Canvas

Kyle Cherry developed this laptop focused on artists with super thin screen.

Supposedly the laptop will raise artist`s productivity.

Ipad Killer frome the Future

The classic heavy boring laptop designs of today are not meant for tomorrow. Felix Schmidberger designed this beauty along with some impressive features.
A slide-up touchscreen panel which reveals an OLED touchscreen keyboard. The multi-touch screens are responsive to both finger-presses and its own dedicated pen called a “senstylus”.

LG ECO Book

LPG laptop? Yes, the batteries of the LG e-Book use natural gas, methanol, and other eco-friendly liquid fuels. The fuel is stored in a transparent cylindrical hinge. The laptop also has OLED screen and OLED keyboard.

AIO Scanner

This crazy idea, much loved, by Mac Funamizu has the ability to act as a scanner, a digital camera, and an internet-connected wireless device all in one package

PC Desk

Desk that also doubles as acomputer. Designed by Sung-kyu Nam.

8 gel center spots will support your forearm, wrist and hand. Eliminating all the discomfort, I can`t wait to get one for myself.

So you are reading this article wondering what its gonna be about? Well I am cheap, its January and everybody is broke. Oh yeah and the economy sucks. Supposibly the companies thought that people would stop buying computer parts so they slowed down production, which made some parts prices skyrocket. Example: I have bought 2x2gigs 667MHz laptop ram for 35 bucks shipped, regular price about 2 years ago. Now, it is insanely twice the price, seriously OMG???? Talk about custom built computer getting more expensive by a gig.

Even though the ram is expensive, it is still the easiest hardware and most efficient upgrade out there. You have no idea what ram you have in your PC or Laptop, do you? Well, sometimes neither do I, and it is annoying to open case or laptop to not be sure afterwards anyway. Wouldn’t you like some software/tool that would find that out for you? Yes, there is one! Thanks to crucial, ram manufacturer, you do not have to worry about it anymore. Go to their website, surprise it is crucial.com and then click on the crucial system scanner tool, it will take you to another site. Make sure that you click on the box to agree with stuff and then download the scanner tool or just click run. Either way it will scan your system and tell you what you need and of course try to sell you their ram. You can buy their ram, great company, I have used their ram numerous times myself. Or….. you can check to see the specs of the ram ie. Pc2 5300 etc. to see what you need exactly. They will also tell you what is the maxium amount of ram your motherboard will accept. Since ram is expensive I suggest upgrading as follows: If you have 256 or 512 get a stick of 1GB which should be around 40 bucks tops. FYI the performance boost it will give will be like a night and day (promised). If you have 1Gb and you have Vista or Win7 get a pair of 2x1GB sticks of ram or if wallet permits and motherboard too, get 2x2GB. You ask where at, right? Well I have been very happy customer of newegg.com for years. However, I don’t stick to one name, for me the price is the final verdict, and if you live in NJ, CA and I think TN you will have to pay tax and it might make your deal worse than going to a local shop (doubt it though). There is another website that tracks prices of ram, here is their link http://dealnews.com/memory/

So I hope that this has helped you, BUT BE CAREFUL WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY because it can kill your ram in split second.

Njoy

DISCLAIMER: Yes, one of these, but I have to. I am not responsible for any of your actions, or if you harm yourselves (wonder how), break the router, void the warranty, make your mom mad or dad. Do this at your own risk; I have.

Just so you know its very hard to brick the ASUS WL-520gU, thats why its so awesome.

I have already covered the basics of the BEST router under 50 bucks, I am a big fan. Unbelievably reliable and that is all I care about. Some of you might find it nice or ugly, whatever I don’t care. Those are not the reasons why I buy them. Lets see, you just bought it with a nice rebate or got it on sale or just plain needed a router. Well in next few minutes I will show you how to flash the Asus WL-520gU with the new DD-WRT firmware. I know that there are many of these tutorials, but when I first had to do it, it was a pain for me.

So you have your box unpacked, screw on the antenna and lets get ready. You will need to download the files needed first. There is a recovery utility on Asus CD to load the firmware, but it has never worked for me. Instead I use this TFTP2

Then, you will need the DD-WRT firmware for your router. Go to DD-WRT.com database and type in asus and the click on your model.

DD-WRT DATABASE

From there you will get a menu of all available firmware for your router. I use mini generic (during writing this article I got nokaid and love it), but it’s all up to you. If you don’t know which to use perhaps this link will help you: DD-WRT VERSION DIFFERENCES

Picture of website on www.dd-wrt.com where you can download the firmware for your Asus WL-520gU and other few different firmwares

Once you have everything downloaded turn off your wireless card (I am on my laptop).

Get your Ethernet cable (network cable) that came in the box ready.

