Windows

I've had Windows 7 RC installed for a week, now, and even though I only get to touch my 'puter a few hours a day, I have to report that I'm really liking it. And if I'm liking a release candidate, then the final version ought to be GREAT, right?

Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista has been in the works for several months now. The release candidate was available for download from Microsoft a few days ago. There are unlimited downloads and anyone can get a key. The operating system is not gratis, though -- the license will be good until June 1st, 2010, but Windows will begin shutting down every two hours on march first with a repeated notification set for two weeks before that.

While in Qatar, I am unable to visit some of the websites I used to while at home.  This is because some websites, depending on content type and other factors, are configured to deny content to IP address blocks originating from certain countries, or allow only US IP address blocks. Read more »

How many of you bought a new computer within the past year?  It sure was speedy fresh out of the box, wasn't it?  But it's been several months, now, and it feel like it's lost some of that "umph".  Well, if that computer has Windows Vista loaded on it, there's a new trick available that will give you a noticeable boost in responsiveness.  It's called ReadyBoost. Read more »

I've been working on computers for over eight years. In those years, I have gone from being lucky at assembling old parts to make a PC all the way to engineering entire voice and data networks. As a network administrator for my employer, I run into confused faces all the time when it comes to things like "RAM", "hard drive", and "processor". Read more »

So what the heck is RSS? What is it for, is it useful, and how can I benefit from it? Those might be some common questions, and I am here to tell you more than you need to know! Read more »

Many DIY PC builders were used to keeping up with the latest version of Windows simply by purchasing the versions marked "upgrade" for about a hundred bucks less than the regular version. Read more »

Hey, Vista users!  If you're a power user like me, Windows Vista can be rather annoying and a hindrance to productivity every time it asks for permission to do things I told it to do!  For simple users, perhaps they need this assurance.  But in-control gurus need this "feature" to go away. Read more »

God, I want a Mac so bad -- or, at least I think I do. The last Mac I touched was in 7th grade, and it was an Apple Macintosh. But the more I fool around in Windows Vista, the angrier I get with PCs in general.