Remember back about 10 years ago, back when Microsoft was king of the heap? It could not be dethroned. Bill Gates was Lord, but that was then. Today, Google is the Big Digital Kahuna. The question is, for how long?
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May 4, 2009Google Killer
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May 1, 2009AutoPlay No MoreHere’s a security tip for you: Utterly disable Windows ability to display those annoying AutoComplete dialog boxes.
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April 29, 2009NVLDDMKM.SYSI thought I had met my enemy and its name was
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April 27, 2009Shortcut Keys from A to ZWhile pondering my computer keyboard the other day, it dawned upon me that all the Ctrl key combinations for all the alphabet keys are nearly fully taken by commonly-used commands. Is it true? Why not find out!
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April 24, 2009Lots of Digital StuffThanks to PDAs, cell phones, Twitter, Facebook, and a host of other text-sharing applications, the human race is creating digital information at an alarming rate. April 22, 2009That’s a Big Hard Drive!How big is the biggest hard drive you can buy? I’m not talking bulk, I’m talking capacity! I’m also talking bang for the buck, or dollars-per-gigabyte.
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April 20, 2009A CoDWaW Backup UtilityI’m a big fan of World War II action games, first person shooters. I love ’em. Recently I’ve become highly enamoured of Call of Duty, World At War, also known as COD 5.
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April 17, 2009Really Old ComputersDig back, way back into your PC closet. I call mine “the bone yard.” As your turning the pages of your personal computer history, answer this question, “How old is the oldest working computer you own?” April 15, 2009Taking an Electronic DumpPerhaps one of the most inelegant, vulgar terms in all of computerdom is dump.
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April 13, 2009Weirdo Key RoundupYou may not notice them because you’re used to them, but your computer’s keyboard is host to a variety of weirdo keys. Here’s a sampling. |