If you’re only recently aware that the 21st century has brought people into current technologies like HDTV, high-speed internet and internet-based phone service (VOIP, or voice-over-internet-protocol), you probably have been wondering what all the fuss is about. Perhaps you’ve just been confused, and not really been sure what you want, but you know that you…
Google Still Gives Us No Love
I’ve heard from several of my fellow bloggers that there’s been a recent PR update again, as they tend to do every few months or so. I know I had an application in to get my PR reinstated, or to at least have a fair shot at re-earning it. My blog is all no-follow, I…
April 1st Conficker Worm Activates – What You Should Know and What to Do
It must be a slow news month, but the media is absolutely eating up this Conficker virus. Why? Because it’s pulling the old 1990’s “on this popular holiday X, this virus will activate and wipe your hard drive or do some other dastardly deed” schtick. This worm / virus has been out for about six…
OS Wars V: Microsoft Strikes Back
Apparently sick and tired of Apple’s pretentious “I’m a Mac. And I’m a PC,” ads, Microsoft has recently struck back with a series of “Joe the Plumber”-esque ads where different everyday people proclaim what they use their computers for and say proudly “I’m a PC.” The most recent ad has taken a new stab at…
Raging Tech Twitter Contest – WIN $20 USD PayPal
So, this week has kind of sucked for me, and I wanted to do something cool both for my readers and my Twitter followers and friends. This has NO sponsor tie-in, the money and mystery prize is coming straight from my pocket. Here’s the contest details: Contest ends at the end of the day on…
Certifications Update
I forgot to mention that I went home to visit my family in my hometown last weekend. One of the particular purposes of that trip was to take my Apple OS X 10.5 Support Essentials exam. I am now successfully an Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP, formerly ACHDST)! Now I can check that off of…
SunEGrl Loves to Shop – and Save!
I found this blog, and thought it was interesting enough to share. SunEGrl has lots of links to savings for online shopping, hotel and travel stuff, and other cool ways to save money. What caught my eye besides the savings, is that SunEGrl has recently purchased her first home, just like me. Some of what’s…
Drop the Cable, Pick Up the Dish!
As a lover of all things technology, I find the technological achievement of satellite television much more interesting than the delivery of audio / video / internet / phone signal over coaxial or fibre cables. Now don’t get me wrong, I was raised a “cable baby” for my entire childhood – my mother works for…
Google and Sony Partner for 500k eBooks Deal
In an effort to squash competition from Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation), Google and Sony have struck up a deal to put over 500,000 eBooks on Sony Connect eBook store for FREE. Granted, all of these books are public domain, but they’ve been specially formatted for Sony Reader. Ars Technica weighs…
Internet Explorer 8 is Out Today, If You’re Into That Sort of Thing
Just a quick note: the new Internet Explorer 8 was released on the official Internet Explorer home page today. It’s supposed to be faster, stick to web standards (Ha! Believe it when I see it) and a lot more secure. If it asks me once if I’d like to Allow or Deny with a Vista…