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Chatting With AI: Synthetic Empathy
A lot of people talk to their AI buddies as if they have little friends that live in their phones. It doesn’t come naturally to me. I’ve been using ChatGPT and Gemini as if they are amazing upgrades to Google search. It doesn’t occur to me to open my phone for a…
You Are Not The Customer
Facebook has a vision that every single thing you do will be channeled back into a record of your life held by Facebook and shared in real-time with your friends – every web site…
Facebook, Google+, And The Tipping Point
Are you a Facebook user? You probably noticed the significant makeover to your Facebook page on Wednesday. Your news feed is now formatted a bit like a newspaper or online…
Anatomy Of A Scam Investigation
There is a fascinating and informative series of articles by a lawyer and former federal prosecutor about his efforts to unearth information about a scammer who sent a phony…
RAID Controllers And Hard Drive Trays
When you’re wrestling with your computer and wondering why everything has to be so complicated, maybe it will help to know that you’re not alone. It’s not any better behind the…
Patch Tuesday From Microsoft And Adobe
Microsoft will deliver five run-of-the-mill security updates for Windows and Office tonight, in the regular monthly Patch Tuesday release. There’s more information about this…
Using The Favorites Bar In Internet Explorer
The Favorites Bar in Internet Explorer deserves some attention. It’s a simple concept that might turn out to be a good friend. The Favorites Bar extends across the top of the…
Flying High With Sonoma Canopy Tours
Things are quiet in the technology world, so forgive me if I pass on a tip about a Sonoma County attraction. It took me by surprise when I found out about it. Sonoma Canopy Tours…
Dane Jasper And Broadband Monopolies
If you live anywhere in the U.S. other than a big city, you likely have one choice – and only one choice – for broadband service. If you live in a rural area, there is a good…
Thin And Light Notebooks Go Mainstream
By the end of the year there will finally be a dozen or more reasonably-priced ultrathin, ultralight notebooks on the market, mostly priced under a thousand dollars. Almost three…
WordPress Takes Over The Web
WordPress is everywhere. A few days ago, WordPress announced rather startling statistics: WordPress is now powering 14.7% of the top million websites in the world. 22 out of…
Sudden Decline In Fake Antivirus Malware
The world has made a bit of temporary progress against the bad guys. Almost every week during 2010 and the first six months of 2011, I cleaned malware off computers after it was…
Using Adobe SendNow And YouSendIt For Large File Attachments
It is increasingly necessary to send large file attachments by email. It continues to be a bad idea! It clogs up your mailbox and slows down your mail server and generates…
Customized Ribbons In Office 2010
Office 2007 introduced ribbons to replace menus in Word, Excel, and most of the other programs, much to the consternation of old-timers. Since then, Microsoft has adopted ribbons…
Free Windows 7 And Office 365 eBooks From Microsoft Press
Microsoft Press has two quite useful books for you to download, absolutely free. The books are in PDF format, fully searchable and easy to read onscreen. (Don’t print them. It…
Convert PDFs To Word Documents With Adobe ExportPDF
Adobe has created a web-based tool for converting PDFs to Word documents. It’s so inexpensive that you might find a reason to sign up. Adobe ExportPDF has a single function:…