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Google Chrome: The five best new features

Google Chrome: The five best new featuresThe biggest crap is IE, which STILL ships with ActiveX, is slower thanmolasses in January, STILL includes old obsolete proprietary rendering, and is years behind in standards.More Google crap. Use at your own risk!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlGoogle is wanting your material.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/So far impressedI am quite impressed by...

Tags: Web browsers, VERY SELDOM, HEARSAY, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

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Whistler XTR195 Battery-Operated Radar/Laser Detector

Whistler XTR195I paid just under $50 for the little guy last black Friday at Radio Shack.It was to be used within the city and some highway. Suffice it to say it actually works.Readings and beeping of a 2/3 of a mile proved that it actually was a trap. I generally...

Tags: Engineering, radar, detector, battery, laser

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Absolute Time Corrector 7.5 (Windows)

Absolute Time Corrector is a Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP/2003 program, designed to provide the exact time to local and network computers based on the time standard set forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST. Absolute Time Corrector queries NIST timeservers using the Internet and then compares NIST time to...

Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, NIST, Computer, Flexiblesoft, Productivity, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-18

8 reasons I like the Motorola Cliq Android smartphone and 7 reasons I don't

"Surface" is not a transitive verb.Sheesh.That's incorrect.You'd know that if you ever surfaced your driveway with asphalt.RE: 8 reasons I like the Motorola Cliq Android smartphone and 7 reasons I don'tSo what about someone who is not a social social networking fanatic but likes good access to email and facebook...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Cellular phones, smart phone, phone, carrier, SIM card, Apple iPhone, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Twitter starts to get serious about spammers

Great idea!Took long enough, but better late than never. I didn't know about @spam, so I've just blocked all the spam users that follow me. It would have been more constructive if I'd had an easy way to report them!Dont be like yahooWell if they do the great job...

Tags: Spam, spammer, Twitter Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holes

Is MS going to pay for my Gb/month overage?With ISPs grasping for profits I see the day when the "download cost" of these mega-patches become an issue!RE: Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holesWow, my Microsoft software is sure to be secure now.GOOD JOB!If only other manufacturers...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, patch management, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Energy Saver (Mobile)

Extend your battery charge up to 30% by switching off your smartphone for the night.Energy Saver will help you to charge you phone more seldom and you will be able to use it longer with the same charge. Energy Saver makes it very simply and dramatically efficiently. It switches off...

Tags: Mobile, Smart Phone, Battery, FedoroffSoft, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Engineering, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-11

Poll: How often do you use a tripod?

TripodHaving image-stabilized lenses helps a lot. I can actually shoot 3-4 shots handheld and do a reasonable job stitching a panorama in Photoshop. But if I'm shooting HDR, going after a 360-degree panorama, or shooting in very low light, I'll still drag out the old Manfrotto.Poll is inconclusivebecause...

Tags: photograph

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Will Office Web Apps overcome cloud biases?

[i]since GAPE Google Apps for Education is right up there with sliced bread in my book.[/i]Of course it is, all your blogs ever do is profess your undying love for all things Google. We already know how your next blog is going to turn out. You are going to...

Tags: cloud computing, Web application, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Google Inc., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

The Windows 7 upgrade survival guide

Any reason not to back up to a USB Flash?They're really cheap after all, and odds are you can fit a system plus all desired installed programs on one big stick.Well...I always think of flash drives as a bit volatile. And they are more expensive, bit for bit. Two or...

Tags: Operating systems, Parted Magic, Paragon Drive Backup, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Upgrade, Windows 7 upgrade survival, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Poll: Has your camera phone replaced your regular pocket camera?

As stated in the blog camera phones are OK in a pinch.I don't regularly carry my P&S camera with me. If I know I'm going somewhere where I might want to take pictures than I grab the P&S. And if I have something I'm specifically going out to shoot then...

Tags: Camera phones, P&S, camera, camera phone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation

Thank You M.J.I just read this with extreme interest. Thank you for the post and sharing this information."My first thought..If you cannot beat them, join them"The power of Open SourceYears ago Bill Gates himself criticized Open Source and the GPL Gnu Public License. Yet, Microsoft has finally realized the...

Tags: software foundation, GPL, Microsoft Corp., open source, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk

Feel free to delete this Ryan.ThanksIsn't it about time we stop playing nice andfind these people who create such an endless stream of blank and do a bit of Vlad the Impaler on them? Catch em... give them a fair trial (I want to be certain we publicly impale...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., SMB2, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, beta

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Doing the VMworld Dance Summary

I found VMworld to be an excellent opportunity to meet executives of both VMware and its partners. I'm hoping to stay in touch with these companies so that I can help you stay up to date as well. Here are a few general observations about what I...

Tags: VMware Inc., IT Decision Maker, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Microsoft screwing themselves while they try to screw Google

Amen!In business, you play offense by innovating and outperforming your competition. You may play defense if you need to catch up to your competition.In thinking of ways to make Google look back, Microsoft is doing neither. They are sitting in the stands trying to distract the other team.=AllenUnderstanding...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-29

Is the Apple rumor mill getting out of control?

How to stop the rumors1) Have the MS posters stick to what they know rather than invent Apple stories. Have the Apple posters stick to their product rather than invent MS stories ok have not noticed much of the latter2) Stop the idiot bloggers who post a diatribe for or...

Tags: rumor mill, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Could Apple really dictate iPhone terms to Verizon Wireless?

Could Apple really dictate iPhone terms to Verizon Wireless?RE: Could Apple really dictate iPhone terms to Verizon Wireless?ATT needs to dump cash to up the network ante.....and fast.american math"AT&T?s retail churn rate has improved to 1.2 percent, still behind Verizon?s 1.14 percent. " I don't know about american mathematics but...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, ATT, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Windows 7, netbook support in the works for Windows Home Server

Windows 7, netbook support in the works for Windows Home ServerWin 7 Support?I've been running Win 7 for months and using it with my Windows Home Server without issue. It backs up files and I was able to use the WHS to restore a file that I accidentally overwrote...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), netbook, server, WHS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

GT-DataSafe 3.0 (Windows)

GT-DataSafe is a comprehensive online backup solution enabling everyday PC user to easily backup, restore, access, and share data. GT-DataSafe continuously monitors your selected folders and files, looking for changes, and when a change is detected, it is backed up to an Amazon storage data center of your choice, even...

Tags: Online Backup, Microsoft Windows, Genetic Thought Software, GT-DataSafe, Data Centers, Backups, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-07-14

$299 Kindle: Great, now make it read PDF!

$299 Kindle: Great, now make it read PDF!Great writeup, but... Much thanks, Jason, your usual great blogpost... but I really do not see the point of these readers... Like you, I have tons of books on pdf and chm(and thanks for the heads-up reminder on the IBM Redbooks, that had...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Adobe PDF, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-08