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There is a time honored statement that “Those who don’t learn from history, are condemned to repeat it.”  Some people must have never heard that, or taken it to heart.
The people who write the Open Office software are generally  smart people, and do what it needed to make their product better, and leave things that [...]

By definition, it will be. Crapware has become the term which is used to describe the semi-useless stuff that large PC builders (Dell, HP, Acer, Lenovo, Sony) put on the new computer, hoping to entice the user to buy full versions of the products that are more helpful, and much less annoying than what is [...]

It happens with every iteration of memory. The point at which the newest form becomes the least expensive, in a bid to become most popular. That point has been reached with DDR3; as it is now just a tad more reasonably priced that DDR2. It is not the most popular memory type, but after Christmas, [...]

While many people applaud the density of information we are able to achieve these days, relatively few are aware the disasters that loom if that data, in such dense form, is lost or destroyed.
It is the two edged sword of the day. We have USB thumbdrives that are available in sizes up to 256GB, and [...]

Long time optical drive manufacturer, Pioneer, is releasing a 12X Blu-ray writer,showing that speed is still the driver that causes people to take a look, and possibly buy.
Though the speed is something to allow a certain amount of brand braggadocio, I tend to wonder how many, considering the size of the data committed to one [...]

I just finished reading an article on NetworkWorld,  written by someone who states that he uses both OS X and Windows, and that Apple suddenly no longer can kick Windows around based of five reasons he cites in the article.
I don’t use OS X on a daily basis, but I do use Windows daily, and [...]

An article in ExtremeTech finds that, in the United States, broadband in the home is up from last year. Considering the recession, and layoffs, the 15% increase, to 63%, is quite interesting, if not amazing. The study also finds that the average cost of broadband has gone up over the last year from $34.50 to [...]

ComputerWorld has an article detailing the second quarter arrival of a new chip, dubbed Neo, to compete in the netbook space dominated by the Intel Atom series.
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday said it would ship new laptop and server processors later this quarter, which should up the ante in its competition with [...]