John Cook's articles
Japanese apps tend to have a cool factor that other apps can’t touch. Sometimes the apps coming out of Japan aren’t necessarily productive or useful apps, but they’re a great deal of fun all the same. If you’re tired of Tweeting and you don’t have any more birds to sling, »
07/26/2011Gone are the days when a set of maps was stuffed inside of every glove box. Here to stay are GPS navigation systems. To say that society has become reliant upon GPS navigation is an understatement. There’s no disputing the fact that GPS technology can get you where you’re going »
06/06/2011On April 12th, 2011, Apple announced a new version of Final Cut Pro, dubbed Final Cut Pro X (pronounced “ten”, not “ex”). With Final Cut Pro X’s release also comes a price cut — instead of costing $999.00, Final Cut Pro X will cost $299.00. While that may still seem »
05/03/2011Learning to create HTML code is possible. In fact, there are entire books (upon books) written about this very matter. But, why bother learning about all those tags and formatting issues when you can just use Markdown? Markdown is a simple program made for everyday text to HTML conversion use. »
04/18/2011Learning to play the piano requires a fair amount of dedication. While only the likes of Mozart and Beethoven were able to pick up the piano without a great deal of instruction, you can become a pianist by using top software. There are many different piano lesson software options available. »
04/04/2011John Cook's reviews
Summertime is approaching and that means vacation for a lot of people. In addition to jetting off somewhere fun or sitting poolside, you’ll want to catch up on the latest and greatest books. In today’s day and age, books tend to come in e-form and most tend to come from »
05/09/2012When it comes to overclocking, a decent CPU cooler is critical. Manufacturers are noting this and coming out with self-contained water cooling systems, inspired by enthusiast overclockers' custom water loops. Of course, this makes sense, as water is more effective than air at cooling everything down. Air cooling manufacturers have »
04/25/2012Intel has been in the tech news a lot lately. First for the new Ivy Bridge chip and now for the SSD 300 is available and Intel claims that this solid-state drive can outdo the rest (which is a promise that many are hoping Intel can keep, since this market »
04/23/2012Adobe’s AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime, in case you are wondering) has been around for some time now, though this program often goes unnoticed. Adobe AIR is the reason why TweetDeck (the popular Twitter tool) exists and it’s also responsible for a number of other applications. Adobe recently updated AIR and »
04/20/2012The title of this review is a bit misleading, since the 2big Thunderbolt is actually all that a video editor, graphic artist, or anyone who needs to backup a lot of massive files quickly needs. The average Mac user probably won’t need such a capable hard drive, but the 2big »
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