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In the October issues of PC World they have listed Easy Duplicate File Finder, as their tool of the month. In essence the tool will find and locate duplicate files that are no longer needed and free up hard disk space. Sounded good to me so I download a copy, which is a freebie.
I ran [...]

Comcast has submitted to the FCC a network management plan they are using during peak usage times, in order to eliminate slowdowns on their system. They describe the system as not being tied to content that the subscriber is downloading, which in itself is good news, since Comcast has been accussed of throttling back on [...]

The train accident in Los Angeles is going to bring up a very important subject. The investigation seems to indicate that the engineer was texting while operating the train. The accident was caused when the train blew past a red light signal and crashed into a freight train. The result cost the engineer his life [...]

Most of us will agree that the new Netbooks will make lugging that laptop through airports and while traveling easier than their heavier laptop cousins. But I read an article that seems to indicate that Netbooks are limited. The author states that without Internet access, the Netbooks are nothing more than scratch pads. But is [...]

Microsoft Windows XP - the operating system that will not go away is now getting a third lease on a life and could be extended even further.Microsoft is finding itself between a rock and a hard place when it comes to Windows XP and its life expectancy. The company had planned on dumping XP and [...]

For most of us who are using Firefox, we are aware that the Profile that Firefox creates is an important part of the browsing experience. But if your profile is damaged, for whatever reason, a backup copy of the Profile can come in handy. FEBE is an add-on that takes the pain out of doing [...]

For years I have used and recommended CCleaner to my friends, family & clients. So when I received an email asking about my thoughts about Clary Utilities, I had to admit that I had not heard of it. So I went over to the Clary Utilities web site for a look-see and decided to download [...]

So I’m surfing the Internet when I run across an article that catches my eye, in which the author is asking why we continue to use Microsoft Office when Open Office is free.  Hmm…………….interesting. So I think about myself and what I use. You guessed it. I’m a Microsoft Office slave. But the question is [...]

In my original article about Microsoft & Kaiser Permanente joining in an effort to store patient records [here], one reader asked a question that I found interesting.
Reader leftystrat states:
I’ve been watching this unfold. We seem to have `progressed’ from the concept of electronic records directly to the debate on which service to use to store [...]

I wasn’t actually looking for his story or even one similar, but when I read this article in the San Jose Mercury News, it sparked another issue that may be happening sooner than we think. For those of you like myself, who use air miles, this article should raise your brow because I wonder how [...]

Well my new toy arrived last Friday, February 29th 2008, right in the middle of a family illness. On Wednesday it was 911 time with my wife doubled over in pain for what was later determined to be a bowel obstruction. So between hospital visits and traveling back and forth to the hospital, I was [...]