I wasn’t going to mention this to anyone until I read Andy Pennell’s blog and discovered I was not alone in trying to figure out how to open the darn Vista box that the product comes housed in. I mean, come on, is it really that hard? His description is very accurate:
My first issue with [...]
I am sure we are all aware that Apple will be releasing their much anticipated IPhone on June 29th at 6:00pm. Apple has a self guided tour on their web site for those interested in seeing what the new product will have to offer to us consumers who wish to have the latest and greatest [...]
Yesterday while driving I was thinking about how much cars have changed over the years since I was a kid, and how different we viewed things prior to the time they started to producing ’safe cars’. The days of the backyard auto mechanic when one could tune up their own car with simple tools prior [...]
Wondering through the web I came upon a blog by a Jeff Jones who has completed a very detailed study in which he compares DoR [Days of Risk] for various operating systems. After compiling his data for the DoR report, which includes all types of graphs and charts, and incorporating some other gee whiz factors, [...]
This morning I was roaming around the Microsoft Marketplace looking for a specific software when I stumbled on a free game site being hosted by the software giant. At first I thought it was paid for games, until I realized that they were actually freebies. The number of games was also surprising since the total [...]
Make sure your system is up to date and that you have the latest protections in place.
AVG anti-virus: 06/24/07
Norton anti-virus: 06/20/07
McAfee anti-virus: 06/20/07
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 06/21/07
Spybot Search and Destroy: 06/20/07
Microsoft Windows Defender: 06/18/07
Nod32: 06/22/07
Updates as of June 24, 2007 6:00am CDT.
[tags]avg,norton,mcafee,lavasoft,spybot, defender,nod32[/tags]
Up at TV station King 5 in Seattle, they are reporting a huge underground project being built on the Microsoft campus, in Redmond WA. The hole being dug is going to be 4 stories deep, 3 football fields long and 1.5 football fields in width. Microsoft is alleging that the big dig is for a [...]
Just some quick notes on the Google and Ebay fiasco. Seems that the two have kissed and made up and Ebay is once again sporting Google Ads. As I have previously mentioned, these two make good partners and it would be ashame to see them part permanently. With Microsoft and Yahoo sitting on the side [...]
Dell seems to continue its pledge to listen to customers and has changed their policy on what bloatware will be included on new systems, as well on how to opt out having bloatware installed in the first place. Bloadtware is better known as crapware. These are programs that come preinstalled on almost all OEM machines [...]
There is not a day that goes by when someone, somewhere is not pounding the keys on their computer and telling us why the operating system they are using is the best and why yours sucks. I have read more one-sided, jaded nonsense by so called experts over the years that I sometimes wonder what [...]
Before I start I just want to thank thatgrrl who also writes here at LG here. In one of her comments she asked if I had ever heard of Wubi? Nope, but I went to take a look to see what it is.
Wubi is in Beta [testing] and is a software program which claims that [...]
Funny, Microsoft has basically remained mum on when Service Pack #1 for Vista will hit the streets, but the DOJ has spelled out that SP1 for Vista will be in beta before the end of the year. Also it has spelled out how Microsoft must make available the ability for users to be able to [...]
In his June Newsletter Scot Finnie has a very good article on his opinion of the Mac vs PC, and as he states in his opinion, he is in a good position to compare both systems. As I had previously mentioned, Scot has made the switch to a Mac after years of using and writing [...]
Freeware tools and utilities can be a blessing especially when you are working on a clients machine who have forgotten their password for the system or a specific program. Over a Nirsoft they have some type of a utility or tool for most everyday problems and they are free for anyone to use. Which makes [...]
Ubuntu may just be one of the most popular distributions that the Linux community has developed over the past five years. What has made this distribution so popular is not only that it’s available for free download but you can also get a free CD mailed to you. This makes it easy for those who [...]
It has been a long time since I ran a system using Windows 98 and I guess I had forgotten how well it worked. What made me even consider trying a 98 box was an article I read where someone was reminiscing about the good old days of computing. Good old days? My, nine years [...]
The MPack Trojan that has infected as many as 10,000 webites, mostly in Italy, has become more serious than it was first reported. What makes this virus even more dangerous is that you can become infected even when visiting legitimate websites that do not realize they are infected. Microsoft is advising eveyone to keep there [...]
Google is now taking its carbon neutral policy one step further by aligning itself with other companies and producing hybrid electric cars that get their energy source from solar grids. The Mountain View, CA search giant has entered into the electric car business by applying technology that it claims can extend a vehicle’s range up [...]
It seems that Gateway is now recalling laptop batteries as well. The Gateway program is voluntary and instruction on the laptop batteries affected with part and model numbers include the following units:
Model # -
400VTX,450ROG, CX200, CX210, E100M, M250, M255, M280, M285, M465, M685, MP8708, MX1020j, MX1025, MX6918b, NX100, NX260, NX510, NX560, NX860
Part # - [...]
BroadLogic is a small startup company based out of San Jose, CA., that appears to have developed a method to increase bandwidth for cable operators without having to resort of the expensive of laying fiber optic. What brought this company to my attention and interest was when my cable provider SuddenLink tore up our neighborhood [...]
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