By Tim Teatro

Why Linux? The user who is looking for a complete and simple desktop operating system that allows them to get work done efficiently and doesn’t get in the way—why would that person choose Linux? Why should you choose Linux?

By Ted Kritsonis

It’s not like you mean to do it, but filing your income taxes on or near the deadline seems to be an annual habit. Thankfully, filing electronically expedites the process of getting the proper forms to the Taxman to get you a refund sooner, except you still have to decide which tax software to use.

By Tim Teatro

Tempted to try Linux on your desktop computer? You’d be worried that it’s complicated, right? You’d be wrong. Here’s the easy way.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Today’s options for subportable computing are netbooks, whose biggest features are QWERTY keyboards on a small footprint or tablets which offer optimal portability and connectivity, Toshiba’s Libretto W100 is a hybrid of both and we take it for a spin.

By Ted Kritsonis

In a previous article this week, we talked about some of the media players available in Canadian retail that would make great additions to a home theatre setup. Naturally, we understand the category still needs a bit more time for consumers to get comfortable with, which is why projecting a computer screen to a TV might be easier to do.

Video featuring Ted Kritsonis

This may very well be Microsoft’s last chance to make any serious impact in the ongoing smartphone wars. Windows Phone 7 is undoubtedly an impressive combination of design and function, but it will take some time to see if there’s enough support for it to begin competing against the likes of the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android.

By Ted Kritsonis

Being the number two PC manufacturer in Canada, Acer unveiled its plans to release tablet devices and a new laptop that will sport dual 14” touchscreen displays at an event earlier this week in New York. The tablets will certainly make news when they finally launch, but perhaps the more intriguing innovation was that of the Iconia, a new laptop that will sport dual 14” touchscreens.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Galaxy Tab and BlackBerry PlayBook’s size seem to address the biggest complaint about the iPad, that it is too big and heavy to be held with one hand for prolonged periods of use. The biggest indicator of the newcomers’ competitive viability, aside from specs and features, is price. Competing tablets need to undercut the iPad to be even remotely interesting to consumers.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The modern smartphone relies on three critical components in order to be competitive in today’s market. Great hardware, a capable and stable OS and an application ecosystem powered by strong developer support and an app store.

By Tim Teatro

Samsung has recently announced that they are to deploy Chromium OS, Google’s new operating system in a new line of netbooks later this year—the first sign that Chromium will be well received by OEMs. Still under development, the OS is already promising to change what we expect from an operating system.

Featuring Ted Kritsonis

Gateway’s latest All-in-One PC offers a 23-inch multi-touchscreen, which is great at first, but you will find that the ZX6800 offers a lot more than some novelties at your fingertips. With a strong processor, solid RAM and plenty of hard drive space, this is a great desktop PC for under $1,000.

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Slate PCs, which are slimline 5`inch to 11`inch screen tablet computers turned a lot of heads perhaps because of the buzz surrounding the rumoured Apple ìSlate tablet.