Jun 10, 2007 | Adobe, software
If you’re using Adobe Acrobat 8 (Standard or Professional), you will likely be prompted to install an update to version 8.1 released over the weekend by Adobe. It’s a worthwhile update but make sure you have a few minutes free – it took more than ten...
May 23, 2007 | computers, Dell, Google, software
Dell installs less crapware on new computers than any other manufacturer, but one of their latest money-making tactics is annoying. Dell and Google have partnered to install the Google Toolbar and Google Desktop on most new computers – along with some trickier...
May 15, 2007 | security, software
Software for security and computer maintenance is in sad shape. I wrote about some of the recent problems with Microsoft Windows Live OneCare (which has managed to avoid drawing attention to itself for the last couple of months, thank goodness).In fairness, then, I...
May 8, 2007 | Office, software
I don’t use Microsoft Word all that often, so I’ve lost a deep knowledge of its features. I’ve never fully understood the paragraph formatting that inserts an extra line between paragraphs, all too frequently leaving something double-spaced...
Apr 24, 2007 | backup, software, web_services
LogMeIn was one of the first remote control services, and continues to be one of the best. Like GoToMyPC and others, it relies on a small program running on a desktop computer, maintaining a connection with an online server. From any other computer, you can go to the...
Apr 23, 2007 | hardware, software
Here’s a blog item that we can all sympathize with, written by a Microsoft employee. “Why can’t it ‘just work’?… “(subtitled – Isn’t technology supposed to be making our lives easier? Simpler? Less complicated?)...
