AMD vs Intel Processors: Which Processor is Best? Lenovo, HP, Dell and other brands offer both of these processors in their computers because both bring something to the table. Intel processors offer a number of strengths, including power conservation, graphics performance, processing speed, and processing power. However, Intel processors alsoContinue Reading
What is AMD Ryzen? Ryzen is the brand name of AMD’s latest — and fastest — family of computer processors. First released in 2017, Ryzen CPUs and APUs are built on AMD’s highly-evolved “Zen” microarchitecture, the 8th generation of AMD processor technology, and mark the company’s first major processor introductionContinue Reading
What is SSD? When researching computers and hard drives (online or in stores), you may come across the acronyms SSD and HDD. However, if you don’t understand what these acronyms stand for, it can be difficult to determine: What the differences are between the two, and What the advantages andContinue Reading
Africans and Ninety-one percent of American adults and 60 percent of teens own this device that has revolutionized communication in the 21st century — the cellphone con smartphone. Whether you own an Android, an iPhone, a Blackberry, or a basic flip phone, chances are you check your phone for messages, alerts,Continue Reading
Microsoft Office may be the de facto productivity tool for millions of workers worldwide, but it’s no monolith. Rather than a single, towering smooth-black Office, there’s a whole Stonehenge of options: Office on the iPhone, on iPad, Office on Android smartphones, Office on personal computers, Windows and macOS, Office withContinue Reading
The product categories in the CPU marketplace are rapidly eroding. Intel and AMD have spent the last year and a half furiously releasing new products, and tweaking their lines to take on the competition. In some cases, prices have been slashed. In others, it’s meant CPUs have had more coresContinue Reading
It’s important to know the signs of poor computer health. Some of these can be fixed with software and other require a trip to a service point. And sometimes you’ve got to admit defeat and concede it’s time to shell out for another. When a computer reaches a certain age,Continue Reading
We’ve all been there. You’re sitting at your desk at work, fiddling with some spreadsheets or documents online when you get a sudden urge to take a peek at Facebook. A harmless mistake, sure, but you’re not feeling so productive once an hour rolls by and you’ve gotten absolutelyContinue Reading
Remember when smartphone plans were all about the number of call minutes and text messages you got, and the data was unlimited? These days, it’s exactly the opposite. When carriers realized what we really wanted was data, there was a shift to unlimited minutes and texts and data caps —Continue Reading
In Microsoft Word, you can use a shortcut to select one sentence at a time. Press and hold down the Ctrl key and while continuing to hold down this key click with your left mouse button anywhere within the sentence you want to select or highlight. Once a sentence has been selectedContinue Reading