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Our Complicated Relationship With Outlook
We have a complicated relationship with Microsoft Outlook, built on almost twenty-five years of daily togetherness. There are stretches where we work together happily but they're punctuated by frequent disagreements - shaking our fist at the computer, cursing when...
DELL REMOTE ACCESS
Access everywhere! Lots of interesting services are being set up to make it easy for you to have access to files, folders, photos, and computers from anywhere, whether it's...
FLASH 10
Adobe released Flash Player 10, a new version of its ubiquitous software for displaying video clips and special effects in a web browser. You're using Flash every time you watch...
KEEPING UP WITH UPDATES
Microsoft released security updates on Tuesday night, following its normal monthly schedule. Your computer should have restarted during the night. We're all overwhelmed by...
U3 LAUNCHPAD UNINSTALL
Some of you are running into unnecessary software included with many USB flash drives. The U3 Launchpad probably seemed like a good idea but I'm not aware of anyone who uses it,...
GETTING STARTED WITH WINDOWS LIVE
I routinely set up a Windows Live ID for my clients when they get a new computer. There are many programs and online services in the world; Microsoft's programs and services...
GETTING STARTED WITH VISTA
I've set up more new computers in the last few months than in the year before that. A lot of you are retiring your trusty Windows XP computers and sitting down to Vista for the...
WHY PEOPLE HATE BUYING PCs, PART 37
From Paul Thurrott's blog today.Unbelievable. I love Dell, I really do. I recently bought that Optiplex, which has been great. So when my dad called this morning and asked about...
INCREASE IN BANK PHISHING ATTACKS
There are reports of increased phishing attacks purporting to be messages from various banks. Be alert! The bad guys create email messages that appear to be from banks, with...
SLIMMING DOWN ITUNES
Apple's software for Windows has been causing problems on more and more of my clients' computers. I've been wrestling with bluescreens caused by iTunes, file extensions hijacked...
REPORT ON RIAA LAWSUIT STRATEGY
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has put together a fascinating article summarizing the history and effect of the RIAA's five-year battle against online music sharing. The...
TECH TIPS FOR THE BASIC COMPUTER USER
You might find something you can use in this collection of tips from David Pogue. Take a look! These are just examples from a much longer list:You can enlarge the text on any Web...
DELL DOCK MIMICS MACS
I set up a new Dell Inspiron 518 desktop computer today - a nice home computer, a lovely case bristling with USB ports and shiny black plastic that will attract dust like...
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WINDOWS XP & BEETHOVEN
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony can cause the installation of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to fail. Ah, the good old days! I used to be able to solve so many problems because I would run...
GOOGLE ANDROID
T-Mobile introduced the first cell phone based on Google's Android operating system to much fanfare a few days ago. Although Android has some interesting features and much...