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At the 2009 Professional Developers Conference a couple of days ago Microsoft gave a quick preview of the next version of Internet Explorer - version 9.  What they showed was a browser that was moving slowly towards being standards compliant, to a certain degree.  The point was made that standards were not everything, and that [...]

The issue of shovel-ware has long been a thorn in the side of Microsoft and its attempts at improving the Windows experience.  Companies such as Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and Sony have a nasty habit of loading up computers with trial software and redundant programs that duplicate the functionality of Windows.  I can’t help but [...]

I keep reading stories about how the long rumored Apple tablet computer is just around the corner and how great it will be.  People on sites like Macrumors.com and technology blogs all seem to be looking forward to the day when they can finally see this mythical computing device brought forth by Steve Jobs at some [...]

Now that 7 is out and seemingly doing well, we can finally turn our attention to the next version of Windows and what it needs to improve upon over the older version of Windows.  Now, with the 7 just being sold, it would be hard to try and pick apart the software issues and compatibility [...]

It was recently reported that jail-broken iPhone users in Australia were getting hit by a virus that was changing their desktop backgrounds to a picture of Rick Astley with an ominous message that “ikee is never going to give you up”.  While the attack may seem humorous to the outside observer, it is probably pretty [...]

Last week I was presented with a choice - I needed to get a new computer to replace one that had recently broken and I had a little over a thousand dollars to spend on it.  Windows 7 had just come out a few days prior and it was getting largely good reviews.  I had [...]

I recently started a  new job where we use Windows XP in a corporate environment; I have to say the change has been less than enjoyable.  At my previous job we worked with iMacs running 10.5 Leopard and I got quite used to the little time savers and shortcuts on the Mac that could allow [...]

The biggest problem I heard about Windows Vista was that it broke people’s old programs.  No one wanted to change their lives around by purchasing new printers, peripherals, or software to do the work that they had gotten done with few problems in XP.  Here comes Windows 7 and it has not promised any new [...]

It was reported on MSNBC that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is going to increase the standards by which they measure cars in crash tests.  What that means is that a car that may have gotten a 5-star crash test rating a year ago could suddenly plummet to a 3-star rating without performing any [...]

I recently upgraded to the latest version of OS X, 10.6.1 and ever since then I have been having problems with sites that use Adobe’s Flash software. The problem isn’t isolated to a few specific sites, it is every site that uses Flash. I have tried with Safari, Opera, and Firefox and they all have [...]