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No one really questions the fact that at some level, a big motivation behind Google Chrome appears to stem from providing seamless access to Google Applications. All of which happen to be Web-based software.
But did you know that Microsoft also appears to be dabbling in this area as well? Based on the earliest reports, the [...]

It’s bound to happen at one point or another. Your installation of whatever Windows version you happen to use becomes unbootable. You’ve tried fixing the MBR, yet it seems that issues to be had might be malware related at some level.
Thankfully there are a number of freely available LiveCD solutions available that can help. In the [...]

Most of us like to believe that we have a fairly strong handle on what we are doing when traveling with our mobile devices. Most notable among these devices are those using talk time or data usage over mobile phone networks. Unfortunately, the reality of the situation is that most of us have next to [...]

Google Voice is awesome. It’s the greatest service you can’t get yet today. One number for all my phones, for life, replete with text messaging capabilities and a whole slew of cool features.
But, as much as I love Google Voice, I will stand on my soapbox here for a few moments to yell into the [...]

I will go on record once again in saying that for the most part, Windows 7 is vastly better than Vista. Performance is my main sticking point, as I not too long back reported one person that was able to get it running on as little as 128 MB of RAM with a PII processor. [...]

PBS recently aired an episode of Frontline/World that centered on the dumping of e-waste in the African nation of Ghana as well as in China. Some journalism students from the University of British Columbia in Canada traveled there to document the tragic environmental impact of e-waste dumping, as well as some scary discoveries about data [...]

I was forwarded this email today in hopes that I might have some thoughts on the matter. It says:
I was just wondering how you get started in the IT field with just an A+ cert? The problem I am running into is I am trying to change careers and every employer requires at least one [...]

Most of us might think the idea of a self-charging cell phone sounds like something out of science fiction. Yet as you can see here, Nokia has found a way to overcome the problem of the dying cell phone and from the sounds of it, I think it might have a workable solution.
Imagine Nokia phone [...]

It’s something that has been on my mind lately. Which is truly the best remote desktop software available for those not wanting to use Windows own remote desktop software? For some, the best choice might be something like GoToMyPC or LogMeIn. In other cases, RDP solutions are the best fit as they provide zero cost [...]

I must admit, I had no idea that Opera was so instrumental in so many browser innovations that I had either attributed to Netscape/Mozilla. Yet from this article, I found that there are claims of Opera being first on a number of fronts. Most surprisingly, again according to the article, Opera was first to provide [...]

I honestly must say I did not see this one coming. Apparently Sarah Sharp of Intel fame has managed to make sure that Linux will be the first desktop platform to enjoy the benefits of USB 3.0. As you can see from a fairly recent edit of the Wikipedia page for USB, it was speculated [...]

I am still finding myself doing a double take at the prospect of Internet powered washing machines and these same machines now embroiled in what will become what the mobile market place is now: a hotbed of competition.
While some are thinking that Google Android makes a lot of sense in the embedded world for such [...]

Just because I do not live in a Windows world anymore myself does not mean that I am not staying hip to the must have downloads for pretty much any Windows release. Today, I see that Lifehacker posted its top list, so I figured I might post my own to see how it might compare.

Firefox [...]

Normally the prospect of staring at a bundle of wires is not something that gets me too excited. Yet on the flip side, I was a big fan of those old Radio Shack crystal radio kits that allowed you to take practically nothing and “invent” your very own AM radio with relative ease.
Then you have [...]

So it looks like Twitter is on the short list for possible cameo appearances in some reality programs. Despite early thoughts that Twitter might be soon seeing its own reality program, I learned today that this was not entirely true.
Rumors aside, I guess there is something to be said about the level of interaction possible [...]

After reading this alarmist article from Wired, I found myself wanting to provided what is apparently a needed reality check. First of all, most people consider a warrantless search to be done with people who are armed and that are not ASKING to come in. In those instances, if you refuse, you will be moved [...]

It’s actually pretty sad that we need to discuss this, as one might think that this has been resolved by now. But it seems like the issue of using or not using an unencrypted wifi access point is something that is still being debated. While articles like this indicate that there are really no specific [...]

I don’t know for sure if this issue with published blogs on the Kindle is still a problem, but one thing is for sure: Amazon has a PR nightmare on its hands if one is still able to copy blog content on the Kindle for sale as easily as it was described in this article.
Publishing [...]

Lately I have been seeing indications that Microsoft Surface is demonstrating real usability. And this recent article has done a great job of clearly showing off what the Surface table can be used for. But rather than merely rattle off about how awesome this technology is, I would rather show you some of the ways [...]

Both sad and impressive, all at the same time, we see this small country once again take North America to school in making broadband available. And best of all, no government sponsorships were involved for the bulk of it. Yes, this is private enterprise at its finest. What’s the difference from there to here on [...]