Windows
This is Barking Awesome
How are my dogs feeling right now? Here, let me find out… ah, they’re in a playful mood. I can’t read minds – but I can read LCD screens. There’s a new product on the market called the Bow-lingual. Gag gift? Yes and no. I saw it sitting on the shelf and couldn’t resist its [...]
If You Have a Computer Connected to the Internet, You Must Read This Book!
Anyone who is even remotely interested in the spam issue, how spammers work, why spammers spam, and, perhaps most important, how the rest of us are contributing to the problem, and what we can do about it should run, not walk, to their closest bookstore or online bookseller to pick up a copy of Danny [...]
DriveScrubber
The world is a surprisingly small place, and as a species, we’re unusually messy and destructive. But the last few years have seen an impressive increase in awareness of the importance of recycling. Instead of just throwing things away as soon as we’ve finished with them, many of us go to considerable lengths to dispose [...]
MasterYourWindows v5.3
MasterYourWindows is a system check tool that continuously checks auto-run-entries, BHOs, etc. You can deactivate or delete the entries to detect or get rid of viruses, trojans, and hijackers. It will auto-maximize selected application windows, as well as auto-minimize or close annoying dialog windows, applet windows, or system windows in your browser. Create default windows [...]
Tom's Hardware Guide
When you’re in the market for some new hardware, how do you usually go about buying it? Do you just walk into your local computer store, close your eyes, and point at a random product? If you do, then you’ve probably experienced some major heartache. Purchasing hardware is not something you want to do on [...]
Tackling the Scanner
Q: I just purchased a scanner, and I’m going to try to scan in a bunch of my family photographs. I don’t know anything about scanning, but I really want to make sure that my picture scans come out as good as they possibly can. Where can I go to receive some basic scanning education?
Houses Full Of Mouses
Instead of considering broad issues, today I will concentrate on a single part of the problems some seniors have becoming comfortable with using a computer: the mouse. Achieving unconscious skill with the mouse and clicking is essential, yet we tend to forget that this is not a natural tool.
Securing Secure Digital
I picked up a 1GB SD card the other day… for $60 and a $15 mail-in rebate. I only have one device that supports Secure Digital at the moment, but it seems to be the “removable media” of choice for products today. I’m not sure if prices will go much lower than this before the [...]
The Gameboy's Big Brother
I must be one of dozens of Nintendo DS owners on the planet right now. I checked the Linkup Engine, and I’m feeling quite lonely. Of course, the lonliness is made more tolerable with a Nintendo DS in hand! The included Metroid Hunters demo is fun, but… controlling the character is somewhat clumsy on the [...]
Remote Control Robot of the Year
It doesn’t take a prolific e-mailer to see that the spam of this holiday season is going to be… the Robosapien Robot (a seemingly cheap-ass Aibo knock-off). You’ve probably already seen these Robosapiens gaining sentience in local electronics stores, too. Has anybody bothered to check the specs on these monsters? At least I finally stopped [...]
