October 28, 2009When it comes to web and desktop applications, I’ve used some really bad ones (horrible interface, non-intuitive, bloated) and I’ve had the privilege of finding some really useful gems. Most of Google’s apps (web and desktop) have been excellent, and even the lukewarm ones from Google have been better than most alternatives floating about. There [...]
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October 24, 2009Microsoft has finally unleashed Windows 7 to a public still suffering from the burns of such delights as Windows ME and Vista, but everyone agrees that Windows 7 is light-years ahead of Vista, and the consensus seems to be that Win 7 will take over for XP as king of the desktop in the Microsoft [...]
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October 23, 2009Old Software, New Vista If you have decided not to go down the upgrade route to Windows 7 and are stuck with Vista, what are the options to improve PC performance? There are options (annoying and time-consuming), such as downgrading to XP when purchasing a new machine, or even downgrading to XP from Vista at [...]
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October 21, 2009Remember when you had to take your film into a photo kiosk and pick it up the next day? Photo instant gratification meant lugging around a cumbersome Polaroid camera. I can still hear that mechanical gasp as it spat out your picture on a flimsy piece of a plastic-like substance. And it wasn’t too long [...]
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October 19, 2009Many businesses as well as users encrypt their data to keep it private. Unless you have the password to decrypt it, the average user is going to have hard time deciphering the encrypted data to make it meaningful. Passwords are an important aspect of computer security; it’s the key between you and your protected data. [...]
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