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Got Questions? Some Experts May Have Answers
OhGizmo! —
... Case in point, the Toshiba “Laptop Experts” campaign. On this site, readers can ask about their computer problems (not restricted to Toshiba products, by the way) and may get their questions answered by one of the several bloggers participating. Up until recently, the only way to get a question answered was by visiting the site and posting your question. But now there’s a little widget you can download (pictured above), allowing you to ask anything you like right from your desktop, without ever needing to even open a browser window. Your question will then ...
Sponsor: Toshiba Laptop Experts desktop widget
Boing Boing Gadgets —
One of our sponsors, Toshiba, has created an Adobe AIR-based "Laptop Experts" widget that can sit on your desktop, making it simple to add questions to the system and get answers back. (You may have seen the Laptop Experts excerpts running in ads on BBG.) Rob and I have been answering questions in the Laptop Experts platform for a few months now — many of our answers may even be technically correct! Toshiba's trying to figure out ways to extend the usefulness of the site and one of my suggestions — finding ways to bring in lots of users ...
Get your notebook questions answered at Laptop Experts
Gear Live —
... Oh, and be sure to check out the Laptop Experts Widget, which lets you have access to the site’s features from your desktop. ...
Toshiba Laptop Experts Widget: get answers (sponsor)
Ubergizmo —
... We have been answering questions in the Laptop Experts Campaign sponsored by Toshiba for quite a while now and we have run ads for this campaign on our site too. On the ...
Help Us Be Better Experts, Win Some Swag
OhGizmo! —
... Regular readers will be familiar with our involvement with Toshiba’s Laptop Experts program. I’ve personally been tackling some questions over the last few months, and as much as I’d like to think I’m doing a flawless job getting readers their perfect answers, the truth is there are probably quicker, easier ways to accomplish the same things. And I’m convinced you guys can help. To make it more interesting, I’m throwing in some prizes. It’s not Powerball lottery material but I’ve got about $50’s worth of stuff to give ...
Help Me Out With Some “Laptop Experts” Questions, Win $50
OhGizmo! —
... SM Bus Controller. On the device manager, this shows up as unknown still. Where can I find this driver?
I currently have hughes.net for internet service and am thinking about getting an aircard instead. I currently use ATT for my cell phone service. I need good speed since I’m in real estate and work out of my car. What do you suggest?
Your answers, in case you’re wondering, will be posted to the Laptop Experts site, linked below.
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Be The Expert, Win $50… Again
OhGizmo! —
... and we picked “marmota” as the $50 winner! He was chosen randomly from the entries that actually helped us draft coherent answers. You can find those here, ...
These Last Two Weeks In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... A lot of good, temporarily PC-stumped folk have been getting their computer related aches and pains relieved through Toshiba’s Laptop Experts campaign. Here’s a short run-through of what I’ve been dealing with. ...
The Last Week In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... This week we pondered the wisdom of installing Vista on older laptops. How old, you say? We’re not too sure, but old and Vista shouldn’t share a sentence. We then debated the merits of ...
Ramping Up Our Laptop Experts Efforts
OhGizmo! —
... Last week started off with some broken wireless troubleshooting, a particularly difficult task without access to the ailing laptop. We then looked at the significance of ...
The Last Few Days In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... We’re in the thick of answering questions for the Laptop Experts program. Our very own Luke has been getting to about 10 questions a day, 5 days a week and reports to having fun with it. Here’s a sampling. ...
Catching Up With Last Week In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that webcams are a big topic, with a good number of people confused about how they work. I had one person inquiring as to whether or not one can be used without an internet connection, while another was curious ...
Another Week In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... Just to give you a taste of what’s been going on, here is a sampling of what I’ve been up to. Some people have been curious whether or not they need to plug in their laptop all the time when using it, and why their ...
Last Week In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... It looks like someone was wanting to setup their laptop to use an external hard drive as the primary disk, and wanted to know if it could be accomplished. Another was curious ...
This Week In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... There are always a variety of questions being asked. We do get repeat questions from time to time, but there are plenty of new ones that make me stop and think. Webcams are always a hot topic, and someone was wanting to know if they could get more effects for the cam built into their Toshiba notebook. Someone else was wondering just ...
Another Five Days In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... It’s always interesting to see the new batch of questions each day. There are some questions that have been asked and answered several times before, but it’s always the new ones that I enjoy answering the most. This week I had someone with a strange licensing issue with Vista, and someone else that was having ...
More Adventures In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... Cameras always come up a lot, and someone was wanting to use their built-in webcam with Yahoo Messenger. Another person was interested in ...
Living It Up In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... It’s always amazing how very similar questions will get asked in the same week. We saw a couple of different people with ...
This Week In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... Someone needed to know exactly what would be installed on their computer after using their recovery disc, while another wanted to know ...
Another Week In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
By Luke Anderson
[ The following concerns a paid campaign currently running on the site. ]
Friday is here, which means another week has gone by. Another week full of answers over at the Laptop Experts site. I’m still churning out 6 per day, which means 30 more people had their questions answered by me this week, and countless more by the other Experts. Lets take a look at some of the ones that came in this week.
One person’s network card was showing unplugged, when it clearly wasn’t, ...
Springtime In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... Wireless networking is essential for a laptop, so it’s only natural to find someone with a question about setting up their wireless router. Someone else was concerned that their ...
April Showers In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... Power issues are never fun to deal with, especially when like these two people, your battery won’t hold a charge, or the ...
Warming Up In Laptop Experts Land
OhGizmo! —
... Have you ever wondered why your hard drive isn’t the exact size that was advertised? Well check out the answer here. Drivers for 64-bit versions of Vista and Windows 7 are still pretty hard to come by, ...
