Ron Schenone
Google Sends Out Email About Advertising
I received this email from Google on Thursday afternoon: Dear Publisher, We understand that the recent economic turmoil has created a lot of uncertainty in the lives of AdSense publishers. During these difficult times, we’re continuing to invest in innovations that improve publisher monetization and advertiser value in the content network. We’re focusing on further [...]
Acronis 2009 – Upgrade May Be Trial Version Key
Yesterday I received an email from reader Don Naphen referencing his experience after he upgrade to Acronis 2009. Don stated: Hi Ron; Had quite the experience today. Called up my Acronis 2009 program, which is their latest version. Lo and behold, I get a nag screen informing me that the “trial version” has expired! This [...]
Brain Patents Being Questioned
You may recall that Amazon wanted to patent the so called one click method to make a purchase on the Internet. I remember at the time thinking how ludcrious it was and that the patent should be rejected. It now seems at least one appeals court has come to their senses and is setting some [...]
Share Your Thoughts And Build A New PC
Intel and Asus have teamed up and want you to share your ideas of what a perfect PC would be. Over at their site called WePC.com, users can share their ideas of what they want in a computer. It is a great opportunity to let these two companies know what you think. On their site [...]
Windows 7 Preview
Here are some first observations about Windows 7 Preview. Setup was quick and easy with basically no user intervention. Once setup finished I was warned that there was no anti-virus protection. So I installed AVG before getting on the Internet. So what is new in Windows 7? Not much. If I didn’t see the Windows [...]
Vonage – Works Just Fine
I had previously mentioned in another post that I was considering giving Vonage a try and I received some great comments. So I ordered Vonage and thought I would share my experience with you. Thanks to Marc aka ‘the oracle’ for his advice. I did connect the Vonage modem to my wireless router and all [...]
Windows 7 – Same As Vista, Only Better?
Now that the preview of Vista’s replacement Windows 7 has been released, we should be hearing more about the new operating system during the next few weeks. I’ve downloaded the preview of Windows 7 and I am hoping to get the preview installed this evening. But in the mean time, Engadget already has posted what [...]
Microsoft’s Windows 7 – Features Released
Microsoft on their privacy site has released the features that will be included in their new operating system which they call Windows 7.This doesn’t mean that very one of these features will make it to the final release. These additions are only for the Pre-release of Windows 7. When you take a look at the [...]
Blu-Ray Prices Cut – But Is It Enough?
It seems that the prices of Blu-Ray players are dropping below $230 at some of the larger retailers. The predictions are that prices could fall below $150 as we approach Black Friday. But the question that is being asked, ‘is that low enough’ to attract buyers to the newest technology? Blu-Ray technology renders moves at [...]
Google Adds Calender & Doc Gadgets To Gmail
The elf’s at Google seem to be working late into the night developing new features for their popular Gmail program. This time they have added gadgets for both Google Doc’s and Google Calender to Gmail. This addition will make it easier for uses of these Google programs to access their stuff while surfing the Internet [...]
