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Fascinating Details About Windows 11
Now that you’ve seen the big picture of why Windows 11 exists, let’s go through some of the fascinating details. This could be the most interesting technology article you will read this year. Okay, probably not, but isn't it better to go into it with an open mind and...
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACROBAT VERSIONS
Everyone who uses Acrobat might be interested in the charts prepared for the blog Acrobat For Legal Professionals. The first shows the features of the various versions of Acrobat...
Wait To Buy Notebooks And Netbooks
Here’s an article that sums up the reasons to wait two months before you buy a notebook or netbook. It covers all the things I’ve been telling you recently: WIndows 7 looks...
NEW INTEL PROCESSORS
Intel introduced new processors this week, one of the fundamental upgrades that is going to change the whole industry in the next couple of months. Remember when we used to talk...
ALL YOUR O ARE BELONG TO US
Did you notice that the Google logo on the main search page had a spaceship beaming up one of the “O”s in “Google” for a couple of days? Bless their hearts, Google can be...
WINDOWS FOUNDATION SERVER 2008
Trying to help a very small business decide on technology that will last for 5-10 years has always been an interesting challenge, and the choices are completely different now...
64-BIT GLITCHES
Many of you – most of you – will get the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on your next computer, so you can use more than 4Gb of RAM. Even if you don’t buy more memory than that at...
Passwords
There are already too many passwords in your life, but you’ve got to sigh and get over it. You’re going to have to pick better passwords and you’re going to have to remember...
LICENSE TIP FOR WINDOWS UPGRADES
When I upgraded my office computer to Windows 7, I installed a new hard drive and left the original hard drive in the case as a second drive. That’s the easiest way to make sure...
THE GOOD ENOUGH REVOLUTION
Wired Magazine has delivered more insightful articles in the last couple of years than any other magazine, offline or online. Take a few minutes to read a fascinating piece in...
BING SEARCH TIPS
Microsoft’s new search engine Bing is an interesting alternative to Google. In my experience, search results with Bing are at least equivalent to Google and frequently better in...
FUJITSU SCANSNAP S1500
Fujitsu introduced a new compact office scanner, the ScanSnap S1500, a few months ago. It’s inexpensive for what it does ($450 or less), and quite fast – 20 pages per minute for...
MICROSOFT – FUN WITH PHOTOSHOP
Here’s a comparison of a picture that was used on Microsoft’s US web site and the same picture on Microsoft’s Polish web site. Microsoft is taking some well-deserved heat today...
HANDS-ON WITH WINDOWS 7
I got a copy of Windows 7 last week through one of Microsoft’s partner programs. On Saturday I had a lovely day converting my primary office computer from Vista to Windows 7....
URBAN & RURAL AT&T
Two articles about AT&T that tell you everything you need to know about cell phone carriers and their concern for those of us outside the big cities. Coverage just...
NORTHGATE KEYBOARDS
In the 1990s, Northgate Omnikey keyboards had a special place in the hearts of early computer users. They were solid and heavy and durable and the keys took just the right amount...