Raise your hand if you have at least one iPod or other MP3 player? Two? Three? More? I don’t know how this happens but it seems to happen a lot. Perhaps it’s our desire to have the latest and greatest, or maybe everyone in the family needs their own device, but somehow we end up …
Are you contemplating a purchase of a new hybrid or alternative-fuel vehicle? Depending on your motivation, this may, or may not, be such a good move. If you’re considering a hybrid and your motivation is to save money in light of higher fuel prices, you’ll be disappointed with the results. According to Consumer Reports findings …
If you’re reading this article then I assume you’re, at least, a little interested in technology. If you’re a little interested in technology, then I assume you own a digital camera. You do — right? If you answered no to that question and you’re not shooting film because your a professional photographer, then I have …
If I asked how many of you are the regular recipients of junk e-mail (SPAM), I'm guessing I would receive a 100% unanimous response in the affirmative. Unfortunately, SPAM is a problem that is unlikely to go away. Even if legislative action is taken, don't expect it to have any real impact upon the problem. …
Back in December I said that I had left the Microsoft Internet Explorer ranks for the greener browser pastures over at Firefox. I'll admit that I've really enjoyed Firefox as a tool too, but I couldn't resist being an early tester and, you guessed it, an early (part time) adopter of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 …
I’ve had a lot of questions since posting Don’t Loose Your Data about how one goes about backing-up ones personal data. Fortunately the answer is quite simple. The first step is to ensure you have something to backup your data to, such as a second hard disk, CD / DVD, or tape. If you don’t, …
How many times have you reached someone’s voice-mail and thought their message would never end. For those of you that don’t know me, I’m not the most patient person in the world; for those of you that do know me, I guess I’m not telling you anything new. I used to work for a large …
According to SearchEngineWatch.com Google and Yahoo are, far and above, the most popular search engines on the internet today with 46.3% and 23.4% of the market share respectively. If you’re a loyal MSN or AOL user, chances are you may be using their search technology, which commands a far smaller percentage of the market at …
I’ve been computing since my dad bought me a Commodore 64 way back in the early 1980’s. When I started my professional I.T. career later that decade, we were running computers sporting Intel’s 8088 processor, our desktop OS platform was DOS 3x, and our networks were running on ARCnet. Operating Systems continued to evolve and …
How would you like to call anywhere in the US or Canada, at any time, for any duration, for absolutely free? Believe it or not, you can! Skype (subsidiary of eBay) is a very popular (and until now, almost exclusively the territory of geekdom the world over) phone service that consists of a piece of …
