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Microsoft Releases Beta For Windows Live Calendar

Microsoft is making available for download, a Windows Live Calendar that can be synchronized with Outlook. Called Outlook Connector, the beta software is described by Microsoft as:
Microsoft has just released a new version of the Outlook Connector, giving users access to the Windows Live services through Outlook. In what will be a popular move (judging […]

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The Microsoft Tax That Can’t Be Beat

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 […]

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One Man’s Problem Getting His Printer To Work With Vista - Amazing!

I just read a story over at Tood Bishops blog in which he describes one man’s fight to get his printer working with his Vista computer. Normally this wouldn’t be much of a story, but what was amazing, to say the least, it took someone from Microsoft to actually figure out what the problem was. […]

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MA State Worker Charges Dismissed For Child Porn

Am employee for the State Of Massachusetts has just had his previous chargers against him dismissed after it was proved he was the victim of spam. Seems that a state issued laptop was in the hands of the alleged suspect, when his superiors discovered child pron on his system. The employee was terminated, charged with […]

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Is It Really ‘Vista Bashing’ If You Dislike The New OS?

I was reading an article in Vista News last night, in which there was an article about  ‘Vista Bashing’, which was described as the new  ‘National Pastime’. The basics of what the article was trying to present, was the fact that people have always bashed Microsoft and any of their previous operating systems, and that […]

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Not All Firefox Extensions Are Open Source

I had always believed that the extensions provided by the Mozilla team were all open source and did not require a license. So when I received this link for Terms and Conditions for the popular StumbleUpon Toolbar, I was somewhat surprised. According to the email I received, the concept that ALL extensions for Firefox are […]

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Repeat After Me…..There Is No gPhone, There Is No gPhone

I must admit that I am totally confused when it comes to what Google is really doing, but it now appears there is some possible clarification on the matter. Google is interested in developing Android, which will be the key software that runs on mobile devices. Google is not going to produce their own gPhone […]

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Windows Vista SP1 - Read This First KB935796

For those of you who are running Windows Vista on their systems, you should read the following Microsoft KB article, before installing SP1. It is still surprising that folks are running into problems with Zone Alarm, after SP1 is installed, since Microsoft has addressed this problem way back in March, 2008. Yet I still see […]

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RegCure - Effective Software Or Con Job?

I’m surfing the Internet when I run into an article about how to cure registry problems. The articles explains how the Windows Registry can become corrupted with malware, spyware and other intrusive files. The author goes on to explain in detail how this can slow down your PC. So far so good. But there is […]

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Symantec Finally Admits Its Software Slows Down A PC

I think you better sit down before I tell you that Symantec has finally realized that its software slows down a PC. No duh! For any of us in the computer field, we know that taking Symantec software product off of a PC breathes new life into the machine. The system jumps back to life […]