IBM Gives Up on OS/2

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IBM recently announced that it is finally throwing in the towel and withdrawing the last two computers that it ships with OS/2 at the end of this year. And here you thought [...]

Univac 1

Univac 1

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On this day in 1951 the first commercial computer, the Univac 1 , was shipped. The UNIVAC 1 had only 1,000 words of memory. It ran Windows 98… no, that last part [...]

We Don't Support That

We Don't Support That

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Frustrated with that tech support rep with whom you have been on the phone? This article from Salon tells the story of one tech support’s training and indoctrination as a phone support [...]

Computer Blows Up Flat

Computer Blows Up Flat

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This articleat ananova.com reports on a man who apparently was having some serious trouble with insects at his flat. A German man used so much insect killer that he blew himself up [...]

Mr Excel

Mr Excel

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If you use Excel for home or work you owe it to yourself to get over to Mr Exceland subscribe to an email list to receive the book “Learn Excel from Mr [...]

Want My Password? Got a Pen?

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If you want to know what will put your office network at risk then consider this article in the Register from the InfoSecurity Europe in 2003. Annually this group has conducted an [...]

Read The Fine Print

Read The Fine Print

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When you install software do you read the End User License Agreement (EULA) that gets displayed on the screen? No? You are not alone. SlashDot has a story about Doug Heckman who [...]

Is Microsoft Dying?

Is Microsoft Dying?

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ABC News has a piece on their web site with the title “Silicon Insider: R.I.P. Microsoft? “. They compare Microsoft to Silicon Graphics. Back when I started my current job Silicon Graphics [...]

91 Percent of All Home PCs Are Infected

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McAfee is certainly trying to drum up business for its Anti-Spyware products but it seems hard to believe. They say that “According to a study by the National Cyber-Security Alliance, 91 percent [...]

Edit Stylesheets in FireFox

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A friend and co-worker, Dave Land, showed me this trick. There is a plug-in for FireFox called EditCSSwhich let’s you edit the stylesheet of the page you are currently viewing. This is [...]