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40 Awesome and Beautifully Designed Laptop Skins

adriancb — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:46:46 +0000

For those who love customizing their laptops, this article is definitely for you. Here, we feature different laptop skins that could allow you to instantly makeover your laptop and make it unique from the other. Laptop skin is precision-cut vinyl adhesive material that comes with different designs and styles applied to the back of the LCD screen. It could definitely improve your laptop’s appearance. Aside from using it for the purpose of being trendy and fashionable, laptop skins are also used for protection from being scratched. It can be easily removed so the owner could change the laptop skin frequently.

10 Cool Cable Management Solutions [PICS]

adriancb — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:33:54 +0000

Here at Mashable we love our computers, phones and other gadgetry, but what we certainly don’t love is the tangled mess of wires that comes along with them. If you’ve got more than a few wires crossed under your desk, then to help you out of cable chaos we’ve found 10 great solutions to help you manage your wires in style. 1.

10 of the most incredible CGI portraits you will ever see

adriancb — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:34:01 +0000

Artists have been painting portraits for millennium, from the first days when we discovered brushes and colored paint. The early days of computer generated art was admittedly pretty bad but as computers gained in power and software improved in quality CGI art began to take its place with the best in the art world.

It is absolutely amazing to look upon some of the images that CGI artists create but when it comes to the human portrait the ability of the artist to convince us that the image is indistinguishable from any of its traditionally painted counterparts has been difficult. Not anymore it would seem though as these excellent portraits show us.

10 Geek T-Shirts You (Probably) Haven’t Seen Before!

adriancb — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:11:00 +0000

10 Geek T-Shirts You (Probably) Haven't Seen Before!

15 free downloads to pep up your old PC

adriancb — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:10:47 +0000

Got an aging Windows laptop or desktop computer, but money’s too tight to buy a new one? Fret not. There’s plenty of life in your old PC. It may seem sluggish and on the point of expiring, and its hard disk may be nearly full to bursting, but there’s plenty you can do to clean it up, speed it up and give it new life.

And here’s the good news: You can do it all without spending a dime, with these 15 free downloads we’ve rounded up for you. They’ll get you more hard disk space, give your PC an overall tuneup, monitor your hardware for potential problems and more.

10 Really Cool and Weird Computer Mice (Pics)

adriancb — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:01:59 +0000

Our pick of some of the best computer mice around. Some are chosen for their functionalities while others for their extra ordinary designs.

10 cool things to do with your old laptop | News | TechRadar UK

adriancb — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:01:52 +0000

While desktop PC sales have been steadily declining, sales of laptops have continued to increase over the past few years. However, although a PC can usually be given a new lease of life by easily upgrading its core hardware, the same is not usually true of an old laptop.

There are certain parts of a laptop that can be upgraded, if your laptop is over a certain age, but it will be difficult, and in many cases impossible, to do much with it to improve its performance. As such, you may feel it’s time to consign it to the bin.

11 Amazing Laptop Accessories

adriancb — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:59:10 +0000

Everyone today has a laptop. There was a time when, some light years back, when it was deemed a luxury. Well not anymore. The transition from luxury to necessity is a story worth telling. So now it’s mostly about having the most chic looking machine, with the hottest accessories and and logic-defying plug-ins. So what is it that makes your laptop cooler than that of your friends, co workers, and the world in general? Following is a list of accessories which will make your laptop stand out among the other simpleton machines.

15 Desktop & Online Wireframing Tools | UX Booth

adriancb — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:37 +0000

This is where today’s wireframing tools come in. Engineered to make the design process as intuitive as possible, these tools allow you to construct a visual representation of your interface. Some even allow designers to construct interactive prototypes in order to receive user feedback before a single line of code is written. The following list comprises 15 of the most prominent wireframing applications available today.

10 ways you might be breaking the law with your computer

adriancb — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:27:34 +0000

For many years, the Internet was the “final frontier,” operating largely unregulated — in part because of the jurisdictional nightmare involved in trying to enforce laws. That was then; this is now. Legislation that affects the use of Internet-connected computers is springing up everywhere at the local, state and federal levels

10 sql tips to speed up your database

adriancb — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:46:47 +0000

On most websites, content is stored in a database and served to visitors upon request. Databases are very fast, but there’s lots of things that you can do to enhance its speed and make sure you won’t waste any server resources. In this article, I have compiled 10 very useful tips to optimize and speed up your website database.

4 Important Data Backup Strategies For Your PC | Dumb Little Man

adriancb — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:03:20 +0000

The computer is one of the greatest inventions we’ve seen – and the internet is probably the greatest icing on the cake. Your computer, apart from being a machine that has made life so much easier and lets you do almost everything you can imagine, is also a big box containing lots and lots of one thing – data.

40 years of Unix

adriancb — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:20:25 +0000

Top 10 Things Missing From Tablet PCs

adriancb — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:04:02 +0000

Hey, if you really want to make a tablet PC I’ll buy, listen up.