With all the talk of “the cloud” and of privacy violations and “hackers”, we often put the burden and the blame on Web sites when something goes wrong – like when Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or Gmail accounts get “hacked”. We hate words that are so ambiguous. You may as well substitute “gremlin” or boogeyman for “hacker” – they… Read More »
What can I say. We all need to wake up. Some of us need to wake up more than others. I told EB the other day that she needs to wake up before it’s too late, but she ignored me, like she always does. She thinks I’m cuckoo. Speaking of cuckoo, how would you like a site that… Read More »
We are all, I think, a little bit crazy. We live our lives based on assumptions and insubstantial whims and hopes. We think that everything will always be as it is; we take no thought when we do everyday things that it may be the last time we ever do them. We get up in the morning and… Read More »
If you’re using a Windows 7 computer right now and you’d like to learn about all its new features, then we’ve got a download for you. We’re not really sure how to describe this tool. It’s not really a program, but yes it is a program. It doesn’t perform any tasks, but it does – it teaches you… Read More »
So you’re in the middle of doing something important on your computer when the “Restart your computer to finish installing important updates” dialog comes up, and asks you to restart your computer. The quick way to disable the reboot for the current session is to stop the Windows Update service from running. You can do this by opening… Read More »
Few things stir up heated and spirited debates more than Web cookies. Anti-spyware sites like to hammer cookies because, well because, it gives them something to hammer on. But, are cookies really in the same league with spyware, adware, malware and hijackers? Hardly. They don’t contain any mechanism to download software on your computer, they don’t contain hidden… Read More »