Printer Privacy
Posted on July 14, 2008 - Filed Under Devices, General, Tech News | Leave a Comment
The decreasing cost and growing popularity of color laser printers is causing concerns in some circles that your privacy may not be worth the paper you’re printing on.
More manufacturers are producing laser printers with technology that leaves microscopic yellow dots on each printed page that identify
Intel Home Health
Posted on July 11, 2008 - Filed Under General, Health, Intel | Leave a Comment
With the government having drawn back somewhat from home health care nursing which had grown to huge proportions by the early 90’s, there is room to bridge the gap left behind by the much less frequent home visits from a nursing professional.
Read More..>>Huge Drives
Posted on July 10, 2008 - Filed Under General, Tech News | Leave a Comment
My goodness, it seems like only yesterday that drive manufacturers were breaking through to the 1 Terabyte hard drive. Actually, it was in early 2007 when it happened so 18 months have passed and that seems to be the timeline for seeing new advances hit the market.
Read More..>>Valuable Newspapers
Posted on July 8, 2008 - Filed Under Environment, General, Science News | Leave a Comment
Hold onto that old newspaper, it could be worth its weight in gold. That’s the message from Japanese scientists who say that newsprint is a vital ingredient in a new process for recovering gold and other precious metals from industrial waste metal solutions.
Read More..>>Battery Extender
Posted on July 6, 2008 - Filed Under Devices, General | Leave a Comment
The very best extender for your notebook battery is YOU! Your computing habits may need a little tweaking but you can get several extra minutes out of a charge on your laptop computer.
There are some well known tips you should always follow to extend the life of a charge.
Microsoft Freebie
Posted on July 5, 2008 - Filed Under General, Microsoft | Leave a Comment
Microsoft has come out with a nice utility that is a free download, called SteadyState.
Its primary function is to protect your system. Once you have your computer setup just the way you like, it’s no fun to have a kid, spouse, friend, or even a program come along and mess things up for you.
Maintenance Tools
Posted on July 4, 2008 - Filed Under General, Software, XP | Leave a Comment
Time again for some more recommendations. This time, I’m putting you on to some free Windows maintenance tools. Microsoft worked mostly on the code of the OS, trying to make the thing work, but not so much time on keeping it running.
Read More..>>Who’s Next?
Posted on June 30, 2008 - Filed Under General, Tech News | Leave a Comment
Now that Bill is pretty much history, I wonder, who’s next?
Not the next to leave but the next to arrive. Who’s the next Bill Gates? Who’s in the process of coming up with something really great that will be the next big problem solver?
Gates’ ‘Retirement’
Posted on June 28, 2008 - Filed Under General, Microsoft | Leave a Comment
Not exactly retirement per se, but the big news in the tech world the last few weeks has most certainly been centered on Bill’s departure from the day-to-day operations at Microsoft.
He’s stepping out of that role into one drastically different in many ways, yet strangely familiar.
Migraine Zapper
Posted on June 28, 2008 - Filed Under General, Health | Leave a Comment
Around 30 million Americans suffer from migraines, with more than half requiring bed rest to get over an episode. That’s a lot of pain and a lot of lost work days. We were a migraine household as my wife suffered with them for over 25 years, finally finding improvement only with age. She was never […]
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