October 24, 2014Starbucks Goes MobileYou know the old joke: There’s a Starbucks on every corner. Supposedly there’s a location where two Starbuck stores are kitty-corner from each other. And you would think such saturation would pretty much put a cap on Starbuck’s phenomenal growth. Not so fast. Apparently Starbucks is finding more bucks, thanks to a new mobile app that rewards caffeine addicts with all sorts of goodies. It’s working to further expand the coffee giant’s empire.
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Stand Up and ComputeI’m guilty. As I compose this blog post, I am sitting in my fancy Areon chair. It’s mighty comfy, but it’s not the best way to position myself during my workday. October 23, 2014From $666 to $905,000Back in 1976, no one would have paid $905,000 for a personal computer. Just recently, however, an Apple-1 computer — which is basically just a circuit board — sold at auction for over $900,000. The amazing part is that it still works!
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October 22, 2014The End of Windows Control PanelThe original Windows featured an icon-based Control Panel. Windows XP offered two views of the Control Panel: Icons and text/link. That trend continued through Windows 7, with the emphasis on the text-based Control Panel. Windows 8 kept the original Control Panel (dual mode) but added a PC Settings screen. Windows 9 will never exist. Windows 10 is trying to bring the text-based Control Panel and PC Settings screen together. Will the old icon-based Control Panel final rest in peace?
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If It’s Tuesday, Microsoft Must Have a PatchDo you regularly update Windows? You should! And it seems like every Tuesday something new requires that you restart your computer.
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October 20, 2014What’s with Windows 7 patch KB 2952664?They try and try and the patch keeps failing! InfoWorld‘s Woody Leonhard takes a look at what the patch does and whether or not it’s really necessary.
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Half-Life RetrospectiveTruly, it was and remains a great, groundbreaking video game.
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The Mobile Chrome Browser’s Tabs
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October 17, 2014Easy Access to Weird Characters in WordTyping on a computer involves more than just the text you’ll find on the keyboard. Occasionally you need some special symbols. Word’s Symbol command can help, but you probably don’t know the secret to finding even more symbols than what’s displayed in the Symbol dialog box.
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October 16, 2014Sneak Peek at the New iMacWhat’s a 5K screen? Apparently it’s very beautiful. I can’t tell by reading the article because my computer doesn’t have a 5K screen. Therefore I must trudge over to the Apple Store to have a looksee.
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Ever wonder what that tiny little square is with the numbers in it? That’s the Chrome web browser’s tabs feature, although on a mobile device it’s not as obvious to use as it is on a computer.