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Windows Tip: How To Stop The Disappearing Scroll Bar
Have you noticed that scroll bars in Windows 10 get squeezed to a thread or disappear? It's one of those small annoyances that the authorities slip into our lives to keep us on edge so we can't concentrate but we're not sure why. Allegedly. You're working in a program...
DIGITAL IMAGES
For consumers, the world of graphics software breaks down roughly into two categories: Photo editing programs – for working with images from your scanner or digital camera....
HOW COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS SURVIVE
Here’s an article about rumors that Gateway is receiving unsolicited takeover bids. Gateway’s public stance is that it has no interest in being acquired, but there’s no way to...
ON SALE
Costco has been carrying Sylvania conventional and flat screen monitors for a while now – and they’re perfectly good, in my experience. Today, though, the 17” monitors in stock...
MAC OS X – THE MANDATORY UPGRADE
Apple has a problem – its users aren’t flocking to the new operating system, OS X, as fast as Apple needs. So Apple came up with a plan to fix their problem. Guesses, anyone?...
RECORD INDUSTRY AND SLUMPING SALES
Dan Bricklin is an old-timer in the computer industry – among other things, he developed VisiCalc, the granddaddy of the spreadsheets. He’s done a lengthy statistical analysis of...
INSTANT MESSAGING IN THE DOLDRUMS
At one time it appeared that instant messaging would be standardized and as a result would become a mainstream tool, widely adopted by businesses and as common as e-mail. Then it...
SERVICE PACKS
Now that Windows XP Service Pack 1 is out the door, almost everybody should be installing one of the recent updates. Although the service packs fix a slew of bugs, their primary...
PRIVACY POLICIES
Nobody reads privacy policies. If you’re like me, you assume that a web site’s reference to a “privacy policy” must mean something good. Here’s an ominous reminder that we must...
NEW MICROSOFT HARDWARE
Microsoft is rolling out a completely new lineup of mice and keyboards. Here’s the Microsoft press release. The lineup includes new wireless equipment, plus a smaller mouse sized...
SAM & MAX HIT THE ROAD AGAIN
LucasArts announced that another game is in the works featuring Sam & Max, “popular madcap dog and rabbity thing.” Here’s the press release. The original game, Sam & Max...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1
Service Pack 1 for Windows XP will be available at some point during the next ten days. It’s a big update, full of security fixes and a few new features (including built-in...
WORDPERFECT: THE DEATH WATCH CONTINUES
Corel has announced a couple of bundling deals for slimmed down versions of the WordPerfect suite. Hewlett Packard is installing WordPerfect on all of its Pavilion computers, and...
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PALLADIUM AND “TRUSTED COMPUTING”
Here’s an extensive discussion of the “Palladium” software that Microsoft is developing for future versions of Windows, to work with hardware designed by the “Trusted Computing...
FREE AMAZON SHIPPING
Amazon has improved its free shipping offer – starting today, you can get free shipping for any purchase over $25.
THE TEN IMMUTABLE LAWS OF SECURITY
This is important reading for everyone that owns a computer: The Ten Immutable Laws Of Security. The article has a short, non-technical discussion of each one. Highly...