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Thursday night I received an email from a old client of mine which stated that their computer would no longer recognize nor play music CDs on their DVD player. Being lazy and not in the mood to type out an entire list of directions on how to fix the problem, I opted for a quick [...]

Dell appears to have a site that is designed to attract the ladies to their computers. The distinctive look of the site does have a flair, mainly in the colors and designs being offered, to attact the female consumer. But some are claiming that Dell is going to far in sterotyping woman. Some are saying that [...]

Asus is about to unveil a keyboard PC which also features a 5″ display built into the board as well. The keyboard will house an Atom 270 processor, 32GB SSD, 802.11n, Bluetooth, HDMI-out, stereo speakers, and a 5 inch touch screen. Those are fairly impressive specifications.
This is what the model will look like:
Currently the keyboard PC [...]

I was over at InformationWeek reading an article about Windows 7 to boost Hyper-Threading support. A senior VP for Windows development stated the following:
“The work that we’ve done in Windows 7 in the scheduler and the core of the system to take full advantage of those capabilities, ultimately we think we can deliver a great [...]

HP - Compaq is recalling about 70,000 laptop batteries that may be a fire hazard. The recall as spelled out by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission states the following information:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of [...]

Today Google experienced some slowdowns that have been reported on the Internet. Over at their blog site they have posted an explanation of what happened:
Imagine if you were trying to fly from New York to San Francisco, but your plane was routed through an airport in Asia. And a bunch of other planes were sent [...]

Toshiba is introducing their newest notebook computer with a whopping 512 GB SSD drive. Toshiba claims that this is the worlds largest SSD to date being offered to the market place. Toshiba is also offering this computer for sale at their online store.
Toshiba issued the following statement about the new system:
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), reinforcing [...]

If you are a Google Gmail user, the search giant now has a new application that can round up all of your contacts and import them into the cloud. Called Google Contact Manager, the software can round up your contacts from popular email programs and other email systems such as Hotmail and bring them all [...]

Craigslist has felt the pressure from state agencies as well as the public and is changing their policy as it pertains to their erotic services section. In 7 days Craigslist will remove this topic from their ad sections. In its place will be an adult section in which ads will be manually approved. According to [...]

If you are interested in real estate you may wish to drop by The Clozing. This real estate site attempts to gather information from the major news agencies such as the AP, and categorize the information in an attempt to make the information more readily available. The authors state that their site is currently in [...]

Adobe has a bunch of security fixes for their products and I highly recommend you get the fixes to prevent your system from being compromised. The fixes are free and cover the following products:

SUMMARY
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9.1 and Acrobat 9.1 and earlier versions. This vulnerability (CVE-2009-1492) would cause the [...]

For those of us who have been around computers since the first PC’s were introduced, we are familiar with the era when Intel was the only game in town. Intel charged what they wanted and there was little we could do about it. But AMD came along and gave the big CPU boys a moderate run [...]

Dell is offering for sale their new Inspiron 10v Netbook for $299. The little guy comes with the following features:

Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition SP3
Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam

Obsidian Black
Wireless 802.11g (1397) Mini Card

Intel® Atom Processor® N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)
24WHr Lithium-Ion Battery (3-cell)

10.1″ Widescreen Display (1024×576)
120GB, 2.5inch, 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service
1GB [...]

During the past couple of weeks of playing with Windows 7 RC version, I personally have found no bugs to report. This version of Windows, in my opinion, appears to be ready for prime time. I sent Microsoft a short blurb with my opinion during a recent survey I completed. But I am being over [...]

When Netbooks were first introduced, Linux provided a simple solution to keep the price down on the pint sized laptops. As Netbooks gained popularity, Microsoft took notice and began offering Windows XP for as little as $15 per machine. Rumors began to surface that people who bought Linux Netbooks were sending them back since they [...]

There is going to be a mini camera in your future if a company in San Jose has it way. These pint size cameras are being designed for use in everything from our cell phones, digital camera’s and just about anything where a camera can be placed. The new technology which uses shorter electrical connections between [...]

Anyone who thinks that the holocaust did not happen now has a place to vent their opinions. It seems that Facebook allows discussion about what the Nazis did to the Jewish people during World War II. What is amazing is some of the hatred that is being spread by those that deny the holocaust happened and [...]

The computer world is a buzz with the news about XP Mode and the possible ramifications of a lack of support for virtualization by Intel. It seems that some of Intel’s chips, even some of their very latest, do not support XP Mode in Windows 7. It has also been alleged that this could be [...]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 05/10/09
Avast: 05/08/09
Norton anti-virus: 05/06/09
McAfee anti-virus: 05/06/09
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 05/08/09
Spybot Search and Destroy: 05/06/09
Microsoft Windows Defender: 05/06/09
Nod32: 05/08/09

Updates as of May 10, 2009 6:00am CDT.

You’ve seen the Vizio TV’s most likely in a Wal Mart, Costco or Sams club. You may have wondered about the quality and performance of these low priced TV’s. During this time of economic uncertainty, people seem to be flocking to this low price leader. Vizio has wrestled top honors away from Samsung and now [...]