Google is offering a new tool called Urchin Software that can analyze web traffic on your site. It can report on where your customers are coming from and what converts them into customers. The product is still in beta and the download is just a little over 150 MB in size, so a fast internet [...]
Back on September 23, 2007 [ here ] I wrote an article about a problem for the two wire adapter on some Apple computer systems. Since than readers have posted the problems they have encountered and also the high cost of replacing the power adapter. Yesterday I received this comment from a reader who [...]
Make sure your system is up to date and that you have the latest protections in place.
AVG anti-virus: 02/02/08
Norton anti-virus: 01/30/08
McAfee anti-virus: 01/30/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 01/31/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 01/30/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 01/31/08
Nod32: 02/01/08
Updates as of February 3 , 2008 6:00am CDT.
Yesterday Microsoft sent a love letter to Yahoo asking the search company to be their Valentine. Over at ZD-Net UK they have posted the letter for you to read signed at the end by Steve Ballmer. It basically states:
I am writing on behalf of the Board of Directors of Microsoft to make a proposal for [...]
Several days ago I wrote about using an older version of Sygate as a firewall protection and received this response in the comments section from reader Zenium Tech:
Hi Ron.
I’ve been using agnitum outpost www.agnitum.com) for over 5 years nows. Like sysgate, outpost is low on resources and not too annoying (OK the pop-ups for dll’s [...]
I haven’t tried either of these programs but wanted to provide this information for you brave souls who may want to give it a try. vLite for Vista is described on the software’s web site as being:
vLite is a tool for customizing the Windows Vista installation [...]
Diskeeper 2008 Pro is a software program that is specifically designed to improve system performance by providing a professional solution to the problem of fragmented hard drives. Even though hard disks have come a long way in design and performance during the past decade, the problem of fragmented files is still a concern. The basic [...]
This morning I received an article from Microsoft discussing 6 ways to increase the performance of Windows. After reading the list of performance tweaks, most of which is very basic in nature, I pondered if I should even post an article on this. But than I recalled that not everyone who comes to LG [...]
During the past few weeks there have been more rumors about when Microsoft will be really releasing Windows 7 the follow-up act to Vista. 2009, 2010, 2011 have all been batted around. I was able to speak with an insider, who knows a friend, of a friend, that knows a person who is a janitor [...]
When the subject of firewalls comes up I usually cringe. This topic is akin to discussing which is better, AMD or Intel or Windows vs Apple? We all have our personal favorites and I try to steer clear of the zealots and fanboys who love to profess their preferences.
Over the years I have tried many [...]
I was roaming around the Internet yesterday and spotted an advertisement on a computer sight for a free registry scan. So I took a look at the ad for Uniblue’s Registry Booster version 2 which also had ravings from such groups as C/Net Editors Choice, ZD-Net Editors Choice, People’s Choice, Tucows and others. Accroding to [...]
Over at National Cyber Security there is an interesting article about the new directions that Symantec may be considering. The company is looking into the Spy Software business. According to the article, which also includes a quote from Symantec’s Gerry Egan, director of product management in which he states:
Parents get a report showing all the [...]
Be aware that Microsoft is giving all users of Office 2003 a months warning that SP3 will be apart of Windows Update service. This means that SP3 could inadvertently be installed onto your system. You may recall that there were some issues with SP3 for Office for both versions 2003 and 2007 when they were [...]
Over at The Consumerist web site they have a story about a person who states he has been battling with a Dell laptop trying to get it repaired. The story includes a wide variety of fixes and repairs that the person alleges have been done during the past 3 years. Part of the tale of [...]
Over at the Sunbelt blog Alex Eckelberry is taking on Snopes and there use of malware. Seems that Snopes has decided to make money by using a malware by Zango product which is allegedly infested with adware. In his article Alex states:
Not an urban legend: Snopes pushes Zango [...]
OK. You find yourself lost in the jungle somewhere in Asia. What you are doing in the jungle I have no idea. But your cell has lost it’s power. No problem. You just find yourself some peepal leaves which I am guessing comes from a peepal tree[?] and you can recharge your cell phone. Just [...]
Oops! Seems like Qtrax might of jumped the gun on their reporting that they had the blessings of the music industry. Shame, shame Qtrax. Your company is already starting on shaky ground which is not going to build customer loyalty. Seems after the report I made yesterday about Qtrax [here] the crap hit the fan.
The [...]
If you want to get nostalgic or are just interested in some of the first computer system, drop on over to the Obsolete Technology Website. There you will find just about every computer system that has been developed since the PC became a part of our vocabulary. There are also some very interesting facts about [...]
Yesterday I was making the rounds on the Internet and ran into an interesting story about a person getting a Windows tax refund for a Dell system purchased in the Netherlands. The story stated that the person bought a Dell 530 desktop system which came with Vista preinstalled. Seems that the 530 is not available [...]
There is a new kid on the block which is still in beta form and calls itself Qtrax. According to their web site they are offering free and legal music downloads. On their site they state:
Qtrax is the world’s first free and legal peer-to-peer (P2P) digital music site. Music lovers can discover new music and [...]
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