RAM stands for Random Access Memory. In its simplest terms RAM is the working memory of your computer. It is like your brain’s short term memory. As your computer runs various tasks and processes, this RAM memory begins to fill up. This ‘now’ memory allows your computer to quickly and easily do multiple tasks while ...
Just a few years ago, technology was the undisputable “it” field. Anybody with certification, an associate’s degree, or hands-on experience could land a job working with computers and make a comfortable living doing it. But the almost-mythological quality of the IT boom caused millions of workers and students to switch gears and pursue careers in ...
Twenty five years ago, you’d have to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars for the audio recording capabilities that a modern computer has. These days, anyone with a mixer, a computer, and a microphone can make decent quality sound recordings. To really get the most out of a home audio recording setup, though, you’ll ...
Windows Phone Mango has been out for a few weeks now and it brings one feature that smartphone users absolutely love, which is custom ringtones. The bad news is that while Windows Phones running Mango can indeed use custom ringtones, making them, and getting them to play is not exactly easy to do. Here is ...
Converting old cassette tapes into MP3-file format has become a desirable thing. It’s the smartest thing to do in order to ensure the long-term shelf life of the recorded media. But exactly how easy is it, and what does it take to make this happen? Here are the step-by-step methods that I took to accomplish ...
So your band is set to record some new songs. Everyone’s excited to head back to the studio. Except you. You remember the last time you recorded… you remember paying the studio engineer for the hours he spent dicking around with your songs as if they were his own personal experiment. You remember the drummer ...
My small business requires providing quality videos on our websites to get our information out to potential clients. So, I rely heavily on easy to use video editing software. For more than a decade, I’ve used Roxio Creator Pro. It works for me, uploads and coverts to numerous formats. However, even though my system is ...
One of the strange things about owning a Mac is the way you go about burning discs. If you want to burn an audio CD, open up iTunes. If you want to burn a data CD, that happens in the Finder. If you want to burn a picture CD, that happens in iPhoto. To burn ...
Be afraid. At this very moment, someone is cutting their video with Adobe Premiere. It’s not the world’s worst program. But it’s not the new kid on the block like Final Cut Pro or the old reliable standard like Avid. It just seems so… unneccesary. And grounding. And outdated. Adobe Premiere used to have horses ...
