It seems that Steve Ballmer, the current CEO of Microsoft, is stating that it is the testers’ failure to provide feedback for the reason that Vista was not well received. He also states the the testing results for Vista was good, as it is for Windows 7. Therefore one cannot judge how good an operating [...]
Bloggers were scrambling for clarification after the FTC announced its new rules on how disclosure of freebies or endorsements would have to be done. The FTC wants to clean up the way bloggers do business when it comes to being paid or receiving freebies by companies. But what struck home was the ‘$11,000′ fine that [...]
The art of choosing a smart password has been lost for many who use the Internet. Some newbies assume that using their middle name, numbers from their home address, birth date, or other easy to remember password is enough to keep them safe. On the flip side we have those who use a complicated formula [...]
The folks over at Skype, the free VoIP company, are happy that AT&T has opened their 3G network for their clients to use. In a blog post, the Skype team states that its offering of an iPhone and iPod touch device application is now on 10% of the Apple products. The blog posting also states [...]
AVG Technologies has not been sitting on its rump and has taken seriously user feedback about some of the issues we have all experienced when using AVG. For those of us who have used AVG for a number of years, we know that scanning a computer can be a long process. We also know that [...]
In what I can only describe as a surprising statement, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has actually admitted that Vista was less than a stellar operating system. In a recent statement Mr. Ballmer said:
The company’s reputation took a beating after the release of Vista, which caused machines to stall indefinitely while deleting, copying [...]
In what is being described as a ‘groundbreaking agreement’ by some, Verizon and Google are joining forces for a collaboration of a new network plus an Android platform.The joint ventures between the two companies may provide consumers with the leading edge for mobile applications, services and other devices. By combining the nations’ largest 3G network [...]
The FTC is changing the way bloggers and others must disclose endorsements of products whether for pay or for receiving free products. When I first read the proposal my first thought was that I have received a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate since I was a beta tester. So if I write anything about [...]
The FBI is warning social networking site users of the potential of having their accounts compromised. It seems that the bad guys are now scamming users out of their account information which they can use to attack your computer. The scams usually starts with a spam message that an unsuspecting user responds to and then [...]
AVG Technologies has announced that its latest anti-virus software, AVG 9 with added protections, will remain free. The new software is expected to be released in mid-October and is specifically slated to counter the introduction by Microsoft of the Microsoft Security Essentials anti-virus program. Everyone always asks: Why does anyone give away software? Isn’t it [...]
One of the minor complaints about Windows Vista was the way the User Account Control notification system annoyed the heck out of some people. During the following few years of using the operating system, there were 3rd party applications available that could control how and when the User Account Control behaved. Now with the introduction [...]
Samsung along with T-Mobile and introducing a Google Android powered phone coming our way just before the holidays. The joint venture includes a ‘cube’ operated system which is claimed to make using the phone easier.
According to a recent news article it states the following:
The sleek touch-screen phone is [...]
I’ve been using Vonage for one year, and after getting the kinks worked out, the service works very well. For $25 a month you get unlimited phone calls, both local & long distant plus international calling to certain countries. Vonage is now expanding to include services for mobile devices, including the BlackBerry, iPhones and iPod [...]
I was checking the Best Buy web site yesterday, Sunday October 4, 2009, when I spotted their weekly advertisement and decided to see what deals were available. I spotted what I believe is a great value at a great price. The package included a Panasonic 50″ 1080p Plasma HDTV plus a 7.1 home theater with [...]
Back on September 20, 2009, I wrote a piece about the new Amazon house brand called AmazonBasic. [See here] I had mentioned that I had ordered Amazon’s 100 pack of DVDs and would report back on what I thought about these disks. Since I ordered the disks I noticed on the Amazon site that the [...]
Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.
AVG anti-virus: 10/04/09
Avast: 10/03/09
Norton anti-virus: 09/30/09
McAfee anti-virus: 09/30/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 10/02/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 09/30/09
Microsoft Security Essentials: 09/30/09
Nod32: 10/01/09
Updates as of October 4, 2009 6:00am CDT.
Scalable Vector Graphics have the support of most of the major browsers including Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera. But few web sites currently support this feature. Google and others are going to try and change this. So why should we be interested in this feature?
SVG promises to change the way we view web sites:
Bitmap images, [...]
Profitability has been elusive for the publishing companies but they may have stumbled on a way to turn things around. The people over at Time Inc. have come up with the idea of a Hulu for publishing. Time Inc, seems to be attracting some other notables like publishers of Hearst and Condé Nast may [...]
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows XP Mode has gone RTM and will be available for download on October 22nd, 2009. For those who are not familiar with Windows XP Mode, it is designed to run inside of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions. The Microsoft blog entry also states that:
Windows XP Mode is designed to [...]
I just read over at the AppleInsider that Apple has applied to the FCC for two new devices using Bluetooth, one is a keyboard and the other is a new mouse design.
But what I found odd is this statement:
The new hardware, people familiar with the matter have said, will do away with the mechanical roller [...]
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