in VMWare Fusion

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by minnaarpieters in Tech

So you are new to a mac, but you still need to cling to Windows every now and then. Then I can recommend you get hold of VMWare Fusion. If you want to build a Windows virtual machine, it is easy enough. However, if you want to make the machine run w…

Guide to switching email from Outlook to Apple Mail (or Entourage)

Posted on 17. Dec, 2009 by minnaarpieters in Tech

I have always been a big fan of Outlook. Why? Because I liked the idea that it was a integrated app for running all my PIM data – email, notes, calendar and contacts. Also, when I switched to another computer, it was as easy as simply moving over a …

Think ebook readers are so great?

Posted on 14. Dec, 2009 by minnaarpieters in Tech

I have recently got hold of a Amazon Kindle International Edition (review coming in the next few weeks), and I have to agree, it is a very impressive little piece of hardware. While its basic hardware is not really all that incredible (except maybe the…