Tips, guides, and reviews about software, web apps, technology, mobile phones, and computers.
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How to record amazing videos with a point-and-shoot camera
Let’s say you want to be the next Peter Jackson or George Lucas. That’s far from realistic, but let’s say you just want to be a film-making hobbyist and don’t exactly have the budget for a decent video camera and all of the accompanying equipment. After all, it can literally add up to thousands of dollars. Just…
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales suggest the 99% are still spending
Black Friday is now as much a part of the Thanksgiving celebrations as a big turkey and a huge family get-together. Some people even forgo the latter to ensure their place at the front of the queue for the former. Big-ticket consumer tech has always been the focus of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and…
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SharePoint 2007: Troubleshooting ‘Unexpected Error’ while editing web parts
One of the great things about SharePoint is the ability for non-technical users to update page content without the assistance of a development team. On the other hand, one of the terrible things about SharePoint is the ability for non-technical users to update page content without the assistance of a development team.
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ShiftEdit: A Web-Based IDE for PHP, Python, Ruby and More
If you’re a programmer or developer that juggles several projects at a time, your code can sometimes be lost between multiple workstations, or worse, lost in some sort of catastrophic system failure. If only you’d had a chance to run a backup first! With everything going to the cloud these days, wouldn’t it make sense…
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The 8-core AMD Bulldozer has arrived, but is it worth the money?
It seems like I have been hearing the name “Bulldozer” from AMD for decades. And, while 6 months can seem like 10 years in computer time, the Bulldozer has finally been confirmed in Q4 2011. If you haven’t been following this topic, the Bulldozer core is used in AMD’s new line of high performance FX-series…
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Kindle Fire proves that reviews are meaningless
If you’re serious about purchasing a new piece of technology, do yourself a favor and try before you buy. Because relying on reviews, especially from just one or two people, is tantamount to gambling your money on one person’s opinion. We’ve all looked at reviews online. We even write them here at Techerator. And they…
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2011 Black Friday Shopping Guide
There’s nothing better than getting a great deal on a new computer or gadget. That’s what makes Black Friday such an awesome time of the year for bargain hunters. It’s also just around the corner and I’m sure a lot of you are probably getting an idea of what stores you’re wanting to hit up…
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Four HTML5 and JavaScript Frameworks To Jump-start Your App Development
Let’s just face the facts: Flash is dying, platform/browser agnostic development is in, and Windows 8 is bringing HTML5/JavaScript to desktop development. Love it or hate it, as a developer you’ll probably need to familiarize yourself with the finer points of HTML5 and JavaScript-driven application design, but where does a person start? Traditionally HTML and…
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ViewSonic V3D231 3D LED Monitor Review
ViewSonic has been around for quite a while, making computer monitors and televisions since the early 90s. I even remember sporting my robust 18-inch ViewSonic CRT monitor several years ago that delivered great colors and beautiful contrast. However, are ViewSonic’s current and latest offerings worthy of receiving those same accolades and then some? To find…