2008 August

You have to read this first, than I’ll give my opinion about what the writer wrote.
Why didn’t AVG, Lavasoft and Comodo detect registry redirects?
Hi all
I’ve just spent the last week tearing my hair out with a terrible rogue dialler, browser hijack and virus. And, against my will, sending out thousands of emails along the lines [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/31/08
Avast: 08/30/08
Norton anti-virus: 08/27/08
McAfee anti-virus: 08/27/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/26/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/27/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/27/08
Nod32: 08/29/08

Updates as of August 31, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Utah is one of the first states that appears to be taking a serious look at natural gas as a replacement fuel for gasoline. The state has seen a 240% increase in consumers who are purchasing natural gas for their vehicles. But there is only one minor problem. Well, more like two minor problems.
Gas stations [...]

I just finished reading an informative article over at the NY Times in which it states that Silicon Valley is suffering from a lack of innovation. According to the source, it is doom and gloom since companies are no longer living on the edge and innovation is being stifled. The opinion of the writer goes [...]

If you have upgraded your Windows XP installation to XP3 and are using IE 8 Beta 1, you may wish to read this IE blog entry to make sure you do not fall between the cracks. What cracks? If you have installed SP3 after installing IE Beta 1, you will need to uninstall IE Beta [...]

Back on May 3rd, 2008 I wrote an article about how you could get DSL service from AT&T without having to pay for a land line connection. [See story here.] But it appears that AT&T are playing a shell game in which the consumer has to uncover the ‘pea’, but you may have some help [...]

Google is sharing the first look at their Android distribution center where consumers will be able locate, purchase and download content. This will allow developers the opportunity to have a central location to show their wares. On the site it also states:
I also wanted to share some early details to help with planning your efforts [...]

Back on August 1st, 2008, I wrote a review of Norton’s newest Anti-Virus program coming at us for the 2009 computing season. [See review here.] I tried the beta version and found that it was in fact faster and less intrusive than previous versions. I also stated that I would recommend the product and asked [...]

I must admit I am at a disadvantage when it comes to running Vista on a Mac, since I do not personally own a Mac. So this morning while in my home library and digesting a copy of the August 2008 edition of VAR business, I was surprised to read this headline to an article:
IT’S [...]

Over at TweakGuides.com, blogger Koroush Ghazi, wrote a very in depth article concerning his opinions about Vista and the FUD that has followed. Unfortunately the title doesn’t fit the article, since Vista annoyances to me references the operating system itself, and not those of bloggers, authors or other writers. But putting that one minor issue aside, [...]

During the next two months of September and October, 2008, there will be the introduction of new products [toys] for all of us to go ga-ga-google over. Some of the best things to hit the techno world will be, but not limited to:
Netbook computers: Those pint sized wonders that will weigh in at 2lbs [...]

Here we go again. Another one of those Firefox is eating up my RAM article’s, but this one is slightly different. Most articles are about the using amounts of RAM in the 100 to 200kb range. But this one is for a whopping 1G of RAM [910,052 to be exact]. Though we have hashed this [...]

Oh goodie. Microsoft is going to update WGA [Windows Genuine Advantage] in order to make it simpler. So if I read the explanation that Microsoft is providing, it seems that customers have asked for this. Customers want the simplest way possible to know if their copy of Windows is real or a fake. Microsoft also [...]

In my other life as a tech. writer for a newspaper, I receive many different inquires about different subjects, including this recent email question. The basic of the question  is for a user who is using Microsoft Windows XP w/ SP2 who wants to turn off Bluetooth support. Why? Because they don’t use it and [...]

Over at Google Suggest it states that Google will auto select a group of suggestions that will auto appear when you type in a word or phrase. However, there are times that you may wish to do a search without the auto suggestion feature be activated. At the Google Suggest blog, Google explains how to [...]

Over at the Daily Express in the UK, there was an article about those who take their laptops with them on vacation are ’stupid’. Interesting since I am heading to Las Vegas, NV. in two weeks and I was going to take my lappy with me. But when I read this article and subsequent reasons [...]

Usually on Sunday I roam several web sites around the Silicon Valley area, to see what is new in the area. In my travels I happened to stumble upon a company called Allvoices.com, a startup that is offering cash for your news stories. The offer starts now and goes until February 19, 2009. The site caters [...]

In a strange sort of way, we outsiders have always be a bit jealous at the perks Google showers on its employees. But are perks starting to be cut back for the Google folks? First there was the report that Google was having to raise the price of child care at the Gooleplex and that [...]

Over at Engadget they have the dimensions on what is being called the HTC Dream phone. It is a tiny bit smaller than the iPhone, but not by much. The new phone is the one that is going to employ Google’s Android software and therefore has a designation of a gPhone. Here is what the [...]

Those little compact mini-laptops known as Netbooks, may be heading for a fast price slide as more and more companies bring their models to market. It seems that companies were not entirely aware who was bringing the mini’s to market, until the Intel Developer’s Conference, which took place in San Francisco last week. It than [...]