Category: Featured

  • Optimize Your MySQL Server With the MySQL Tuner Script

    MySQL is powerful, open-source database software. When joined with PHP or another programming language, the uses of MySQL are almost endless. The ability to use MySQL in an unlimited number of ways is both a blessing and a curse. While MySQL can be used for just about anything, there is no single proper way to…

  • Apple Reigns As Largest Smartphone Manufacturer; Android Still Rules Mobile OS Marketshare

    It’s pretty impressive that a company that only sells one type of phone in a given year has grabbed the top spot of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer (it’s also pretty impressive that the same company has more cash than the U.S. government). Apple now owns 19.1 percent of the smartphone market share followed by…

  • Friday Fun! Fulfill Childhood Dreams With Kerbal Space Program

    Space: the final frontier. Many children dream of becoming astronauts when they grow up. If that happened to be you, now’s your chance to fulfill that fantasy. Not only will you be piloting your (hopefully) space-bound craft in Kerbal Space Program, you also get to design it! Kerbal Space Program tasks you with getting the…

  • Windows Phone 7 ‘Mango’ Has Officially Been RTM’d

    Windows Phone “Mango” has officially been RTM’d. What’s RTM? It means that Microsoft has given the new build its stamp of approval and released it to the manufacturers. Once it’s in the hands of companies like Samsung, HTC, LG and others, the finished software will go through rigorous testing and configurations to make things run…

  • One of the World’s Largest Photoshop Images

    The amount of time that it took to put together this art piece, a true feat of digital mastery, is almost unfathomable. How much time? Try 4 whole years! And this was no side project – the artist, Bert Monroy, worked full days on it as if it was his full time job. All that…

  • Embrace Better Predictive Typing with SwiftKey X for Android

    It happens millions of times a day, and most people don’t even know its a problem: The issue of auto-correction errors while typing on a mobile smartphone. At first, one sees the errors and manually uses the backspace to fix it. But sooner or later those fingers get quick on that virtual keyboard, and next…

  • Tectonicus: A High Detail Map Renderer for Minecraft

    If you haven’t heard (or you are a gamer that has been living under a rock), Minecraft is an extremely popular sandbox indie video game being developed by the Swedish company Mojang.  Currently available in both a free Classic version and a paid Beta version, Minecraft has exploded in popularity with over 10 million registered…

  • Mac OSX Lion: What’s New In The Upgrade?

    Mac OSX Lion: What’s New In The Upgrade?

    We already mentioned it earlier today, but the new Mac OS, version 10.7 (nicknamed Lion), was released today. At $29.99 for an upgrade version, it’s not exactly expensive, but as with any purchase, you want to make sure that you’re going to get something good for your money. That’s why we decided to put together…

  • Apple Updates MacBook Air and Mac Mini; OS X Lion Released

    Today is a big day for Apple. They’ve released updated versions of their MacBook Air and the Mac Mini along with finally unleashing the Mac OS X Lion into the Mac App Store. Their new MacBook Airs are now equipped with newer Sandy Bridge chips, Thunderbolt ports, and backlit keyboards. The 11-inch model includes a…

  • Review: Asus K53E-A1 Laptop Review – 15.6″ Brown Beauty

    [ad name=”ASUS K53E-A1″] Asus makes all kinds of laptops. Sometimes it’s hard to even know which model is what with the number-based naming scheme. But, I believe that I am using a laptop that is noteworthy in its design and usability, the Asus K53E-A1. The more I use this laptop, the more I enjoy it. Running…