Blue Screen of Death is "Anqas Toqu millay" – Filthy Blue Window is the best I could do. Microsoft releases language support for Quechua, one of the native languages spoken in Bolivia. Probably to less fanfare than they expected. "We congratulate Microsoft for having facilitated the use of computers in our own languages, but we […]
If like me or because of me, you’ve installed Thunderbird as your email client, you may have ignored some of the useful extensions that other users have written for the program. Below, are six extensions I recommend you install to make your email client of choice a little bit better and a lot more useful.
Lots of good numbers in today’s reuters story about Apple profits. I want to focus your brian on the fact that Apple;s share of the US notebook market had "doubled to 12 percent" in the last half of 2005. This means that 1 in 9 new laptops out there is not running Windows. More importantly,
Mossberg answers a question in his mailbox column today, including the security threat posed by viruses to Apple’s computers (unless you choose to run Windows on it, then you’re just as vulnerable). His assessment also applies to computers running Linux. The common misconception is that virus writers don’t target these platforms because they are not
Via my dad, comes this link to a PC World article asking “Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span?”. The expert in the article suggests that for long term storage, use magentic tape to store files you want preserved for decades. For your average home user, burning copies to CD’s I think is still
Fascinating how the seemingly little decisions can make a crucial difference. But you also can’t agonize and try to get everything perfect from the get go. This guy had $13 million to build a del.icio.us like service 5 years ago and it failed. Now, he’s sharing what he’s learned. I dont think it was that
It appears that since the "Broadcast Flag" was struck down, more HDTV tuner cards for PC’s will be coming to the market. These cards are useful for hobbyists who want to build an HDTV DVR, instead of waiting for TiVo/Sony/Someone to sell one. Since next year’s World Cup will be available in high definition, this
If you replace your phone in the next year, then the answer is yes. Communities Dominate Brands believes 2006 will be the year the iPod dies. Not necessarily because something technologically superior, but because cell phones are replaced so often and new models will have music playback built in. So a lot of people will
EHomeUpgrade is running a quick poll on Digital Rights Management. The questions are interesting but, it must be the poll software they used, some of the questions are really more than one question shoe horned into a checkbox website poll model. For example, you can check both Would you "rent" DRM protected digital media –