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As the world wide recession lingers on and more people struggle to make ends meet, more people are hanging on to their older computer systems. We are all aware that businesses failed to embrace Windows Vista and continue to use the reliable, though aging, Windows XP. But no matter how many consumers or businesses try [...]

Over the years I have experienced the dreaded computer slowdown that plagues us all. But I learned once again why a clean install of the operating system sometimes offers the best results. Let me set the stage for what happened.
I recently replaced my wife’s three year old Gateway laptop with a new Toshiba laptop running [...]

Back in 2007 when Acer bought Gateway, rumor was that Acer was shooting for the #2 position in PC sales. Since Dell had fallen off of their perch as #1, replaced by HP, Acer has been steadily climbing the PC sales ladder. With Gianfranco Lanci behind the Acer helm, the Taiwan based company is quickly [...]

My buddy Charlie [aka Goose] had asked myself and my other good buddy Denny [aka Bugsy], what laptop he should buy? He wants to buy a unit from Costco since they provide an extended warranty plus their pricing for laptops is competitive. He sent us an email yesterday with a HP model he was looking [...]

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical, promises that their Ubuntu Linux is set for a large improvement. His thinking is that Ubuntu needs to develope a better user experience and with this in mind, has hired a group of developers to work on the project. On his blog he states that that the companies goal [...]

As I mentioned on Monday, my wife and I headed for Las Vegas to celebrate our wedding anniversary. After a uneventful flight we landed at the Las Vegas airport at about 3:00 PM PST, and immediately joined in the mass of folks trying to find their shuttle to their hotel [ we stayed at the [...]

It sure didn’t take long for the media to make the new browser from Google called Chrome an entry into the browser wars. I found several articles that were titled:
Google launches web browser in battle with rival Microsoft
Google takes on Microsoft with browser
Inside Chrome: The Secret Project to Crush IE and Remake [...]

When it comes to the Olympics, Google wants you to follow the games on your phone. Google has setup their search engine to stay on top of the entire games, including medal count and to see how each country is doing. Over at the Google Mobile Blog they also state that:
If you’re like me you’ll [...]

As previously reported a San Jose firm named Vastech, Inc, dumped some 1300 rebates into a dumpster. The Santa Clara District Attorney filed charges against the firm and they subsequently were fined $10k. Though the amount just barely covers the cost of the rebates, the fine none the less brings attention to the problem with [...]

There was a time when the only way to buy a descent computer system was to order one directly from the OEM’s. Dell, Gateway among others, were the sole proprietors of the online computer business. This usually required a call to a sales representative who would take your order, and also try to steer the [...]