October 9, 2012

The LED is 50 Years Old

Filed under: News — admin @ 8:49 pm

That’s the visible light LED, which to me somehow implies that the first LED emitted darkness.

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October 4, 2012

Web-Based Unix Emulator

Filed under: News — admin @ 5:34 pm

You unix geeks are going to love this:

http://vrx.net/unix/

August 29, 2012

History of the Floppy Disk

Filed under: News — admin @ 9:06 am

I remember the floppy well. I never had a computer that required an 8-inch disk, though I used those disks at the publishing house where I worked.

Yeah, verily, I suffered through stacks of 5 1/4-inch floppy diskettes, and piles upon piles of 3.5-inch diskettes. There was once a whole chapter of PCs For Dummies dedicated to the different types and densities of floppies.

Today, I still have one computer in the garage that has a 5 1/4-inch floppy drive. I also have a “loose” drive that I could install in any computer, but haven’t done so in over 10 years. I have a USB 3.5-inch floppy drive I’ve used from time to time. But with Sony stopping manufacture of floppies in 2010, the era is pretty much over.

Rest in peace, floppy disk.

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August 21, 2012

PC Sales Down, Down, Down

Filed under: News — admin @ 2:42 pm

Dell Inc. took a stock market swan dive today, as its earnings fell 18% last quarter. The culprit? Declining sales to the consumer market.
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August 5, 2012

Woz: The Cloud is Bad

Filed under: News — admin @ 10:47 pm

I agree with Woz: There is value to having stuff on your computer, right there on the mass storage. With stuff on “the cloud,” who owns it? What happens to it? Interesting thoughts.

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July 20, 2012

How Google May Win in the Voice Wars

Filed under: News — admin @ 9:24 am

Ever wonder why Google offered a free 411 telephone directory service about eight years ago? Or why Google knows what you’re searching for even when you can’t type or spell? It’s all part of a nefarious plot!

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July 16, 2012

Once IE Was the King

Filed under: News — admin @ 10:40 am

Now look at it: The market penetration of Internet Explorer is about 16 percent. It was once about 90 precent. It was the da King! The top browser now is Google Chrome.

I see two good things: First, it’s obvious that Windows users are mature enough to realize that they don’t have to stick with the slop that Microsoft dishes up. Second, they’re fully capable of downloading and installing a browser other than IE. That’s just wonderful!

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July 15, 2012

The Death of the Cable Bundle

Filed under: News — admin @ 8:53 am

And it’s about time!

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July 13, 2012

Here Comes Office 15!

Filed under: News — admin @ 10:28 am

I don’t know whether or not they’ll call it Office 15, but it will be closely tied into the disaster that is Windows 8. From the article:

Many of Microsoft’s corporate customers still use Windows XP. Those using the current version, Windows 7— out since 2009 and paired with Office 2010 — might decide against upgrading.

Duh.

Also there’s talk that Office 15 may work only on Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems. When did “Stupid” get inserted into the Microsoft mission statement?

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July 5, 2012

Check for the Malware!

Filed under: News — admin @ 12:30 pm

The Good Guys stopped some nasty malware going around, which redirected all your computer’s Internet traffic through some bogus name servers. The bad guys have been dealt with, but there’s still a lot of infected computers out there.

Check out the article below to learn more about the infection, and to check a link that determines whether your PC is infected or not.

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