Windows
So What Do We Do About Spam?
Listen to the podcast: So what do we do about spam? Hi everyone, this is Leo Notenboom with news, commentary, and answers to some of the many questions I get at askleo.info. Last week I discussed Blue Security’s going out of business. I got several comments in support of their methods, mostly born out of [...]
Defeating The Hacker : A Non-Technical Guide To Computer Security
The current struggle between IT security and computer hackers is reaching crisis point. Corporate dependency on computers and the Internet as well as the rapid spread of broadband into more households has resulted in a feeding ground for hackers around the world. Estimated damage costs are now making their way into the billions. The need [...]
Windows vs. Linux
So, what if you don’t like the way Windows is headed? You could abandon the PC altogether and go get yourself an Apple computer (which isn’t as much of a pocketbook hit as it used to be). What about Linux? Is there room in your heart for Linux? Lockergnomie François Laverdure wanted to tackle that [...]
7-Zip
When I was helping my mother set up her new notebook computer, one of the first things I had to find was a good zipping program. Now I could have gone down the path of WinZip or WinRAR, but I didn’t. Instead I loaded up a freeware program that is just as good (if not [...]
Thanks. No.
You’d think that since electronic mail has been around for quite some time, the majority of people would begin to understand the common laws of courtesy that can be applied to this rapid back and forth communication. Of course, while those of us in the technology trenches understand the burden of dealing with hundreds of [...]
Not Buying Green Bananas Anymore
The seniors column this week is disjoint and only peripherally related to computer technology. Today’s theme originated when the gods saw fit to cast great impediments in the path of Sherm’s family. Today was the birthday of one daughter and her daughter also (makes remembering dates easier). But that was offset on the same day [...]
How Can I Read My Email On More Than One Machine?
I just bought laptop so I can work downstairs as well as on my desktop. Is there a way I can use Outlook on both machines in such a way that they are synchronized? Right now if I open email on one it doesn’t appear on the other, and vice versa. Any way around this? [...]
Use A Picture As Your Slide Background (PowerPoint 2002)
PowerPoint allows you to create your own custom slides. You can change the color, the style, arrangement, and so on. Another way you can customize your slides is to use a picture for the background. You can apply a picture as the background on a slide in your presentation by following the eight steps that [...]
Illegal Sunscreen
With skin cancer labeled an epidemic, one would think that our government would be doing everything it could to help prevent the deadly disease. Unfortunately, it’s not. The Mayo Clinic reports that one in five Americans will be stricken with skin cancer in their lifetime. So why is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) preventing [...]
Dinner with Jim Allchin
I’ve said a few things about Windows Vista – some good, some bad. I haven’t necessarily looked at recent beta builds, though. Today was the first day of WinHEC, a conference that’s not really geared towards gearheads like us as much as it is the gearheads who make Windows do what it needs to do. [...]
