January 25, 2009

The End of Solitude

"Technology is taking away our privacy and our concentration, but it is also taking away our ability to be alone. Though I shouldn't say taking away. We are doing this to ourselves; we are discarding these riches as fast as we can."

January 23, 2009

Tom's Intl. $750 Cheap Computing Challenge

"Thus, we were presented with a challenge to start off 2009: build a desktop PC for less than $750. Achieve the best performance possible while using the least amount of power, yielding optimized performance per watt."

January 21, 2009

Microsoft Windows Does Not Disable AutoRun Properly

"Disabling AutoRun on Microsoft Windows systems can help prevent the spread of malicious code. However, Microsoft's guidelines for disabling AutoRun are not fully effective, which could be considered a vulnerability."

January 19, 2009

NiceCritic Sends Awkward Messages Anonymously

"Save yourself an embarrassing moment with the NiceCritic.com website, which can anonymously tell that co-worker to wash their hands before they leave the bathroom, or at least stop trying to shake your hand."

January 14, 2009

Tim Sneath : The Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets

Windows 7 is looking pretty good. We'll just forget that whole Vista thing happened. :-)

January 09, 2009

The Essentials of Using Blogger to Publish Your Blogs

PowerPoint Karaoke

"In a typical event, a few brave people volunteer to "present" a random deck of slides pulled off the Web, or borrowed from friends or employers."

January 05, 2009

Super Ubuntu Rolls Multimedia and Helpful Extras into Ubuntu

"Most anyone using Ubuntu Linux has to install Adobe Flash, Java, DVD playback, and other plug-ins to actually enjoy it. Super Ubuntu packs all that essential in from the get-go."