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iDon’t Like the iPhone At All
Commentary iWent shopping for a new cell phone yesterday. My Treo 650 finally sprung a leak. Up to now, that phone was simply the best phone I ever owned. In spite of the numerous times I dropped it though the years, it held up solid. The tone was always clear, and I love the Palm…
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Webroot’s Spy Sweeper® Enterprise 3.0 Named Best Anti-Spyware – 2006
If you don’t regularly sweep for spyware, you should. According to a decent article on Wikipedia, “Spyware is computer software that collects personal information about users without their informed consent. The term, coined in 1995 but not widely used for another five years, is often used interchangeably with adware and malware (software designed to infiltrate…
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15 Ways to Leave Your Computer
The horror stories from Microsoft’s new operating system, Vista, just keep coming in. This one is just weird. Microsoft now gives you 15 — count ’em — 15 different ways to leave your computer. For all you Paul Simon fans, there’s got to be a song in there somewhere. From an article by Joel Spolsky:…
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Stay Away from Vista
Stay away from Microsoft Vista, the new version of the Windows operating system, for as long as you can. A Russian programmer has already found holes in the system that would allow an unscrupulous programmer access to your machine. From today’s New York Times: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24 — Microsoft is facing an early crisis…
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BeLarc Advisor – Free Personal PC Audit
Have you ever forgotten licensing information for a piece of software, or stumbled when you had to call tech. support for an item on you PC? There is a free utility from BeLarc that builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks,…
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Is Linux Ready for the Desktop?
Linux today is speculating on whether Linux is ready for the desktop. This is an exciting question, and an important one. It is also a very old debate. Linux is not currently threatening the place of Windows on most desktops, but it has made some inroads. Hosting at Shire Enterprises is on a Linux server…