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Microsoft has taken off the wraps for its new MSN site and is offering a preview. Microsoft is also offering free Hotmail email with 5 GB of storage plus some additional features that Microsoft has stated users wanted. For instance, the new site appears to be less cluttered than the older MSN site is. Users [...]

As many of you know, I bought my wife a new Toshiba laptop computer last week, that came with Windows 7 Home Premium edition pre-installed. The system also came with a variety of trial ware programs which included, Wild Tanget games, Microsoft Activation Assistant, Microsoft Home and Office, Netzero Installer, Quickbooks Trial, Norton Security, Norton [...]

Though I am not a Mac user nor an Apple product user, I always enjoy seeing what the people at Apple introduce. Their latest introductions can only be described with one word: WOW! Their new products include a redesigned entry-level MacBook, the iMac, and the Mac mini. Oh, yeah. They even have a new mouse. [...]

Firefox 3.5 is only 3 months old, but it appears that the folks at Mozilla may be ready to replace it. The reasoning is that the newest version is based on a new Gecko engine that may improve performance. If you would like to try the beta [test] version you will be able to download [...]

ZillionTV has a plan that could change the way we watch television. The service, which is currently in its infancy, is making promises on how we will be able to watch TV by choosing the ads we want to see in order to have free service. There will also be an offering for a pay [...]

Google and newspapers have been at odds recently since the newspapers view Google as cutting into their profit margin. But Google is trying to mend some fences with a new feature they call Google Fast Flip. On  Google blog they state that this new feature will:
One problem with reading news online today is that browsing [...]

I just read an article about what the author described as the ‘dirty little secret’ about Linux. It isn’t about some dark secret hidden in the Linux code, rather it is Linux users themselves and how they treat new Linux users. I have tried various Linux distributions during the past decade, many which I have [...]

I recently read an article about a new kid on the block known as Blekko, that is receiving funding to start a new search company. Interesting. They must have something up their sleeve that may make Blekko different, since the company has received over $17M in funding. So I went over the Blekko site and [...]

For years Linux has tried to become a viable operating system, but has garnered less than 1% of the market place. Though Mac users proclaim the simplicity of the Apple operating system, the high price of their hardware has kept many of us from making the switch. Microsoft with their Windows system still has a [...]

About twenty minutes ago I get an email from Circuit City advertising all kinds of electronic products. At first I thought it might be a spyware email so I didn’t click on anything. But I did go over to circuitcity.com and sure enough, Circuit City is back from the grave. According to a press release it [...]

Maybe Google is a little worried about Bing after all. Google now has a Explore Google Search page in which they describe what they do. They also have introductions to their staff as well as user stories. Google also takes an in depth view of what exactly their search engine can do like finding out [...]

Three years ago Microsoft entered into the anti-virus software market with their Live OneCare. Live OneCare bit the dust because, well, no one cared. The thinking back than was that Microsoft would steal away business from the likes of Symantec and McAfee. But this didn’t happen. Now Microsoft is getting ready to unveil Morro, which [...]

Google Android, the operating system that could change the way we compute, may be coming our way in the third quarter of this year. The folks at Acer have plans to possibly introduce a Netbook using the Android OS. You may recall that Acer was the company that was highly critical of Microsoft when the [...]

Over at the Google blog they have listed several changes to their ’suggest’ feature that Google says will speed up results. The new ’suggest’ features are feature rich, and who better to describe the what they have done than Google themselves. Here is what Google has to say about the new features:
Suggestions on the results [...]

If you haven’t dropped by Linux.com recently you will be in for a surprise. The site has a new look and is loaded with hot Linux information. Besides news, community and a distribution center, they also host a learning center. The new look is sure to attract more visitors to the site now that the site [...]

Intel will be introducing two new mini motherboards after the first half of the year. Both of the new boards will feature the Atom processor and have passive cooling. The new form factor is intended for home entertainment use and other computing needs where space is a factor. The boards also will incorporate both DVI [...]

Yipes. I hope this is not true since I buy some of my stuff from TigerDirect, but the allegations from Dell are many. It seems that at one time TigerDirect was a reseller for Dell computers, but was also buying Dell computers from other sources. This is where the lawsuit stems from.
Dell alleges the following:
In [...]

There is a new kid on the block called Hunch. What makes Hunch different is that it is a decision making tool to assist those who join in making decisions. The people who run the site best describe what their site is all about in the following FAQ section. It states that:

What is Hunch?
Hunch is [...]

In Midtown Manhattan recently four brand new shiney 2010 Chevy Camaro’s drew attention when they were paraded before news folks and consumers alike. The new Chevy’s are the work of the masters of design from GM who have been trying to come up with a model since the Camaro was originally discontinued in 2002. Which [...]

Microsoft has announced that their new and improved Internet Explorer 8 will be available today, March 19th, 2009 at noon EDT. The Redmond giant describes the new broweser as faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Sounds famaliar doesn’t it.
On their blog [...]