Last Minute Gift Guide at the TechHub 2009

Author:
Mike Adams
12/21/2009

The Holidays at the TechHub

Finals are over and the stress of school is gone for a few weeks. Now is the time to pack up and head home during this period to visit the family for the holidays. That’s when it hits you, “I never did any holiday shopping. What am I going to do?” And let’s face it, as a college student you probably don’t have much disposable income lying around to purchase these gifts with. So why don’t you just head over to the UC Davis Bookstore TechHub and put those gifts on your student account. And while you are there, pick something up for yourself and tell the folks it was a book you needed for class…

“How-To”…Install a 32-bit Program in 64-bit Mac OS X 10.6

Author:
Mike Adams
12/09/2009

So, you have yourself the fancy new Apple operating system, Snow Leopard, and you also bought yourself a few software titles. You rushed home and installed that shiny new OS on your Mac and it runs like a dream. You even opened up more of your hard drive after the installation! Good thing you just bought some software to fill up that space. So you pop in your Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 to install it, and you are greeted with the message, “Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro can’t be installed on this computer. Make sure your system meets the requirements.” You have a relatively new MacBook Pro so this must be some sort of mistake…

UC Davis TechTalk Episode Eight

Author:
Mike Adams
11/24/2009

In this episode, Mike takes a look at the special deals you can get at the TechHub this holiday season. Following that, we show some highlights from our SkullCandy event we held in the store, where people traded in their old headphones for a free pair of SkullCandy ones. But stay tuned, because after that we show you how to take a screenshot on your Mac and Windows PCs.

Kyle’s Cheaper Alternative for November 2009

Author:
Kyle Holmes
11/06/2009

The SkullCandy Pipe

One of the more popular items for students on college campuses is a good set of speakers for their iPod or iPhone. Products like the iHome or a set of Logitech speakers can run anywhere from $75-$200 depending on the style and the features and can take up a good amount of space on your desk or night stand. The Skullcandy Pipe is an alternative in both price and space, running customers $59.99 and taking up no more space than a flashlight.

The SkullCandy “Headphones For Your Dead-Phones” Event

Author
Mike Adams
10/16/2009

On October 15th, the TechHub held the SkullCandy “Headphones For Your Dead-Phones” event at the shop. To participate, you had to bring in a pair of your old broken down headphones and trade up to a pair of SkullCandy Icon headphones. The event started at 11AM on the dot, but we had people showing up to wait well before that time. Once the event kicked off, we wound up trading all of the headphones we had in about 20 minutes. Below, you will find pictures of the event and filmed coverage of the event will be posted in the next webisode of TechTalk. Now, on to the pictures…

The Buzz 2009 TechHub Netbook Winner

Author:
Mike Adams
10/13/2009

Thank you to those who participated in the Buzz 2009 TechHub event. It was great playing “Blackjack” with everyone that evening. We posted the names of the winners of the raffle that we held, and the winner of the ASUS 1005HA Netbook has claimed their prize. So congratulations to Jennifer Nguyen. We hope you enjoy it!

The netbook winner, Jenny Nguyen!

Kyle’s Cheaper Alternative for October 2009

Author:
Kyle Holmes
10/02/2009

Sandisk Cruzer 8GB

USB Drives have become a necessity for college students and faculty alike– a cheap and portable way to store your files and get them from Point A to Point B. Also known as thumb drives, USB sticks, Flash drives, memory sticks , thingamajig, magic sticks, and the memory thing – they can be found everywhere on college campuses. Even my grandmother has one.

The Buzz 2009 TechHub Raffle Winners

Author:
Mike Adams
09/28/2009

First of all we, at the TechHub, wanted to say we had such a great time at the Buzz on Friday night. It was great getting to meet everyone that came by. So again, thank you to everyone who came by and participated in our little game. Now, without further ado, the winners of the UC Davis Bookstore TechHub raffle:

Rush at the UC Davis TechHub 2009

Author:
Mike Adams
09/24/2009

It’s that time again. The annual flood of Freshman and Senior alike to the Bookstore looking for books, supplies and whatever else they might need to survive the year. During this, lots of folks find their way over to the TechHub looking for items they originally did not think of, but are almost as necessary as the books they are buying. So this is a very small list of the most essential of items that one needs when they come to the TechHub. (Assuming that they already have their computer, which of course, should meet the campus recommended system specs…)

Apple’s “It’s Only Rock And Roll” Event 2009

Apple iPod Event 2009

Author:
Michael Adams
09/09/2009

Well…Apple’s “Buy a Mac, Get a Free iPod Touch” promotion ended yesterday. What are they going to do now? The answer is simple! Introduce new iPods! That’s right folks, at today’s “It’s Only Rock And Roll, But We Like It” music event, Apple unveiled a few things it had up its sleeve. The Internet was ablaze with rumors of what these new toys would be. Quite a few of these rumors turned out to be true, and some turned out to be not so true (Mac Tablet, I am looking at you). Anyway, let’s take a look at what went down at the event.