Windows Geek Blog

I am happy to bring to you the very first interview at Windows Geek Blog. And we are honored to have none other than the award winning author Ed Bott as our first guest. Ed Bott as you all know is one of the most recognized voices in the computing world. Ed has won twice, the Computer Press Award for his work on PC Computing's groundbreaking "Windows SuperGuide". He is also a three-time winner of the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award.  Me: You are one of the most reputed Tech writers in the industry with more than two decades' experience writing for mainstream media outlets and online publications. Tell us about how y... full article »

According to the latest news from  Mac Rumors, Apple has discontinued its I’m a Mac advertising campaign. The new campaign is called Why you'll love your Mac and focuses on the strengths of Mac rather than the weakness of PCs unlike its previous strategy. Well I believe that this is a welcome move simply because the previous strategy sucked big time. It was successful but it sucked. Reason – bashing on other’s weakness ( real or imaginative) to sell your products doesn't go down your throat easily especially when you have been using and loving the product that has been bashed. So this time around Apple has done... full article »

Have you been hearing a lot about an Internet thingy called twitter? Do you want to try your hands on it but don't know where to start ? Then this article is definitely for you. In a single sentence, twitter is a microblogging site were you can post short messages that cannot exceed 140 letters. These are called "tweets". To get updates (or tweets) from a person you have to "follow" that person. People whom you follow might or might not follow you back. So twitter combines the aspects of blogging with social networking. Thats was a small intro on twitter and now we can dig a bit more deep into it. First thing you ... full article »

Here are a few old ways to shut down/restart your computer, the geek way! Windows XP: Press windows key and then press "U" twice to shutdown Press Windows key then U and R to restart Press Windows key and L twice to logoff Windows Vista/Windows 7 Press Windows key and then press "Right arrow" thrice and U to shut down Press Windows key and then press right arrow thrice and R to restart Press Windows key then press right arrow thrice and L to logoff... full article »

For a blogger themes are very important. They define the look and feel of your blog and have a great impact on your visitors. A good theme should be less cluttered, easy to navigate and should feel  fresh. Here is a list of some of the best themes that I have came across. 1) Touchriver Demo | Download 2) Scruffy Demo| Download (more...)... full article »