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The Nine Billion Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

The Nine Billion Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

There are monks in a Tibetan lamasery working patiently to list all nine billion possible names of God, according to a 1953 story by Arthur C. Clarke. By an extraordinary coincidence, there are nine billion Windows keyboard shortcuts. Good news! You already know some...

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COMCAST SPEED INCREASE

Comcast has just about finished rolling out speed increases to its broadband customers nationwide. Most Comcast connections in the Bay Area got the increase in the last couple of...

DRM OUTRAGE

Here's an article asking a reasonable question - how long will it take for consumers to become angry at the limitations and cost of downloaded music encumbered by "digital rights...

FIREFOX AND SECURITY

Firefox is a perfectly nice piece of software, but it's getting more hype than it deserves. It's not the panacea that will keep you safe; it has its own security issues and it...

DESKTOP SEARCH

In the last few months several companies have introduced programs to index your files and your Outlook folders and let you find e-mail messages, contacts, or file attachments as...

OUTLOOK SPAM FILTER UPDATE

If you're using Outlook 2003, Microsoft released updated junk mail definitions a couple of days ago. Visit Microsoft Office Update to install the update. (If you haven't gone to...

TECH SUPPORT HELL

Getting tech support by phone for software and hardware problems has never been easy. It's getting worse than you realized. Here's an article by a smart guy, Charles Cooper,...

BROADBAND DISCOUNTS AND DEVELOPMENTS

There will come a time when high-speed Internet access will be ubiquitous and the growing pains will seem quaint. It can be hard to remember that while we're in the middle of...

PARENTS’ GUIDE TO COMPUTER SLANG

Remember how stupid those documentaries were that painstakingly explained that "maryjane" and "weed" were slang terms referring to (gasp!) marijuana! Well, Microsoft has put...

GOOGLE MAPS

Google just rolled out Google Maps (on the bruceb favorites page under Travel / Maps). It's a huge step forward from current online favorites like MapQuest. FOLLOWUP: Wow, those...