After a Something Awful denizen took apart his MacBook Pro and discovered that Apple had slathered on far too much thermal grease, he found that using a more modest amount dropped his MacBook Pro’s temperatures by several degrees. Now the forum has recieved a threatening letter from Apple’s legal staff, requesting a link to this [...]

I just read this cute article: Worst tech of 2006 (so far) – CNET.com

By Tim Moynihan, Michelle Thatcher, and Peter Butler (March 31, 2006)

Calling a piece of tech the “best” often starts an argument, but just about everyone knows a lemon when they see it. December is a long way away, but we couldn’t wait [...]

Read the whole thing at Apple – Boot Camp

More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next major release of mac os X, Leopard, that lets you install and run the Windows XP operating system on your Mac. Called Boot Camp (for [...]

DRM, among other things, affects battery life

(...) Although the article discusses a number of factors that can contribute to shorter battery life, the thing that has bloggers talking is the fact that files containing digital rights management (DRM) drain the battery faster than files with no DRM.

DRM’s effect on battery life is not something that [...]

“If you were surprised to see that Microsoft’s Windows Performance Rating tool—which ranks PCs on how well they can run Vista—gives even some fairly high-end current model PCs relatively low rankings, here’s another number to wrap your brain around: $370 million. That’s how much Samsung estimates [...]

Just discovered this article atwww.eirikso.com

Quite interesting, with illustrations to make its point. Worth a quick read: “Screen technologies. LCD or Plasma?”

“People keeps asking me what I would recommend for a home theatre PC (HTPC). LCD or Plasma? In general I would recommend a good LCD. I know that the problems with burn in have been [...]