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2007 August 07

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Building An HTPC: Housing the Components

    Home Theater PCs are becoming a feature of many living rooms these days, as the purveyors of all the assorted items use the word convergence as a mantra.
    For those who want to have the outside of the machine look as impressive as the guts, it is imperative that some serious thought is given to […]

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Microsoft Issues Two Vista Updates

“In retrospect it becomes clear that hindsight is definitely overrated!” - Alfred E. Neuman
While many would applaud the release of these updates, the majority opinion of the Vista users I connect with is that this is too little, too late.
Many of the users who have been trying to give Vista a decent chance at […]

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AT&T Announces WiMax in Juneau

AT&T subsidiary AT&T Alascom has announced the availability of WiMax broadband service for residents of Juneau, Alaska. The service will start at $19.95 per month and is a welcome addition to the Alaska landscape, which doesn’t always lend itself to conventional technology.
Alaska, the last frontier, is huge and has large areas of difficult terrain, which […]

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Microsoft Goes to War with Linchpin Labs

Linchpin Labs, a security firm in Australia, had released a widely available utility, Atsiv, for defeating the irritating behavior of Vista 64 to not let unsigned drivers to be used.
In the limited time it was useful, the software was gaining quite a bit of notoriety (some would say too much), with its ability to allow […]