If you want the latest, fastest computer and money is no object, then this blog post isn’t for you. Similarly, if you’re content with walking into a big box store and getting a computer that comes in a big box, then this blog post isn’t for you either.
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July 21, 2010Buying a New PC, Part IJuly 20, 2010A shorter, simpler passwordTrue, it’s a pain to concoct a password that’s 14 characters long, a mixture of upper and lower case, non-consecutive digits, and weirdo symbols. Apparently it’s also not really necessary. July 19, 2010When to Buy That New PCA long time ago, new computers were purchased every two years. Today, it’s more like six years. Or longer. July 16, 2010U.S. Getting Aggressive on Pirate SitesOver 73,000 blogs were shut down recently, and 7 domain names seized, for distributing copyrighted material, mostly videos. What did I just write about the end of the free Internet? Then again, this was theft, and I’m all for the government pursuing and punishing thieves. ScreencapIn the old days, the Print Screen button on the PC actually printed the screen. That was an easy operation because the screen was all text and the dot matrix printer could easily, and noisily, spew out 80 columns and 25 rows of text. Not so any more. July 15, 2010Apple knew of iPhone glitch, but Jobs persistedDespite protests by Apple engineers, Steve Jobs liked the iPhone 4’s design so much that he pushed it through. Nice Jobs. Apple is holding a press conference tomorrow (Friday) to discuss this issue. Hopefully they’ll hold it in a way as to not interfere with the signal.
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July 14, 2010Apple about to fess up for iPhone 4Truly, the iPhone 4 has fallen from the perch Steve Jobs put it on several weeks ago when it was introduced. Apparently Apple is now ready to own up to the phone’s many problems.
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Signs of Impending DoomWhat noise does a hard drive make just before it dies? Well, it goes something like this: Tica-tica-tica-tica-zing! I’m serious. July 13, 2010Windows XP is Finally DoneToday marks the day, July 13, that Microsoft officially pulls the plug on support for Windows XP Service Pack 3, thus ending all Microsoft support for what is, perhaps, it’s most enduring and popular operating system. July 12, 2010The iPhone-Killer AppGoogle has released an Android app toolkit, similar to the old HyperCard for the Mac, which allows anyone to quickly develop a mobile program. This is an insane step, one that Apple would never take.
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