How lame can a newbie with a computer be? Well, that is how I felt. But what really got me was they laughed in my face and then made fun of me in a playful way. Needless to say I started to think I was more stupid than ever. In fact, they led me to…
The world of software has changed rapidly since I put my first commercial website on the web ten years ago. Back then, your software choices were simple: write your own, or go closed-source. True, freeware has always existed, but there’s a big difference between freeware and free open-source software. FOSS allows you to have access…
***Edit: It has been brought to my attention that the site I featured was a PAY site. Instead of offering Open Office for free, it charged. My apologies. The link at the end now points to the FREE site.*** Open Office Suite version 3 is out, and it ROCKS! I’ve been an OO user since…
In this modern era anyone using a computer is wary of the Adware and Spyware infections in the computer. Adware and Spyware have impacted computer across the globe on a large scale and once a computer has been infected with this, it is relatively difficult to remove adware and spyware. There are cyber laws against…
History was made today. More furniture was probably tossed and more obscenities likely blasted through the air in Steve Ballmer’s office. A rumble took place in the very depth of the computing world, setting off seismographic alarms at expert blogs all over the web. Google has announced Google Chrome. Technically, Google Chrome is a web…
Everybody’s systems are prone to crash. Regardless of whether you are running Windows, Linux, or Macintosh, any number of things beyond your control could cause your system to go belly-up. That’s when you need a plan. Specifically, a CrashPlan. CrashPlan offers a very affordable and innovative way for you to back up your data without…
In 2007, Microsoft released Vista amid much hoopla. Today, over a year later, Vista has been called a triumph by a select few. It has been reviled by many, many more. Vista supporters claim that its nbumbers compare very favorably with those of XP a year after its 2001 release. I was there. I don’t…
Reverse phone number lookups are getting more popular by the day. They seem to be the most preferred mode of popular search these days. Thanks to the many a free reverse phone directories that are available these days, one can find out details about a particular phone in a matter of minutes if not less….
The virus scan designed by McAfee is useful at home and also serves for official purpose. McAfee anti virus does not release products that come in stand alone package. Some of the most popular McAfee packages are ‘Internet security suite’ and ‘Virus scan plus’. McAfee releases scan packages for the Mac OS edition. It comes…
Just think about it. Way back when, you had to pay for your copy of Netscape, unless you met certain restrictions. Without Netscape, you didn’t surf the net. True, there were other browsers out there, but Netscape was the standard by which all others were judged. Then, Microsoft took one of the “others,” Mosaic, and…