We have all read recently of some of this countries largest and most famous newspapers going under. Lack of revenues have forced some of the oldest, Colorado Rockies since the 1860’s, to close shop. The Heart publishing giant has also come under the gun and has suffered massive loses. Now the company is prepared to [...]
Most newer vehicles now come with key less remotes that at a click of a button open up your vehicle. So I found it interesting over the weekend when someone asked whether another remote could open their car? You see, once you have been labeled as a geek, you are supposed to be an expert [...]
Remember Yahoo? They are the original company that started the entire search thing on the Internet. They are also the company that Microsoft threatens to buy weekly. Now with a new CEO at the helm they are now getting serious and have decided to become a leader once again. But is it too late? I [...]
There is a strong possibility that Microsoft may, just may, ship Windows 7 early. With this latest rumor in place by some who allege to be in the know, could this really happen? I believe it can. Microsoft needs to separate itself from Vista ASAP. Even though it has been proved by many that Vista [...]
For those of us using Vista, we are experienced in using the ‘Windows Experience Index’, which seems to provide lackluster results. Since the WEI score is based on lowest of ALL scores, this doesn’t seem to provide any benefit to the user. But Windows 7 may change the way WEI works.
On their blog site Microsoft [...]
Over at the Microsoft blog they have an article that covers how WGA will function in Windows 7. Basically it is similar to Vista but with a few minor changes like nag screens ever hour if you do not activate Windows 7. In addition Microsoft states why it is important to activate Windows 7 with [...]
The folks at Marvell have a new miniature computer that is about the size of a network power adapter. The mini computer uses any Linux based operating system which uses the 2.6 kernel. The small computer uses a Marvell Kirkwood processor running at 1.2 GHz, 512 MB each of flash and DRAM. Also included is [...]
I have been using prepaid cellphones for about 4 years. For my family and I this has worked out extremely well. But we are different than many others who use their cellphones as their primary phone and who also need to text 24 x 7. I have been seeing the ads from Verizon on TV [...]
The sky is falling! Google Gmail servers were down for a few hours. After reading some of the blog reports concerning what happened, Google having issues was a great catastrophe. Over at the Google blog they reported the following:
If you’ve tried to access your Gmail account today, you are probably aware by now that we’re [...]
Several consumers are reporting problems with purchases they made during the liquidation sale at Circuit City. Two reports, one from Boston and another in Minnesota concerns HDTV purchases over $1,000. Both customers claim that the TV’s they bought were shattered and Circuit City refused to replace the units or provide a refund.
Circuit City has a [...]
Over at GM-Volt.com writer Dr. Lyle Dennis who is an advocate of electric cars. The good doctor started GM-Volt.com to track the preparations of bringing the GM electric car to market as well as other electric vehicles in production. He was pleasantly surprised when Tesla motors contacted him and offered him a Tesla to drive for a [...]
For the past week or so I have received several comments from a reader named Mario in which he has described his problems with Vista won’t starting. Here are the conversations:
Dear Ron Schenone
I need advice. I got problem when Vista is loading at the start. It get freeze there. When I’m going to shut down [...]
Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.
AVG anti-virus: 02/22/09
Avast: 02/21/09
Norton anti-virus: 02/18/09
McAfee anti-virus: 02/18/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 02/20/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 02/18/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 02/18/09
Nod32: 02/20/09
Updates as of February 22, 2009 6:00am CDT.
Asustek, know for their Asus motherboards and also for their sub $500 netbooks, may start using Google’s Android as their main operating system. The company is looking into an Android powered netbook which is currently under developed and is expected to arrive by years end. If Asus does proceed with their plans, this could further [...]
With Apple in control of the mobile phone market with their iPhone and Google deploying their Android system, Microsoft has been preparing software of their own. The new software known as Mobile Windows 6.5 had been preinstalled on a test phone. But unfortunately the phone was stolen. Or was it?
Microsoft is a master at providing [...]
Oh the excitement of it all. The Telegraph had previously reported that the lost city of Atlantis may have been found and shown pictures below to confirm the finding. It seems that using Google Ocean undersea data appeared to show what some said were the outlines of a city. Google says nope.
What the lines represent [...]
First I want to give credit to my friend Jim Clark from Idaho, for sharing some of the tips and tricks that have been discovered in Windows 7. Microsoft has allowed the MVP’s a lot of latitude in not only testing Windows 7 but also other new upgrades they are currently testing. Some are covered [...]
Psion is claiming that it has a trademark in effect for the term ‘netbook’ and that no one is allowed to use it. The company, which stopped producing a CE powered ‘netbook’ back in 2003, is threatening that the use of the term must stop by the end of March 2009. If anyone, which includes [...]
Over at InfoWorld I just finished reading an article by Randall C. Kennedy and his assessment of why Microsoft is rushing Windows 7 to market. He believes that Microsoft is not responding to beta testers and their complaints and concerns with the new operating system. But Mr. Kennedy states that:
Development team responses like “won’t fix” [...]
I was just reading an article over at LinuxPlanet that I found interesting and I thought I would share with you. The articles actual deals with who uses Linux and comes up with a very creative theory to show that we are all Linux users.
If you are a Google users you use Linux. How about [...]
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