opinion

Over at the Washington Post it appears that one of their editors got himself into a pickle when he posted his opinion to friends and associates on Twitter. The Tweets covered some of the political hot topics that currently are in the news, including being covered by the Washington Post. So now the newspaper has [...]

Google Blogging For Dummies, written by Susan Gunelius, is described by reviewers as a beginning guide for newbies who want to blog. But is it enough to get a person who hasn’t blogged before started in the right direction?
Here is why I am asking. My wife received an email from a nephew who inquired [...]

I just happened to stumble onto an article by Mark Cuban and his take why everything that is free will eventually fail. He makes mention of some of the web’s favorite freebies such as Twitter, Facebook, and also Google. His theory is that there is what are called “Black Swans” who will have a better [...]

As I have previously mentioned I purchased a 2009 Nissan Rogue last month that came with a CVT transmission. Nissan provides this type of transmission with several of their different models and the CVT has become standard equipment on some of their models.
What is a CVT transmission? Over at HowStuffWorks they provide diagrams and this [...]

A Harvard Law professor by the name of Charles Nesson states that P2P file sharing is fair use. He bases his claim on current law and has testified in court.  The bases of his contention is this:
Wholesale copying of music on P2P networks is fair use. Statutory damages can’t be applied to P2P users. File-swapping results [...]

I have been considering Vonage as our home telephone provider, since their rates are lower than what is being offered by the traditional POTS companies. So my question is short and simple.
If you are using Vonage what are your thoughts on the service?
Comments welcome.

Once again the movie companies are out to stop copying of their DVD movies, this time suing RealNetworks. The studios claim that RealNetworks $30 software program, which allows the copying of movies, violates their rights to protect the movies. RealNetworks claims that their software does not infringe on the studios rights and that they have [...]

Over at ZD-Net, two well respected technology writers are bringing up a few facts, rumors, that may spell out what Windows 7 may be. Both Mary Jo Foley and Ed Bott who have both been following the ins and outs of Microsoft for many years, have presented some interesting points of view as to where [...]

Back In January of this year, Scot Finnie of Scot’s Newletter wrote a lengthy review of Online Armor Firewall, which he felt was the best firewall on the market. Scot wrote a glowing report on how he felt that OAF was better than Comodo or other firewalls that he tested. I trust Scot’s opinion and [...]

Last evening I was watching the History Channel and a advertisement came on for a web site called FinallyFast.com. It claimed to be a all in one, PC fix, for any slow computer system.  So this morning I went to the site to take a look at what FinallyFast had to offer.
I was stopped dead in [...]

Over at the San Jose Mercury News they have an article about how PG&E and Southern California Edison will be testing an electric vehicle. The car is from Mitsubishi car company of Japan and is called a ‘i MiEV’ and is totally electric. The vehicle also boasts several different types of charging from standard [...]

So what is a blog anyway? Is it just a collection of ideas being shared by one person? Or is it a Personal Blog? Personal in that it reflects the blogger only and doesn’t represent anyone else or any company. This is what the author of The Patry Copyright Blog is stating for the reason [...]

I’ve been using Microsoft Windows before it was even a Window :-). But I can’t recall any operating system that has received such a negative reception as Vista has gotten. Yes. There have been problems when other operating systems were first introduced. Yes. We struggled with patches and fixes before getting things right. But I [...]

Every time I have previously written about Firefox 2 and the huge amount of RAM that it consumed, I got all kinds of criticism not only from readers, but also from the folks at Mozilla. So when I started testing Firefox 3 betas and noticed little difference in the amount of memory usage, I again [...]

You’ve heard of the next wave of computers, those little laptops which go by various names, UMPC, Netbook, or even mini-laptops. But I was surprised when I read one person’s review who doesn’t care for the little guys. The review was based on a mini using Windows XP. He even admits that he hasn’t used [...]

WOW! It isn’t often that we get to hear from Richard Stallman, a free software advocate, but when we do the Linux world takes notice. Mr. Stallman is addressing the problem of using what is called ‘Oyster’ which is a contactless cards used on London’s underground rail system. In his opinion the ‘Oyster’ [...]