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Dell and Paramount Pictures are joining forces to bring digital content to new computers. Consumers will have the option to have preinstalled movies loaded onto their new computers during the ordering process. Currently only Iron Man will be available, but more should be following. Dell is hoping that the new format will be successful, since [...]

After the failed Seinfeld-Gates advertisements, Microsoft has changed gears and is now doing what can be called ‘Are you a PC?’ ads on television. Basically the ads feature people from all walks of life stating they are a PC, which one could guess means that they use a PC. But is Microsoft skipping the important [...]

Google labs has a new site which provide specific quotes automatically for you. There is only one small problem with the service, which is stated on the Google quotes site:

Quotes and their speakers are determined automatically by a computer program and we don’t guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information you may see. The [...]

Last evening Microsoft unveiled its lastest barge of what are supposedly anti-Apple commercials, this time having people saying ‘I’m A PC’. As I sat there in disbelief at the lameness of the commercial, I looked over to my wife who asked me ‘what was that about?’ The only response I could think of was that [...]

Need more computing power? Cray and Microsoft have teamed up to bring you a super computer which they state will fit inside of a small closet. The new super computer uses Microsoft’s HPC Server 2008 operating system and according to this article will eventually be on sale at Amazon. Price? A cool $25 grand. Not [...]

Over the years I would venture to guess, that many of us have tried a multitude of software or hardware devices that promised improved speeds on our systems. As much as we hate to admit it, most of these products provided limited improvement to our system performance. So when I read about Intel’s Turbo Memory, [...]

Every once in awhile, I read an article that jogs my memory as to why it is so hard to diagnosis computer problems, especially when one tries to do it by telephone or by email.  For those of us who repair computers, you know exactly what I am talking about. It is those phone calls [...]

So I am roaming around the Internet when I find this article about anti-viruses and some of the testing done by Consumer Reports. I also discovered in my searching a  an interesting article at the Washington Post in which some of the anti-virus companies and others chastised the way Consumer Reports tested the software. It [...]

If you are in the market to buy a new LCD TV or computer monitor, you may wish to wait a while since it appears there may be a glut of the new TVs and monitors in the marketplace.  Demand for the LCDs has cooled while supplies are on the rise, leaving some to believe [...]

Gartner in a press release feels that a $100 computer is still some 3 years away from becoming a reality. Though it was hoped that a netbook would be the first to hit this barrier, at least for college students, the research firm feels that prices will not fall for the next 2 to 3 [...]

Dell has introduced a new computer which it calls ‘New Studio Hybrid’. The cases are smallish and have a stylish case. Dell states that the new systems will come with 6 interchangeable color sleeves to match any decor. The basics of the trimmed down systems is that they using mobile technology in a small desktop [...]

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 [...]

The next wave of small computers is set to hit the market place, with tens of millions being sold during the last half of 2008. But the computer industry is not excited about these new devices, since they view these smaller systems will cut into their already slim profit margins. Since some of these units [...]

I received an advertisement from Wal-Mart in the mail this morning, which featured a Toshiba laptop for $399. I have always thought that Toshiba made a fine laptop product and have recommended the Toshiba models to clients for years. What surprised me about this model is that it also featured a 15.4″ true bright screen.
The [...]

In a not so surprising move, Apple has finally decided to sue Psystar, who uses a modified version of Apple’s OS X operating system software. Psystar sells what are called Open Computer and touts their systems as:
The highly extensible Open Computer is a configuration of PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels. [...]

Touted as the world’s oldest blogger, Olive Riley of Australia has died in a nursing home at the age of 108 years old.  After a film was done on her ventures in blogging, Olive had maintained a large following on her site. According to a news article it stated:
In her last post, she wrote fondly [...]

As many of you know, I also write computer articles for a newspaper in California. This morning I received this message from a reader in response to an article I had done about upgrading to Windows Vista. After reading the email, I thought this would be something I could share with my readers here at [...]

Microsoft has been and still is the company that everyone loves to hate. In this article by Richard Stallman, the criticisms continue. Most of what Mr. Stallman states has been said before. That Microsoft is a big bully that controls the computer market by fear and intimidation. But the article also states that other software [...]

Now this is strange. According to a Texas law passed in 2007, anyone who repairs a computer in which they access personal data on the system, must have a private investigators license. In general the law states the following according the article at The Daily Texan:
According to the law passed in the 2007 Texas [...]

Here is a name from the past that struck terror for us computer users which first introduced the dreaded spyware into our lives. Claria Corp. was one of the first spyware companies that did incredible amounts of damage to computers around the world. Now there is a new variant of spyware from a company by [...]