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How To Buy A Cheap Windows PC
Do not buy a slow Windows PC to save a few dollars. If you get a slow Windows PC, you will become bitter and depressed, people will mute you in Zoom meetings, and you will pound the keyboard with your fists in frustration. Has “Fists Of Frustration” ever been the name...
CELL PHONE DREAD
The world of cell phones has some things in common with the computing world, including the sense of dread and helplessness that weakens the knees when we walk into the stores....
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3 TIPS
Every time I think Microsoft is going to learn a lesson and show some communication skills, it makes another misstep.Windows XP Service Pack 3 is a collection of previously...
iPHONE SECOND THOUGHTS
Within a month or two we'll have a second-generation iPhone, with higher data speeds through AT&T's 3G network and built-in support for connections to Microsoft Exchange...
REMOTE WEB WORKPLACE TRICKS
If you work in a business run by Microsoft Small Business Server, you probably know about Remote Web Workplace, one of the best things Microsoft has created in the last few...
VISTA FIREWALL – THE HOME/WORK MYSTERY
Vista's firewall is significantly beefed up from the firewall in Windows XP - it monitors outgoing traffic, it's able to adjust easily when a computer is moved from one network...
FREE PUBLIC WI-FI!
If you have a wireless notebook, there's yet another way the bad guys can get past your defenses.When you connect to a wireless access point, normally you're in "infrastructure"...
MAKER FAIRE 2008
Sebastopol-based O'Reilly Media has clearly filled a need with Make Magazine, devoted to do-it-yourself technology - but a long, long way from Popular Mechanics and the other DIY...
OFFICE 2007 COMPATIBILITY PACK
Microsoft Office 2007 features top-to-bottom rewrites of Word, Excel and Powerpoint, with ribbons replacing the familiar menus and toolbars. There is another change lurking under...
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV (AND A RABBITY THING)
If you are young or young at heart, and have the luxury of free time, it's worth noting the release tomorrow for the PC, XBox 360, and PS3 of Grand Theft Auto IV, latest...
MICROSOFT LIVE MESH
In 2006, Ray Ozzie took over the title of Chief Software Architect from Bill Gates at Microsoft. Ozzie was instrumental in the development of Lotus Notes and his company Groove...
CELL PHONE SPAM
The advertising industry is starting to turn its attention to advertising on cell phones. Here's an article that forecasts a "perfect storm" of annoying advertising. "It audibly...
AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION OF VISTA SP1
Microsoft has begun pushing Vista Service Pack 1 out through the Windows Update service. If you have automatic updates turned on, you'll get an alert that an update is ready to...
MICROSOFT & THE CLOUD
Microsoft is working on a package of software and online services that might be exactly right for students and home computer users. Although Vista includes important features out...
FIXING WINDOWS VISTA
Columnist Ed Bott was curious about a friend who complained bitterly about the way Vista ran on his brand new Sony Vaio laptop last year, so he asked permission to look it over....
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3
Microsoft announced today that Windows XP Service Pack 3 will be released on April 29, although there will be a delay before it is pushed through the Automatic Update process....