Email Overlord
Posted on September 11, 2008 - Filed Under Email, General | Leave a Comment
I remember not so very many years ago when email was provided at work for those who could give sufficient evidence they needed such a thing. They might have a computer but it didn’t mean they had email.
Read More..>>Newspaper Scans
Posted on September 9, 2008 - Filed Under General, Google, Newspapers | Leave a Comment
Google has started another ambitious effort. They’ve been busy digitizing the world’s books, and now they are starting to do the same for historical newspapers, of course making the archives available for searching online.
Read More..>>eBay Affiliates Banned
Posted on September 2, 2008 - Filed Under Advertising, General, eBay | Leave a Comment
There has been a tremendous uproar in the last couple of weeks because of the actions of eBay toward their affiliates, resulting in the dismissal of who knows how many thousands of affiliates from their program.
Read More..>>Print Saver
Posted on August 31, 2008 - Filed Under General, Online Tools, Printers | Leave a Comment
Ink for most printers is unbelievably expensive. Users are always looking for ways to reduce costs and that often includes buying remanufactured cartridges or refilling cartridges themselves.
Read More..>>DTV Mess?
Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under General, Satellite TV, Television | 1 Comment
Feb. 17, 2009. That’s the magic date for all US citizens receiving OTA (over-the-air) TV signals to be ready for the shutoff of analog TV signals and ready to receive digital only.
Most know that they’ve got to buy a converter box or a new digital TV
Identity Theft
Posted on August 24, 2008 - Filed Under General | Leave a Comment
A federal offense for ten years now, identity theft seems to have just started getting a lot of media coverage in the last 2 or 3 years. Does that mean it’s getting a lot worse?
Read More..>>Clueless Students
Posted on August 23, 2008 - Filed Under General | Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year again — back to school. Beloit College (Wisconsin) always makes it interesting for us as they examine the lives and culture of the incoming students.
They don’t do it trying to be nosy
Bigfoot For Real?
Posted on August 14, 2008 - Filed Under General, Science News | Leave a Comment
In the hairy and hoax-filled history of Bigfoot, those who believe in the mythical beast have offered up all manner of evidence, from grainy photos to hoarse recordings to tracks of those aforementioned feet.
Read More..>>Password Prompts
Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under General, Internet, Security | Leave a Comment
It’s been drilled into us for ages about password uniqueness and strength. Some sites now have an indicator to show how good your password is while creating it.
Read More..>>Google SA
Posted on August 8, 2008 - Filed Under General, Google, Tech News | Leave a Comment
Google SA stands for Google Search Appliance, the aptly described box that resides inside an organizations IT structure and provides employees with high speed search of company documents.
It’s the high end version of the site search capability offered