By David Spaxman Often with e-mail services, people aren’t happy with the e-mail addresses that are available. After a while, they want a new e-mail address that’s “cooler” or more descriptive. Depending on the e-mail service that you’re using and how much effort you want to put into things, changing your e-mail address can be [...]
By David Spaxman The very concept of Internet safety is almost an oxymoron these days. It seems like not a day goes by where we don’t hear about some new kind of threat aimed at wreaking havoc across machines connected to the Internet. Anti-Microsoft sentiment coupled with the massive installed base make Microsoft products, and [...]
By David Spaxman The concept of viruses or self-replicating programs actually originated with early computer researchers but was never put into play. The first actual viruses were, essentially, pranks or fairly benign proof that viruses could be created. Most of them simply displayed a message of some sort to indicate they were present while infecting [...]
Another vulnerability has been discovered in Java. If Java is installed on your machine, malware authors can exploit it and infect your computer from something as simple as you visiting a malicious or hacked website. The fix that most experts are recommending is to remove Java from your machine. Chances are you don’t actually need [...]
By David Spaxman Not a day goes by that I don’t hear of problems with one of the major free e-mail providers. In fact, I can fairly safely say that not a day has gone by in over five years. It really begs the question: are free e-mail services like Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, [...]
By David Spaxman IBM has just released its annual “5 of 5″ list of technology predictions for the next five years. This time, the focus is on the senses of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste. If all these predictions come true, computers will play a much bigger part in our daily lives than they [...]
By Will Jones What is the true spirit of Christmas? It depends on who you ask. Now, in my previous urban life this was not an issue. I had surrounded myself with a group of fine friends who liked to celebrate Christmas just as I did – with a tipple or two, plenty of fine [...]
By David Spaxman I want to thank everyone who sent in their idea for the “Name the Next Microsoft Operating System Contest.” The rumor is Microsoft will be dumping the moniker “Windows” for its next OS and I wanted to see what people could come up with for a replacement. All of the entries were [...]
By David Spaxman The electronics website iFixit on Friday downgraded the new 21.5-inch iMac’s repair score to three out of a possible 10, calling servicing the computer “an exercise in disappointment.” The website urged do-it-yourselfers to look for a leftover 2011 model instead. “Hackers, tinkerers, and repairers be forewarned: get last year’s model if you’d [...]
By David Spaxman So Christmas is just under a month away and I usually get asked what is a good game to buy someone for their computer. Well I’ve listed five titles that any gamer would love to have under the tree Christmas morning. Keep in mind that these are graphic intensive games and would [...]
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