The Globalisation Institute based out of Brussels has submitted a startling report to the European Union, in which the report states that computers sold in European Union should not be bundled with Microsoft Windows. The report also goes on to state that the bundling of Microsoft Windows is not in the public interest. The report [...]
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak aka the Woz, took issue with his former partner Steve Jobs, about the drastic price ut on the Apple iPhone just 68 days after it was introduced. The Woz in an interview after a techie convention directed his comments to what Steve Jobs previously mentioned about buyers paying a premium for [...]
Every since its inception, Linux for the most part had been a techie operating system and that Linux fanboys pride themselves in using. It now seems that their are two armed camps developing in Linux land, each with a different concept on where Linux should or shouldn’t be heading.
One group wants Linux to remain techie [...]
Cookies have been with us since the Internet first started becoming a popular haven for us surfers to glean information from sources worldwide. For the most part, cookies are viewed as simple text files that track our browsing habits, maintain passwords used to access some Web sites, and also may be needed to conduct online [...]
Google continues to expand on its own self sufficiency by first having their own servers built for their own demands, than writing their own programs using open source and now they are about to embark on their own cable being laid at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The project known as ‘Unity’ will couple [...]
I was reading a post this morning in one of the forums concerning the MagSafe power adapter for the MacBook. The poster complained of having to replace the adapter only after six months of use with a new one. I went over to the Apple store and this seems to be a problem for many [...]
Make sure your system is up to date and that you have the latest protections in place.
AVG anti-virus: 09/22/07
Norton anti-virus: 09/19/07
McAfee anti-virus: 09/19/07
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 09/20/07
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/19/07
Microsoft Windows Defender: 09/19/07
Nod32: 09/21/07
Updates as of September 16, 2007 6:00am CDT.
Tags: avg, norton, mcafee, lavasoft, spybot, defender, nod32
There were a couple of posts from a reader by the name of George who is just a bit upset about the way he has been treated by Symantec. Maybe others can comment and share their experiences, whether good or bad. George stated in his comments:
To PC users and IT professionals everywhere.
Here are [...]
Seems like Dell is making more than just cosmetic changes to the company with some new offerings that sprung into the news this past week.
In London Dell announced a new low budget Super Computer that is designed for those doing research for such things as a cure for cancer. Some are calling this a publicity [...]
Microsoft Office is a cash cow for he folks up at Redmond, WA., and they have had a corner on the market with little interference from outsiders. That was then and this is now. Seems like everyone is getting into the act and coming up with some rival products. These products were once confined mainly [...]
After posting an article about eBay allowing hackers to auction off their wares this morning [article is here], I now learned that Symantec is posting an online game for IT professionals to play killing viruses ala Doom. I had to stop and think. Did I get out of the wrong side of the bed this [...]
I just read an article over at PC World that states that hackers are selling their wares at the online auction site. Though it states that the hackers are drawing very little bid activity, what is disturbing is that eBay representatives have stated there is little they can do about trying to police their site. [...]
Penguins all over the world are cheering in delight that SCO is running for cover seeking chapter 11 bankruptcy status, in order to try and keep the company afloat. If you are not familiar with SCO they sued IBM, Novell and even threatened the very core of Linux in seeking status that they owned Unix [...]
Google has added a new service called Shared Stuff which allows a user to share interesting links with family, friends, or the entire world. In order to use the service you must sign in. I did so with my Gmail account and up popped a profile page. My understanding is that this profile can be [...]
Every so often I need to either print a screen or send a print screen via email for some one to see. Using Gadwin Free Print Screen utility makes this chore very easy. The free version is not clogged up with useless stuff that many of us won’t use. Just a straight forward simple to [...]
There was a time when if you were a power user you needed a desktop computer system to run those heavy hitter software applications such as Adobe or Illustrator. But that was than and this is now. The current crop of laptop systems have improved over the years and now incorporate many of the features [...]
Gordon E. Moore was the original co-founder of Intel, and he came up with a theory that has held true since 1965. In its simplest form, it basically states that the amount of transistors on a circuit board will double about every 18 to 24 months. This measure of transistor capacity has become known as [...]
Over at the LA Times I just read an article about one man’s efforts to get San Francisco to turn off the lights for one hour on October 20, 2007 from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. When I read this I thought to myself what a great idea this would be. But instead of just in San [...]
Last week I was sent an email asking my opinion of a software program called AMP WinOFF. Having not tried the software before, I thought it would be worth taking a look at. The download of AMP WinOFF is tiny — only 498kb. Setup is simple and the user interface for the software is very [...]
After reading the decision by the EU concerning Microsoft and its dominant market share of 95%, it makes one wonder how the world would be a different place had other technological marvels been granted such a high market share. Let me explain. In this day and age of ‘intellectual property rights,’ most of us would [...]
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