Microsoft announced Friday (8/23/13) that their CEO, Steve Ballmer, will be retiring within the next 12 months. Ballmer stated that he will stay until a successor is decided upon. Ballmer is the CEO who replaced Bill Gates when he retired back in 2000. “There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,” Ballmer told the press. “We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing senior leadership team…We need a CEO who will be here for longer term for this new direction.” With the success…
Author: Justin Vendette
For those running MemTest86, please follow this guide here. Please note that MemTest86+ has not been updated for over two years and is now thought to be outdated. Please see the guide above. MemTest86+ is an easy-to-use DOS test that can help determine whether or not your memory (RAM) is failing. This test will work on both desktops and notebooks and will test all types of memory. The following article will guide you through how to test your memory for any damages or issues that may encounter. There are two methods of running MemTest86+; a blank CD or a blank…
Way back in 2011, the smartphone company, HTC, announced that they would be teaming up with the new and fresh Beats Electronics Company, promising to add Beats Audio Technology into all HTC devices. HTC put out an estimated value of $300 million to acquire Beats as an HTC company which included a new line of Beats-enhanced HTC devices; the first device available with the Beats Technology was the HTC Rezound. Two years can have a large effect as new reports say that Beats Electronics are looking to completely end the partnership with HTC and return to being a single company.…
Today, I’ll be doing a complete review of the HooToo TripMate HT-TM01 portable wireless router and external battery bank. To begin, we’ll look at the unboxing of the product, a description of the TripMate followed up with the item’s features and specifications and, as always, my personal comments and thoughts of the unit. I would like to thank RAVPower, HooToo’s “brother” company, for allowing TSF the opportunity to review this item. Figure 1 – The product and its box. Unboxing the Unit Unboxing the TripMate is short, sweet and simple. On the box itself you’ll find the TripMate’s three unique…
With the approaching release date of November for the Xbox One, Microsoft has kept up the hype of their brand new gaming console. Today Microsoft released a video on their YouTube Channel on the unboxing of the upcoming Xbox One. The unboxing is of the very exclusive Xbox One Day One edition which is for anybody who will pre-order the Xbox before November. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbrmAsxJPv4 This new gaming console is a completely redesigned system over the previous Xbox 360 we have all gotten used to. Here are just a few details I found interesting within the unboxing and the Xbox itself.…
SeaTools for DOS is an easy-to-use test that can help determine what is preventing you from accessing your data on your hard drive or help determine why the hard drive is failing. This test will work on both desktops and notebooks and will test all hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD). Below I will be going over the DOS edition of SeaTools; alternatively you can use SeaTools for Windows if you have access to Windows on the malfunctioning PC. There are two methods of running SeaTools: a blank CD or a blank USB device, both of which will…
You always see those “top 10 most recommended applications” articles around the web and at times some may be useful. I’ll be going through my personal selection of applications I have installed across my three devices! Below I’ll be going through applications I personally have installed on my Samsung Galaxy S3 with a description of why I use each one. My devices are: a Samsung Galaxy SIII running Android 4.1, my Asus VivoTab Smart Tablet running Windows 8, and my Dell Inspiron laptop running Windows 7. Android The applications that I install on my phone are a little different from…
Today, I’ll be doing a review of one of AMD’s newest flagship graphics card, the Radeon HD 7970. AMD was extremely kind and sent us a new PowerColor PCS+ HD 7970 for my review. With AMD stepping up to compete against their competitor, NVidia and their new GeForce GTX 700 series, you can see how a lot of time, process, and thought went into this new HD 7970 model. Throughout the article I’ll be looking over five major areas of this graphics card (GPU): unboxing the item along with the included contents, build quality/design, performance, the PowerColor’s add-ons, and my…
Back in June, Samsung won a lawsuit against their major rival, Apple, claiming that older devices such as the iPad 1, iPad 2, and the iPhone 4S were infringing on Samsung US patents. On June 4th 2013 the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) came to a conclusion that a sales ban for most older Apple devices will be put into effect. The sales and import ban for Apple was set to begin Monday of next week (8/5/13). Even though this Apple vs. Samsung battle has been going on for years now and Samsung having to take heavy hits such as…
Microsoft reported early this month that they had sold 140,000 Xbox 360s during the month of June. Being the best-selling video game console in the United States, the Xbox 360 has hit its 30th consecutive month as being number 1 in sales. This wave of sales for Microsoft generated a retail profit of $197 million during June alone. With the uprise of the brand new 2013 Xbox One console things aren’t looking all too bad for Microsoft. Just locally around my area two major sellers, Wal-Mart and GameStop, have already sold out of their pre-ordered devices. “The Xbox One pre-orders…