Windows
Amiglia
Although it can be very tough sometimes, it’s vital to help keep families together. It’s truly a shame if you can’t look to your family for support. One of the main reasons why the family structure disintegrates over time for some people is because of a lack of communication. If the various members aren’t making [...]
Microsoft Fights Piracy With PopUp Notifications
Infopackets contributor Keith Greenhalf writes: Is Microsoft spying on you? The Redmond-based company will soon release a major update to its ‘Windows Genuine Advantage’ (WGA) program. The update will include an alert mechanism that informs users if they are using a pirated copy of Windows software. 1 Once installed, the Windows Genuine Advantage program beams [...]
Bestselling "Steal This Computer Book" Back In A New Edition
If you thought hacking was just about mischief-makers hunched over computers in the basement, think again. Wallace Wang steps back into the fray with Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won’t Tell You About the Internet (No Starch Press, May 2006), wherein he explains that hacking can also mean questioning the status quo, looking [...]
My Canon PowerShot SD700
I’ve been a Canon PowerShot fan for several generations now – dating back to the G2. Before that, I was a Sony digicam man (starting with their floppy-driven Mavica). I’ve owned several PowerShot digital cameras over the years, skipping most of the sub-compact models because they lacked features. Well, I learned that through regular usage, [...]
DupeWatcher
Anyone who regularly uses the computer or downloads files from the Internet will find DupeWatcher a must have utility. This smart companion will help you to housekeep your system with ease. Features include: The ability to delete duplicate files The ability to move duplicate files to the recycle bin or a specified folder The compression [...]
StorURL
How many times have you looked at your list of bookmarks and thought that you needed a better way of managing them all? There aren’t too many bookmark managers that are not integrated with the browser in some way, shape or form. StorURL is one of the few that are not, and it is worth [...]
Propsmart
One of the most complex decisions that you’ll ever face is in direct relation to real estate. Trying to find that perfect house in that perfect location for that perfect price can be very difficult, and it is sure to wear you out. There are likely hundreds (if not thousands) of listings in your area, [...]
Why Am I Not Getting The Upload Speeds I Expect?
I’ve set up an FTP server. My ISP is giving me an ADSL connection with an speed it says is 768k for uploads and 8M down. And yet I’m seeing my uploads are around 85k and 90k. I need faster uploads. Can I change something about my system to make that happen? There’s one big [...]
The Nebula Awards
The Nebula Awards are the science fiction awards chosen by the writers. The nominees can be found here, as can links to excerpts from the books nominated.
Them & Us
A recent article in the Washington Post resonated with issues I have with several of my senior clients. What privileges should the owner of a computer have? Most of my clients now have XP and the default when making new user accounts is to grant full administrator privileges. This can be dangerous for two reasons: [...]
