The Roundup: Week of October 9th, 2009

9 10 2009

Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”!

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This week I’m talking about Android is expanding, Mac users (not) switching, and Facebook changing their layout. Take a look, after the jump.

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The Apple Tax

6 04 2009

It’s a major topic PC users use to bash Macs, and comparing Macs to PCs it seems to be true.

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Now that Apple has started to make more headway into the Microsoft dominated market, the flamewars have become more intense. As we know Apple has already made several distasteful commercials attacking Microsoft and Vista, now Microsoft is stepping up to the plate, and hitting where it hurts: the Price.

Microsoft was quite respectable for not degrading themselves to mudslinging until this point, but they undeniably know that attacking the price of Mac products is the most effective way to boost sales. The Apple Tax has become notorious, especially for PC users who try to stop others from switching to Mac. In almost any situation, if you compare Mac and PC hardware, there always seems to be a gap in pricing even when they are almost identical computers.

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The Roundup: Macworld / CES Edition! : Week of January 8th 2009

9 01 2009

Woohoo! It’s Macworld and CES week! And since those two events have flooded the interwebs with news, unsurprising , this weeks roundup is going to have a slight focus on whats happening there.

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Take a look at this week’s top stories after the jump.

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Introduction to BitTorrent: Part II: Using µTorrent

8 12 2008

For part I in this series see: Introduction to BitTorrent: Part I. This part will cover using µTorrent on Windows.

µTorrent is a free, light weight BitTorrent client maintained by BitTorrent Inc., who also maintains the BitTorrent Protocol. A study in PC World has shown that µTorrent is the number 2 peer to peer (P2P) client and the number 1 BitTorrent client.

This article will focus around using µTorrent for a beginner on a Windows system, although there is now a beta version of µTorrent for OS X.

Look for full setup instructions after the Jump.

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