For the longest time, I've refused to buy Apple products and thought that Apple's business was all about hype and a good marketing plan. While both are true, I also refused to learn a new OS or better yet a new interface (referring to Windows vs. Mac). Don't get me wrong though, Apple products has the slickest and well designed apparatus available in the market. When I first bought my MP3 player, although iPods were out and most of the young kids were buying them, I never even considered it as a viable option. I went for Creative Labs which I was a lot more familiar with, and besides, not made by Apple. As I've used it over time, I was disappointed mostly with its syncing process and we are talking about an MP3 player who supposedly was the top in its class.More...

I've been meaning to post something like this in a while but been putting it off. Coming off a fresh operating system install, I always often wonder what should I install first. Whether its an anti-virus or Microsoft Office suite for its business applications, we all have our basic essential necessity. By the way, in my opinion, anti-virus are overrated and is non-essential as long as you're careful about your surfing or email habits. That's another discussion. Going back to our necessity in our own PCs, I mean applications that will make your life more productive and your system running in tip-top shape as well. I have used quite a bit of applications in the past and have always tested whatever comes interesting my way. While I use a lot of applications, I only keep the necessities and the applications that I think can be useful and uninstall everything else. More...

While working in Visual Studio 2008 today, the application suddenly crashed out of nowhere and thought at first that there's something wrong with the file. Since the project was huge, I also have wondered if maybe that the size of the project might have affected the program. After giving it some thought and looking at the file, everything seems to be OK and the only possible reason that it would crash is if I have an add-in that is causing the issue. I went straight to Control Panel > Programs and Features to uninstall a few add-in that I have installed but realized that the link or button to uninstall the program was not there! I tried double-clicking and right-clicking but in my attempts, I didn't find any luck. I noticed however that when I highlight a well established program that it does show the uninstall button. More...

Just recently, I started using Zoho mail and I've been indecisive as to whether it should be my default "inbox" when checking multiple emails. As it currently stands, it looks like the sign-up for new account is temporarily closed for new users who are willing to try out the free service. I can't remember exactly how I was able to acquire an account but I'm not surprise myself on how I got one since I try almost web applications that seems to interest me. Zoho pretty much has the same web productivity applications as Google although as not as popular seems like its catching up to its functionality (in my opinion). Although Google has some of the best web applications, Zoho is worth the try because it offers a slightly similar user interface (UI) and even better at times. More...