Finding that perfect gift for your nerd friends is probably not a problem for you. What is a problem, however, is how to get the “I want this” message across to your non-technology-obsessed friends and relatives.
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I’ve heard that they had a limited lifetime, but this past weekend it actually happened. The Secure Digital media card I used in my digital camera took a final, fatal dump.
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An AP article this past weekend revealed that the US Department of Defense has banned all USB flash and thumb drives from the Pentagon. And this was just as USB drives are getting deplorably kitchy.
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Most of my work day is spent trying to avoid work. During one of my anti-work adventures, I stumbled across a necessary task that many of us often avoid more than we avoid work. Yet it’s avoided because few people remember to do it: Cleaning up your e-mail address book.
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There is no reason that computers take so long to start. In fact, the only reason it takes up to a minute (or longer) to start Windows Vista is because having a faster boot time is not a priority for Microsoft. It should be, as the ASRock Instant Boot program proves.
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While the spam I receive in my e-mail inbox is down from the flood levels of years past, there are still a few web sites I specifically block in my e-mail program. One of the big ones is Classmates.com. Apparently I’m not alone.
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Offers for sexual potency pharmaceuticals, wire transfer scams, porn, the glut of spams and scams that once flooded your e-mail inbox was cut by 70 percent recently when one (yes, only one) ISP was shut down.
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The Windows Vista Sidebar isn’t the wonder that Mac OS X Dashboard has been, but it can still be useful.
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Microsoft has a reputation for playing catch-up with Apple. One clear-cut example is the Windows Vista Sidebar, which is a pale imitation of the OS X Dashboard. Even so, both programs borrow a lot from what came before.
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I love the Lost in Space robot.
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