Then go to Start->Control Panel->Network Settings or Connections or Sharing center (varies by system)-> IN VISTA click on left side on manage network connections-> right click on LAN Area Connection (or similar name) make sure its LAN though-> Properties->Networking tab->Internet Protocol (if you have a choice then its Version 4)

LAN Connection Properties

You will see all kinds of settings, no worries I will cover that also

IP settings of my LAN

As you can see, I selected the ”Use the following IP address”

If you want to just copy it exactly as it is, should not have any problems.

Just a note:

Never have Deafault Gateway and IP address same.

Most of you have “Obtain IP address automatically” when you are done check that selection and from there it will allow you to go online.

So that is done, the software is downloaded, once again make sure your wireless, if you have one is off.

Plug the Ethernet cable into the computer and the router. Now most of you will know this, but some of you not. There are 5 ports on the back of the router that the Ethernet will fit into. From left to right (or from the antenna to the power cord) LAN1 LAN2 LAN3  LAN4 WAN plug in any of them that are LAN (green rectangle), leave WAN alone (red circle).

Green are are LAN ports and Red is Wan Port, leave WAN alone:)

Do not power on the router yet. If you have any firewall make sure it is off. If it is part of a center or suite and you don’t know how to turn it off, then turn the whole think off.

Start the tftp2 you have downloaded

Select your file, leave password empty

The router time!

Everything should be plugged in EXCEPT FOR THE POWER.

Get something (safety pin, thin screwdriver) that you can push down the black button next to the red one .

Restore button in green rectangle

Alright hold that down, plug in the power……wait…..still wait….make sure the power light up front is blinking (the one all the way on the left)

Ugrade, when done will say Flash successful!

Now you can click on TFTP2 upgrade button

And once its done  just unplug the power wait for couple, preferably more, seconds

Don’t forget to change the settings of your IP address as mentioned in the beginning.

Once you do that, pull up your browser… type in 192.168.1.1 and if it asks for password it will be username:         admin                   or            root

Password:              admin

My screen came up like this

DD-WRT screen->change user name and password

I hope that this article helped you… If you have any questions or comments drop me an e-mail

RECUVA

recuva.com

Who hasn`t done this? I know I have many, many times. You go on cleaning the hard drive, trying to make space frenzy, and it never ends well. Rule number one is to not to do anything. Why is that asks me everybody. Well technically the file if it is deleted is still on the hard drive. What windows does is that it just says that the space is empty; however, the file is there, unless it gets overwritten by another file. That would be the reason why you should not do anything. Do not panic, close down everything except for your Internet browser. Go to RECUVA download and install the file. It is very straight forward installation, almost same as others from my tutorials.

If you can remember the file type you have deleted, or you have deleted many just select other, which is all file types.

I know I have deleted the files from the trash can, so that is where I will look. It is nice that you can even recover pictures from a memory card.

There is an option for deep scan, unless you have no luck the first time, select the deep scan option. I must warn you,

it might take a while.

Once you click the advanced mode, you can click on some files (pictures) and preview them.

This is a free application, pretty good, but nowhere near the professional line of Data Recovery software. If you want to take on the real deal, I highly recommend Stellar.

Pros

It is the best free recovery software I could find

It is FREEE, and sufficient for occasional oops.
Memory card data recovery ability comes in handy.
Recovers IPod??? Hope it does.

Cons

Do not expect to recover any disaster

So you caught bug(s)

Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

Many of us rely on one software to clean, guard, protect, and a lot more. I used to use one, thinking that was sufficient, but it was not. When I get an infected computer, and it has possibility to be repaired I use series of programs. First I connect the hard drive to my computer, make sure, if you do this, your antivirus is updated. Then I do series of scans, and if they pass I move on to another stage, which is to boot up the infected computer and scan it while the system is running.
The reason being is some malware is hard to see if it is not running in windows. I have many, many times reached for and swear by it. Very easy to use, simple, though it takes a while for it to scan, it is but very thorough program.

At the end of installation the program will ask you if you would like to update, yes you want to, and yes you want for the program to launch afterwards.

Make sure you do full scan, it will take a while. Options are set, no reason to mess with that

When you press scan, you will get option to select which hard drive, media to scan. Mine is C and G, since my HDD is partitioned. Mostly you will only have C.

Found only one problem, not bad, all you have to do is click remove selected. The file will go to quarantine where you can delete it from.

In conclusion this software is one of my top choices; free version offers same quality as paid with the exception of not updating itself automatically and not offering real-time scan. Whether you want to check if your program that you use missed something or you are trying to get rid of nasty bugs you might want to consider this over some of the other products, and I guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised. One last thing, the program offers File Assassin for use when you cannot delete something.

Pros

Free

The best strategy against really sick computer when coupled with other software.

Very easy to use, your grandma can do it!

Other than it doesn’t offer real time protection and automatic updates, which is more than bearable it is same as the paid version.

Cons

Not really a con but takes s a while for scan, so do not be surprised.