Anyone who’s ever tried to download and install Windows software from a poorly designed Web site will understand the frustration evidenced in this user’s e-mail: I decided to download (Moviemaker) and buy the Digital Plus pack … so I went to Microsoft.com. They have a download place so I went there. The first 5 times I used [...]
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Today’s Computing column is an expansion of a previous blog entry about the Dash Express, the Internet-connected automotive GPS from Dash Navigation. But even with two items on it, I still haven’t covered everything this intriguing device can do. Although, the adjective I could also use is “frustrating”. As I wrote in the column and [...]
Monday, June 23, 2008
Those of you who live in Houston and complain about the quality of your Internet service would do well to read this entry on ZDNet’s Between the Lines blog by Jason Perlow. He lives in the New Jersey suburb of Tenafly, and makes it sound like broadband hell. Yeah, he’s got a super-zippy cable modem, but [...]
Saturday, June 21, 2008
[Note: This is the second in a series of reviews of Houston-area coffee shops that offer Wi-Fi and a place to work. The first was Catalina Coffee. If you’ve got a favorite coffee spot with connectivity you’d like reviewed, leave a comment.] My first exposure to the Coffee Groundz in Midtown at 2503 Bagby was a [...]
Friday, June 20, 2008
Hey, kids! It’s open-comment Friday once again! Once again, you’ve got the chance to speak your mind in random fashion about anything personal technology-related. Leave a comment here, I’ll approve it and the conversation will flow. While you’re pondering just what you want to say, I’ve got some news for you. If you’re using Twitter, the popular [...]
Friday, June 20, 2008
If you like to take photos and share them with others, there’s a good chance you’ve got a Flickr account. It’s the premiere place for strutting your photographic stuff, using social networking to let you designate friends and contacts and comment on each others’ work. Flickr, which is owned by Yahoo, is a Web application, and [...]
Friday, June 20, 2008
After first saying it may never make such a change, Apple has reversed itself and issued a new version of its Safari Web browser for Windows that fixes the so-called “carpet bombing” vulnerability. At this writing, there’s nothing posted on Apple’s Security Updates page about the new version, but the following description was dispatched via the [...]
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Yahoo’s free e-mail service has been around long enough that, if you want to sign up now, there’s a good chance you won’t get the address you want. Is your name Helen Funk? HelenFunk@yahoo.com is gone — you’ll end up with HelenFunk95940300958@yahoo.com . . . if you’re lucky. That’s why Yahoo today will begin letting folks [...]
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
When Mozilla announced that Firefox 3 would be available on Tuesday, June 17, the software developers also came up with a smart way to promote its release. They wanted a Guinness World Record for the most-downloaded software in a 24-hour period. The goal: 5 million copies of Firefox 3 dispatched to users’ computers. A little [...]
Well I just wanted 2 get yall’s comments on if i should get a laptop and if so which kind so yeah, plz comment, respond, wutevah
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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