Acer Recalls Notebook Computers Due to Burn Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Certain Acer Aspire-series Notebook Computers Units: About 22,000 Manufacturer: [...]
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I picked up Dragon Naturally Speaking over the summer through CircuitCity.com and have been playing around with it. If you don’t know what this is, it’s a program that allows you to speak through an included microphone and watch your spoken words instantly appear in documents, email and instant messages. You can even surf the Web [...]
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SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will tweak its Word application to remove a feature judged to be a breach of patent, ensuring that it will be able to continue selling one of its most widely used programs. The world’s largest software company made the announcement shortly after a U.S. court of [...]
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Just a note – I posted this in 2009 at this time and I see it’s going around this year again. The e-mail that touts this virus is a hoax. With a subject line like that, how could I ignore it? I received an e-mail from a friend who asked if this was real? According [...]
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This has been something that has confused me for some time. Come to find out that I’ve been using the right word all along. Maybe you’ve assumed that discs and disks are just two different ways to spell the same thing. In a new support article, Apple Computer explains that disc refers to optical media [...]
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Windows Black Screen of Death: What You Need to Know Brennon Slattery Dec 1, 2009 6:40 am Any Windows owner is familiar with the Blue Screen of Death, that much-dreaded white text on a blue background that essentially says you're through. But what you may not know is that there's a new contender in town: [...]
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Seagate® Replica™ * Back up your entire computer automatically. * Take the work and maintenance out of backup. * Have easy, instant access to accidentally deleted files. * Effortless, automatic backup for everything on your PC, including the operating system, programs, and settings. * No tedious installation, nothing to configure. * Up to 250GB capacity [...]
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Apple voids warranties over cigarette smoke, users say No repairs for “biohazard” Macs By Cade Metz in San Francisco Posted in PCs & Chips, 22nd November 2009 06:13 GMT A Mac user claims that Apple voided her warranty and refused to repair her machine because it was “contaminated” with cigarette smoke. The claim mirrors a [...]
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A newly discovered flaw in the Flash suite could put both users and servers at risk, according to some recent reports. Adobe has verified the hole, which lies inside any Flash-based application that allows people to upload their own content. Though some details are omitted, the flaw would allow someone to upload a malicious Flash [...]
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Such a simple idea, but a wonderful one. Not sure if you have to wipe out the marks left by the mouse but if you keep your mouse to half of it, you can scribble on the other half and then just lift the top sheet to wipe it out and start again. And, it’s [...]
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