Fixing “Desktop Gadgets”

V. A. wants her desktop gadgets back When I try to open Desktop Gadgets, this message pops up ‘Desktop gadgets are managed by your system administrator.’ I am the administrator. The only ‘fix’ that I see in the microsoft forums have to do with editing the Registry and the instructions are not clear enough for me to try.… Read More »

DuckDuckGo contest

Zac over at DuckDuckGo.com contacted us about an article which we featured in last week’s Premium newsletter. In that article we talked about DuckDuckGo’s !Bang feature which is certainly as unique as it is useful. If you don’t have a clue what DuckDuckGo is – it’s a fantastic search engine that regards your personal privacy as sacred –… Read More »

Another great (and free) word processor

We first featured this program as a freeware pick of the week in 2004. Here it is eight years later and the intrepid EB was browsing one day (she took a break from grazing) and told me I should take a look at AbiWord again because it has been much improved since 2004. It’s nice to hear that… Read More »

Identity Theft

Ever since cavemen started stockpiling stegosaurus meat, other men (and women) have sought ways to cheat him out of it. Nothing in this world is ever “secure”. Everything is evanescent. But, when it comes to greed and the desire to get what someone else has, there is no end to human ingenuity. Your money in the bank is… Read More »