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How To Turn Off The Dropbox Desktop App (And Why Is There A Desktop App, Anyway?)
Dropbox started as a drop-dead simple product for individuals: a folder on your computer that seamlessly syncs with the cloud so you can work with the identical folder on all your other computers. That's it! That's all there was to it. Ten years ago, that was...
SYMANTEC AND WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
Symantec is dragging its feet about allowing its programs to communicate with the new Windows Security Center - resulting in the balloon in the lower right corner of the screen...
INTERNET PORN AND JOB TERMINATION
Here's an interesting article about how the flotsam and jetsam that accumulates on computers can be used as a reason to terminate an employee. Your computer has several places...
CASSETTES TO CDs
The kind of service that you knew somebody had to offer - www.cassettes2cds.com converts old cassettes into audio CDs or .mp3 files. Presumably there's a company somewhere...
MICROSOFT ENTERS ONLINE MUSIC MARKET
Today's quiz: I'll describe a familiar scenario. You decide if it's ancient history or current news. Apple sells devices manufactured by Apple, running software designed by...
LASER MOUSE
Most of you have switched over to an optical mouse - no more gunk clogging up the ball, no more jerking the mouse hard to force the cursor to move, right? By now you've found out...
SPAM CONFUSES ME
Outlook 2003 does a remarkable job of filtering spam. (Make sure you get the latest updates from Office Update.) It's no surprise that the spammers are trying to get messages...
UNPATCHED PCs COMPROMISED IN 20 MINUTES
Researchers at the Internet Storm Center hooked PCs to the Internet without the various security patches and updates released by Microsoft over the last three years. The...
THE DEATH OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY (continued)
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the developers of peer-to-peer software are not liable for copyright infringement committed by users of the software. In a...
INTERNET BROWSING WITH OPERA
Perhaps you recall the furor a few weeks ago when a couple of new holes were discovered in Internet Explorer, causing security experts to squeal in dismay about its weaknesses. A...
SYMANTEC & MICROSOFT SQUABBLE ABOUT SERVICE PACK 2
Norton Antivirus does not report its status to the new Windows Security Center, causing people to get an alarming bubble onscreen saying their computer "might be at risk," when...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 UPDATE
Microsoft will begin delivered Service Pack 2 to XP Home Edition users with Automatic Update turned on in a few days, but it has delayed delivery to XP Professional users until...
CRAIGSLIST
Craigslist.com is getting a lot of good word-of-mouth lately - I've been hearing my clients talk about it as their preferred site for job listings, personal ads and dating,...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 INFO
I put together a page with basic information about Windows XP Service Pack 2 - links to some of the reports and reviews and information about why it's important and how to get...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 APPROACHES
Articles are starting to appear in the mainstream media about the imminent release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 - due to be released either today or three weeks from now,...
NEW VERSION OF WINDOWS UPDATE & NEW CRITICAL UPDATES
There are new Critical Updates from Microsoft today that fix the exploit used by the "Download.Ject" trojan, the one that generated all the news articles last month. It replaces...