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This morning, Sunday November 22, 2009, I was watching CNN when an advertisement for Tronix Country caught my attention. The advertisement offered for those without credit or bad credit, a simple financing program to help them get a new computer or other electronic products. The plan as stated on the tube involved sending in $29.95 [...]

Google has some very specific visions on what a Netbook should be and how their new operating system will change how the current crop of Netbooks will change. In a screen shot of their new Chromium operating system, they have three must have features, that the new operating system will have. These are speed, simplicity [...]

Over at Twitter there is a new money maker in which those with a large following are sending advertisements to their followers. The new advertising scheme is being use by celebrities, bloggers and others on Twitter who are allowing advertisers to send to their personal contacts on social networks advertising.
According to a recent Times news [...]

Back on November 21, 2009, I wrote an article about Rupert Murdoch and his threats to Google and how he was going to pull his news content away from search engines. [See my post here] So this morning I read a comment from a reader that stated the following:
You and everyone who blogs is a [...]

When Google made their announcement yesterday [Thursday November 20, 2009], included in their release statement was the fact that their new operating system would be open source. Some of you may not know what open source is. Basically the term means that creative works are shared by anyone and everyone, including modification of the code [...]

I read an article yesterday at PC World about how to buy a new HDTV this holiday season. I read the description between an LCD and Plasma sets, read the reviews about different models and brands, when I recalled the DLP sets. These sets were popular a few years ago, but were not even mentioned [...]

Google has officially announced that it needs developers, partners, and the open source community to get this operating system ready for use by next year. Google states that the new operating system will function entirely in a browser and that all application functions will be done online.
Here is what Google says will be great about [...]

AOL is asking employees for volunteers to leave the company. The other option is to be fired. Sounds like the Titanic, take 2. “We don’t have enough lifeboats, so who wants to stay on board and drown?” As AOL prepares to spin off from its parent company of Time-Warner, the company will need to cut [...]

Dell is slowly closing down their North Carolina facility, which at one time employed 1400 people. By January, 2010 the plant will be vacant and the locals are looking for a new tenant to fill the void. The plant which was opened 4 years ago, promised prosperity for the local township, has left residents angry.
According [...]

In an attempt to reduce energy use for television sets, California will set new regulations for televisions sold after January 1, 2011. The new regulations will be for sets up to 58″ in size. The state says that television sets currently make up about 10% of electrical use for a typical family.
An L.A. Times article [...]

I took me three days to find the answer to this problem so I hope that it helps someone else. If you previously used Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview and attempted to install Microsoft Office 2010 beta, you may have been facing an unhelpful warning, after installing the Technical Preview. The warning states:

Setup is unable [...]

Microsoft is making available a public download of their Office 2010 beta, which incorporates many new features. Also available for download is SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010, and Project 2010 which are available for download at the link below.
So what’s new in this latest Office version?
The betas released today include everything we’ve talked about so [...]

On November 10, 2009, I received a free copy of Diskeeper Professional 2010, from the company, to play with and to see what I thought. Featured in this new version is what is called ‘IntelliWrite’ which the company claims is designed to prevent about 85% of fragmentation before it happens.
According to the Diskeeper web [...]

We have all seen those web ads on some e-tailers which offer either a Web loyalty reward or a discount coupon of some type, During a recent Senate investigation it is being alleged that these companies are being passed on your credit card information. Some consumers are now complaining that they are being charged a [...]

Reliability for notebook computers according to a publication by Square Trade rates Asus as the most reliable and HP the least reliable. So who is Square Trade? It is a company that offers warranties on computer systems and its results were based on 30,000 notebooks that required repairs. The chart below shows which computers it [...]

AT&T is suing Verizon stating that its ‘There’s A Map For That’ misleads consumers. If you are not familiar with this advertisement, it basically shows two maps of the United States. One in red which represents the Verizon wireless coverage and one in blue, representing AT&T. The blue map seems to indicate that Verizon has [...]

I have a friend who sent me an email last night, asking what was a good tutorial, manual or book to get for users of Windows 7? I really didn’t have an answer since I haven’t bought any reference books in a decade for Windows. I did recall that the Simplified series were great for [...]

First there was this article from the New York Times which stated:
Americans, it turns out, are less willing than people in many other Western countries to pay for their online news, according to a new study by the Boston Consulting Group.
Among regular Internet users in the United States, 48 percent said in the survey, conducted [...]

The people in Russia are not to happy with one segment of the new Modern Warfare 2 game, that could be interpreted as portraying Russians as terrorists. The segment causing much discussion involves a Russian airport in which players must decide whether to fire on Russian citizens or not. This has caused Russians authorities to [...]

This may come as a little surprising coming from the worlds largest retailer, but Walmart is predicting that sales may be flat this holiday season. This will not be good news for many retailers that are struggling to survive. Walmart is actually enjoying increased sales for 2009, since more people are looking for ways to [...]