Tag Archives: Desktop Software

The Phantom EFX Reel Deal Card Games Review

If you like to play cards, you will love Phantom EFX‘s new title Reel Deal Card Games. All of your old favorites, bridge, gin, rummy etc and many that I had never played are included.

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Apple, a Force to Be Reckoned With

Reading Slashdot this morning, I read a post linking to an article on RollingStone asking the question “Is Apple the New Evil Empire?”. The article goes on to describe the various ways that Apple has silently dominated various markets, especially the digital audio market, even though it is Microsoft who are the subject of discussion [...]

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Moving and Copying behaviour in Mac OS X

Mac OS X deals with file moving and copying similarly to Windows. When you drag files/folders between folders on the same disk, they are moved, and when you drag them between different disks they are copied. On Mac OS X it is a little bit harder to change the default behaviour when you are dragging [...]

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The Minds Refined Art Dealer Game Review

Soon after I signed Gear Diary up for Google’s AdSense, I noticed a new advertisement for something called Art Dealer. I had already weeded out the totally irrelevant ads for Kangol hats, heart-shaped boxes of chocolate, a zen garden, and lingerie (don’t ask!), and I was tempted to weed out this ad, too. But instead [...]

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The Phantom EFX Reel Deal Casino High Roller Review

Reel Deal is a casino PC game.� Specs include Windows 2000 or later, CD-Rom, 1.5 GB hard drive, DirectX 9.0b or later, DirectX compatible video card.� Money and VIP comp points are earned as you play slot machines, table games and enter tournaments.� The casino is easy to navigate and there is a menu board [...]

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BeNetSafe Internet Security Software Review

As parents we like to think that we know our kids, that we know they would never do or say certain things. But the fact is that we can never be too sure; all we can do is educate them, hope that they are being careful, and trust that they are being smart. If I [...]

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Grab Two Gameloft Games for Free This Weekend!

Gangster Rio

If you ask most ‘core’ gamers about the products Gameloft produces, chances are the words ‘shameless ripoffs’ will be uttered [...]

JVC HA-MR77X DJ-style Over-the-Ear Headphones Review

A few months ago we brought word that JVC had upgraded their headphone line. The new versions of their headphones [...]

Save Big on a Lifeproof Case for the iPhone 4S

Looking for a way to protect your iPhone 4S? Maybe you’re still early in your contract and want to protect [...]

Is Your Laptop As Flexible as Lenovo’s Yoga11S Convertible Ultrabook?

Lenovo’s Yoga 11S Ultrabook convertible laptop captured a good bit of attention at CES 2013. Now it is available directly [...]

2013 Acura RDX Graduates with Honors

Almost as if being handed its diploma and told to get a job, Acura has shed the frat-boy “hoodie” of [...]

High School Nation Becomes a Monster

I’m loving the Monster DNA headphones I reviewed last month. (Read the review.) They look good, sound good and are [...]