“I expect sales of notebooks and desktops loaded with Windows Vista to eclipse the sales we did last holiday season of machines with Windows XP,” Wendy Fritz, a vice president at Best Buy, in Richfield, Minn., told eWEEK at a Microsoft-sponsored dinner Oct. 23 to discuss the first holiday season with Windows Vista broadly available.
I’m [...]
Gateway’s latest entry into the PC market dubbed ONE, which is kind of like a PC stuffed into a monitor, has competition now from Dell with a similar model being called a Dell ONE [Not its real name]. But are these soon to be released systems really innovative or are they just old designs being [...]
I have read numerous posts in forums and on other sites about customers of Dell not being provided with system operating disk aka Windows nor drivers disk needed for their systems. This always poses a problem when these people are advised to do a repair install or other system repair, only to discover that [...]
I recently saw that avast! is offering a free version of its popular anti-virus program for Linux. I have read many articles in the past that claim Linux is virtually virus free. Though I do recall one article that mentioned there are some 40 known Linux viruses. So, with this in mind, is having an [...]
Usually when someone sells a website, one thinks of a well established site that is generating revenue and not a free one that some one has latched onto. But a person down in Australia seems to feel that his free web site is worth some cash, so he is attempting to sell it on eBay [...]
I read several articles this week concerning Dell’s new XPS 420 model which one reviewer described as a ’superb’ design. So thinking this was worth a look-see I trotted over to Dell’s site. Excuse me. It’s another box with a 20″ monitor. I’m not taking away the fact that it has a fast processor, a [...]
I just got finished reading an article over at the NY Times concerning a particular web site which hosted a poker tournament, in which it is now concluded that one of the participants was cheating. To add insult to injury, the cheater was also a part owner of the gambling site. I was shocked! [...]
Microsoft has posted 10 tips to help and keep your home network healthy and in good shape. After looking at the tips, these can also apply to anyone who uses a computer, whether or not they have a network in place or not. Yes, these are basic tips, and I am sure most of you [...]
Wal-Mart no doubt is the worlds largest retailer which will generate some $351 Billion in 2007 in sales. Yet over the years this mega retailer has struggled to maintain a web presence and it would appear feels more comfortable with its brick and mortar sales machine. So I wasn’t totally surprised when I read that [...]
The third annual desktop/client Linux survey is underway and if you use Linux, you may wish to join in. The purpose of the survey as stated on the Linux web site is:
The information from this survey will assist the Linux Foundation Desktop Linux workgroup to focus on areas of development that are important to you. [...]
It seems that Timothy Scott Short got more than what he bargained for when he called for technical support to obtain drivers for a printer he had stolen. Seems the Missouri man broke into a Missouri Department of Revenue office in St. Charles, MO and made off with a computer and printer.He was unable to [...]
Microsoft is reporting they they have been receiving complaints from users, that their settings for Windows Automatic Update, have been changed by what appears to be a previous Windows update. The microsoft team wants your help to try and determine how this is happening, since they are unable to confirm that a update is responsible. [...]
A new movement to get more drivers for Linux distributions is underway comprising some 310 developers. But they need your assistance. They need to know what hardware you may be using that is not supported by Linux. On the web site it states:
There was a lot of very good press coverage over my last announcement [...]
I just read that just about 10 years ago, Micheal Dell had suggested that Apple should close up shop because of puny sales. How times have changed. Now it is Dell who is losing market share while Apple is robust and healthy. In their 4th quester report for 2007, Apple reports booming sales of their [...]
If you own a HP or Compaq Laptop purchased during the past year or so, and have been experiencing wireless connection problems, you may wish to take a look at the HP thread for guidance in resolving the issue. From what I read it appears that the best solution is to return your laptop to [...]
A Microsoft engineer by the name of Eric Traut gave a presentation last week at the University Of Illinois last and showed off what is being called ‘MinWin’ which is a slimmed down version of Windows itself. At only 25 MB in size and using only 40MB of RAM, the slender version does not incorporate [...]
There is not a day that goes by that we read about how ineffective law enforcement is against cyber criminals, who openly sell stolen credit card information or other personal information about consumers. Since most cyber criminals work out of foreign countries, trying to coordinate law enforcement agencies from different countries can be difficult.
Two grad [...]
After reading about Staples starting to carry Dell computer system, and also reading about how HP is maintaining their sales lead over Dell, it makes one think what really sells a consumer on buying a particular brand of computer system?
For the most part the innards of todays PC’s are fairly the same. Over the past [...]
Over at the Chicago Tribune they have a great article on a fairly new company [ 4 years old] called VIZIO. You may not be familiar with this brand of HDTV since it is mainly sold through discount stores such as Costco, Wal-Mart and the like, but this little darling of the TV technology industry [...]
WOW! Back in January Microsoft yelled the ‘WOW’ phrase from the roof tops trying to show us that Vista was going to make us say ‘WOW’ once we took the new operating system for a ride. But some critics after using the newest OS said ‘WHOA’ instead, citing numerous compatibility problems, which may be addressed [...]
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