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After we use our computers for awhile the hard drive starts filling up with all sorts of files and application. The problems is trying to figure what files are filling up the hard drive. Until you know what you have it is hard to organize and delete those you don't need. If you have a Mac, there is a program
When I launched this blog I made a commitment that even years down the road that I would go to great lengths to preserve the data that has been written here. This blog is not run by a big multi-national corporation and if it disappeared off the face of the net, I am of no illusion that it would not
This is what happened to computers infected with the Zeus/Zbot. The creator of the botnet built into the malware a Kill switch that causes the infected computer to “BSOD”
Today I did what I like to do on Fridays - Check out the Garage sales. We also have another place in Wisconsin I like to go on Fridays - it's called SWAP - Surpluss With A Purpose. The place is basically filled with government and University discards - including computers equipment. I have purchased many an item from SWAP
We have a winner of a crispy $100.00 bill listen to see if you won. Pet tragedy today here at the house, resulting in a late start to the show. Lost of tech news and I have fun at the expense of some of the highest paid executives in the country. Show Sponsors keep me fed so Please Support the
This might be another good reason to install Ubuntu 9.04: I looked at the battery, then called up the Dell recall list. Sure enough - that battery was listed. Interestingly enough, I've had this D600 for a while now and there has been no problems up until a week ago when the battery wouldn't take a charge. Since I usually
Twitter gives a connection to people rather than information now, but will it in the future?
The RIAA could not control themselves and have filled more Lawsuits against P2P users. After all but admitting that there past actions have hurt them more than helped them they could not contain themselves and had to file more lawsuits.
Big Media = Control at All Costs!
I was looking at maps of the U.S. Grid system on the NPR Web site. This got me thinking about how our whole Internet structure and all our gadgets are dependent on a utility that has been around for over 100 years and some of its structures are more then 50 years old. Many people are worried about the
The physical PMP gadget market is reaching a point of critical mass. Who will be the people to cause this tipping point? What will be the next idea to pull the market through to another few years of exponential growth?
LED-based light sources have long been touted as efficient and long-lasting alternatives to incandescents. They last even longer than compact florescent lights (CFL's), and use even less energy. They also create an extremely harsh, blue-based light that can be irritating to the eyes, and quite simply, don't live up to the warm light an incandescent bulb creates, and therefore have
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