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- Windows Registry Guide
Windows Registry errors can cause serious problems requiring the reinstallation of your operating system and possible loss of data. Use the Windows Registry Editor and the following directions at your own risk.
- How to Protect Your Computer from Spyware and Adware
Without help, you have no way to prevent adware or spyware. Old antivirus programs don't even prevent adware, since they didn't consider them viruses or worms.
- Balancing in the Blogosphere
October 16, 2004
Well, you might have known these facts if I had my own personal Web log, or "blog." Or at least my own lame blog. For bad blogs are clogging bandwidth these days more than e-mails offering us a glimpse of what Paris Hilton does in those private, scantily clad, videotaped moments.
- Sun Lights up Java Desktop on x86
October 16, 2004
Sun Microsystems has taken the wraps off a new version of its Java Desktop System (JDS) running on its Solaris OS.
- McAfee Adds Managed E-Mail Protection
October 15, 2004
The Santa Clara, California, company plans to launch McAfee Managed Mail Protection, an integrated antispam, antivirus, and content filtering service for inbound and outbound e-mail, McAfee says in a statement.
- Windows XP SP2 Goes International
September 15, 2004
Unfazed by distribution hiccups and noisy security skeptics, Microsoft is moving full steam ahead with the international rollout of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
- SpinRite 6 to the Rescue
September 15, 2004
So your hard drive bit the dust before you got around to creating that backup you've been putting off for, oh, a year or so? Download a copy of Gibson Research's SpinRite 6 drive recovery and maintenance software, and it might be able to bring your data back from the brink.
- The GIMP 2.0 - a good image editor from open source
September 8, 2004
GIMP—its name stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program—was first released by two Berkeley students in 1996. Since then, this free open-source program has matured into a powerful image editor.
- Copyright and the GPL: Friends?
September 8, 2004
If recent events are any indication, open source advocates may be the best informed people in the country about software copyright law (outside of the legal profession). But as a foundation for future discussions, let's take some time this month to review the basics of United States copyright law, discuss the GNU General Public License (GPL), explore how various legal attacks on the GPL might play out, and see how those attacks might be thwarted.
- Open Source Basics & Java
September 8, 2004
Much to my surprise, IBM and Sun are at least talking about an open source Java. However, I doubt it'll happen. I mean, Sun won't even agree to play with Eclipse, and, let's face it, Java is a far bigger deal than standards for integrated development environments.
- RealNetworks steps in the digital music download business
September 6, 2004
An old-fashioned price war is gearing up in the digital music download business, with RealNetworks on the offensive. With rival Apple in its crosshairs, RealNetworks has slashed the price on songs sold from its RealPlayer store by 50 percent and launched an all-out marketing blitz to create a public outcry against the iPod maker.
- IBM moves ahead in IT services
September 5, 2004
IBM increased its lead in the IT services market during 2003 as two of its nearest rivals, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Hewlett-Packard (HP), lost share.
- Why It's Hard Making Text Easy To Read
August 17, 2004
A recent column on flat-panel monitors prompted letters from a number of readers asking what they could do about type that appears too small on their displays. I wish there were a simple answer to this 20-year-old problem, but there isn't. There are, however, several tricks that can make inscrutable text a lot easier to read.
- The bad advice that wastes your time and money
August 13, 2004
When you unplug a USB device without first "stopping" it in Windows (accomplished by clicking the Remove Hardware icon in the taskbar), your PC makes a bing-bong sound and usually pops up a message scolding you for the move or warning that what you just did can delete data saved on USB storage devices or damage hardware.
- A few simple steps for finding qualified computer repair people
August 12, 2004
Following a few simple steps can help end your tech-support nightmares.
- What's Wrong with Tech Support?
August 12, 2004
The reliability of PCs is getting better, but tech support is getting worse. That's the conclusion we draw from this year's reader satisfaction survey. We used to call the survey "Service and Reliability," but over the years we've broadened it by asking readers more questions about overall satisfaction and the likelihood of their recommending particular vendors to other buyers.
- OS X: Microsoft's biggest rival
August 12, 2004
Windows XP has company. If you're willing to try something new, take a good look at something from Microsoft's biggest rival.
- Microsoft Unveils 'XP Lite' System
August 11, 2004
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Microsoft announced Wednesday it would offer a low-cost starter edition of its Windows XP operating system in Asia starting in October, as it strives to hold onto market share facing erosion from the open-source Linux system and software piracy.
- Windows Gets Huge Security Boost
August 7, 2004
Almost since the day Microsoft Corp. released its Windows XP computer operating system nearly three years ago, it has been a favorite target of hackers and critics eager to stress its numerous security shortcomings.
- Review of Mozilla Firefox
The Mozilla project takes another step with Mozilla Firefox. Though the browser hides its advanced settings, you can still create modules using XML, CSS, JavaScript, and even C++. The average user can easily add toolbars.
- What's JavaScript?
Updated July 28, 2004
JavaScript started life as "LiveScript." The concept of LiveScript began at Netscape, as they planned the features of their Netscape Navigator 2.0 product, released in January 1996. LiveScript was designed from the start to augment HTML pages, and Netscape planners saw it as a tool for the
average Web page designer.
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