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Anthony Burgess & The Flatulent Poet
Inside Mr Enderby is one of my favorite novels, written by renowned British author Joseph Kell and published in 1963. The book follows the life of F.X. Enderby, a dyspeptic poet who lives a solitary life of writing and intestinal eloquence until he is seduced by a…
Free Security For Android Phones With Verizon Mobile Recovery
Verizon has introduced a new service that anyone with an Android phone should set up right away. It significantly enhances the security of the phone and adds some important…
Wireless Networks – Useful, Annoying, Insecure
Wireless networks are convenient and likely to be the way most of us get our network and Internet connections in the future. Wireless networks are a huge pain and nearly…
Norton Antivirus 2011 – Won’t Get Fooled Again
I occasionally say critical things about Norton security products. I guess that’s because I occasionally run into computers that seem happier when I remove the Norton security…
LastPass – The Essential Utility
LastPass has moved to my short list of essential utilities. If you’re not familiar with it, go read my original article about the concept behind the program, then go to the…
Microsoft Security Essentials Licensed For Small Business
Microsoft Security Essentials is simply the best security program currently available for Windows computers. Installing MSE is on the short list of chores that I insist on doing…
Postscript – Some Notes About Skype
Previously: Understanding Google Voice Fully Committed to Google Voice – Part 1 Google Voice Interlude – Background About Voice And Data Fully Committed to Google Voice – Part 2…
Fully Committed To Google Voice – Part 2
Previously: Understanding Google Voice Fully Committed to Google Voice – Part 1 Google Voice Interlude – Background About Voice And Data If you’ve been following along, you…
Google Voice Interlude – Background About Voice And Data
Previously: Understanding Google Voice Fully Committed to Google Voice – Part 1 Now things get really interesting. Well, they do to me, anyway. I’m odd. This is at best wildly…
Fully Committed To Google Voice – Part 1
Previously: Understanding Google Voice All of this started because I don’t have a reliable cell phone signal at my home office west of Sebastopol. Verizon coverage is erratic and…
Understanding Google Voice
Google Voice is a free service that gives you a phone number. When you dial my phone number, (707) 703-1601, you’re dialing a Google Voice number. Thanks to the Google Voice…
Google Instant Search
Google made a simple but profound change to the way that search results are delivered to you from the Google search page. It changes the world in a small but significant way. You…
Poisoned Web Sites
Almost all malware now is installed by poisoned web sites. If you haven’t installed the latest updates for Windows / Office / Internet Explorer / Firefox / Java / Flash / Acrobat…
Reconsidering Firefox
or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Google Chrome I am conservative about installing software. I don’t want programs on my computers unless I intend to use them. The…
Annoying Checkboxes
This week’s installment of Annoying Checkboxes is sponsored by Microsoft, which has already brought you the annoying checkbox to install the “Bing Toolbar” – the one that has to…
Details About Microsoft Online Services
Previously: Fear of Exchange Moving Mail Online With Microsoft Online Services Small businesses should strongly consider having their Outlook mailboxes hosted on Exchange Servers…