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An Obnoxious Rich Guy Exercises His Constitutional Rights
On November 19 a group of 17,000 crypto adventure seekers failed to buy a copy of the US Constitution at auction. The winner was bidding anonymously and was only identified after the auction was over as Kenneth Griffin, a hedge fund manager with an estimated net worth...
MCAFEE KILLS WINDOWS XP COMPUTERS
From Engadget: “We're hearing from all over that a bad McAfee for Windows XP update is causing computers worldwide to shut down. Apparently DAT update 5958 deletes the...
FUJITSU SCANSNAP S1500 FOLLOWUP
Last year I wrote critical comments about the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 desktop scanner’s lack of a TWAIN driver. There’s a way around that shortcoming – one of those tips that’s...
Microsoft Fix-It Center
Microsoft has started broad beta testing of Microsoft Fix It Center, an automated tool for fixing common problems with Windows. I don’t know that everyone will want to rush...
SEARCHING AND MARKING MULTIPLE WORDS IN A PDF
Law offices and small businesses are using Acrobat very aggressively to archive email folders and preserve business documents. Lawyers are more likely now to handle case...
Verizon – HTC Droid Incredible Confirmed
Click here to go to the official Verizon page for the newly-renamed “Droid Incredible.” Click the phone images above for a high-resolution look at the phone. Click here for the...
WINDOWS 7 SEARCHES – SEARCH TECHNIQUES
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business Windows 7 Searches – Libraries You’ve got a Windows 7 workstation in a small business or law firm. The network server is running...
MICROSOFT AND ADOBE PATCH TUESDAY
Your computers will likely restart tonight after Microsoft delivers the monthly crop of updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly busy month – eleven patches, five of...
WINDOWS 7 SEARCHES – LIBRARIES
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business When you click on Documents in the Start menu in Windows 7, your cursor arrives blinking in Libraries. I’ve been annoyed by that...
WINDOWS 7 SEARCHES – SMALL BUSINESS
If the right elements are in place, Windows 7 can be used for lightning-fast searches through shared folders in small businesses and law firms. There are a couple of tricks to...
TEMPTED BY SMARTPHONES
Here are a few sentences that stuck in my head about how the iPhone’s App Store helps convince some people that they want a smartphone. “[Y]ou might think 1,000 apps should be...
SMARTPHONE UPDATE
These are the first looks at screens from the HTC Incredible, a Verizon phone that will go on sale at Verizon stores and Best Buy on April 29. Verizon has not acknowledged the...
GOVERNMENT GOODIES
BROADBAND While high-visibility battles are fought over health care and regulation of financial institutions, there are equally important things happening at a lower level, as...
QUICKBOOKS 2010 PDF 64-BIT PROBLEMS
Last September I ran into the only serious issue I’ve had with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 – an error in Quickbooks 2008 using its PDF converter to create email messages with...
APRIL FOOLS 2010
If you want to kill some time today, TechCrunch has a list of this year’s April Fools jokes. You’ll be able to quickly discover why Google’s main search page has been renamed...
Powered By Pure Sine Waves!
I’ve got Pure Sine Waves! Woo hoo! If you had asked me last month, I would have bet heavily that I would never use the words “pure sine wave” in a sentence. And yet here I am,...