2007

Microsoft has recently updated it’s Windows Home Server site and has added new features for both home users and custom built users alike. The site also includes pre-built home server units that come pre-loaded with WHS software ready to go. Some of the units are currently available for sale, while others like the HP models [...]

It looks like the Nigerians are at it again, sending out another scam with a different twist. FWIW - I received this one this morning. Be careful out there in cyberspace.
CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

Based on our investigastion department, we wish to warn you against some Miscreants, Hoodlums and Touts who go about scamming [...]

Yesterday we learned that there will be no gPhone but rather an alliance of companies that will be producing mobile phones that should benefit consumers. Over at the Google blog there are several tell tale signs of exactly what Google hopes to accomplish which should benefit consumers, especially those here in the US. I have [...]

It is always interesting to read some of the questions that are posted in the forums. But what is more surprising are some of the answers. Though some questions could be answered sevral different ways, some only have a single answer. I thought it would be interesting to see how the readers here would answer [...]

Your Hosts file is kind of like an address book of sorts. It may contain the IP address for certain web sites you visit. But for the most part, your ISP will provide the IP address automatically so your Hosts file may not be used. Sometimes the HOSTS file will contain entries that you do [...]

Phenomenal growth is what Microsoft is calling its Windows Vista product with businesses and consumers alike pressing the new operating system to their bosoms. This holiday season we will see will see Vista hitting its stride when more and more computers will sell with Vista preinstalled. Vista is unstoppable!
Hmmmm………I would have to agree. With over [...]

Wasn’t it Bill Gates of Microsoft fame who promised us a PC system that would boot up really fast? A PC that would take us from the push of the on button to Windows up in running in under a minute or less? What ever happen to all of these promises? Well hopefully this will [...]

Well it is now clear that Google is not developing a phone all by itself, rather it is organizing a group of some 34 companies into a group that will share software called Android. The Android software is based on Linux and was developed by Google itself for use on handsets. By sharing the software [...]

During last night’s football game between the Colts and the Patriots, I received several a few emails from a couple of my buddies back in California teasing me about why The Blade doesn’t write about football in his articles. I personally believe that Lockergnome should be about computer stuff, but thats another story for another [...]

Over the weekend, between watching football games, I read several articles which claim that the end is near for the PC as we now know it. Some of what was written stated that in Japan, PC sales are actually declining though the declines are minimal averaging about 3% to 4% during the past year. It [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and that you have the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 11/04/07
Norton anti-virus: 10/31/07
McAfee anti-virus: 10/31/07
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 11/01/07
Spybot Search and Destroy: 10/31/07
Microsoft Windows Defender: 10/31/07
Nod32: 11/02/07

Updates as of November, 4, 2007 6:00am CDT.
Tags: avg, norton, mcafee, lavasoft, spybot, defender, nod32

If you have purchased a Seagate hard disk between March 22, 2001, and Dec. 31, 2005, [see below for correct dates] you may be getting some cash back. It seems that the company was sued for misrepresenting the size of their hard disk, and now must either pay back monies to those who purchased their [...]

One of the stories that is making the rounds on the Internet is that the sales of Linux server software is falling like a stone. The allegation is that since Linux is losing sales, Microsoft must be increasing their sales of server software. But one of the surveys cited, may have been paid for my [...]

Even after the Redmond Giant takes a stake in Facebook which some claimed was a feather in Microsoft’s cap, Google turns around and sets the social networking arena upside down. Joining forces with My Space, Google is now going to have an audience of some 200 million folks in their new Open Social platform [...]

Wal-Mart has a new sales gimmick called Secret In Store Specials in which select stores have sales on some popular items that consumers may be interested in for the coming holiday season. Last evening there was a Wal-Mart ad on TV which mentioned this secret sale of sorts, in which they advertised a Toshiba HD-DVD [...]

It appears that a group of privacy advocates are calling upon the FCC to introduce a ‘Do Not Track List,’ which would be similar to the ‘Do Not Call List’ we can use to block unwanted calls to our telephones. Which when one first reads it, sounds like a good idea. The theory goes [...]

Just about a month ago, the wife and I decided to change over from our local cable TV subscription and give Dish Network a try. There were several reasons for wanting to change. First of all our local cable TV company did not offer HD channels, and it seemed that this wasn’t going to happen [...]

I have always felt that one of the best sources of advice on how good something is or is not so good, are consumer reviews of a product. Most of the major electronic sites usually have reviews available, as was the case for the Everex GC3500 Desktop system being offered by Wal-Mart for a low [...]

I have been using a Google Gmail for about 3 years, ever since it first was in beta form. My main purpose in using a Gmail account was to have a alternate address, in lieu of my two personal email accounts, which I could use to sign onto web sites that I did not trust. [...]

Microsoft has setup a website in which they have on display many of the counterfeit copies of their products for your review. Included in the counterfeits are copies of Vista [all flavors] along with Office 2007. Examples of recently seized counterfeit products are also on display for comparison purposes.
On their site Microsoft also has an [...]