This coming holiday season may be an all out war between Microsoft and the new Playstation 3 console from Sony. How can that be you ask? Halo3 got no anticipated launch date around that time right? Nope, but there is another exclusive game release from Microsoft scheduled for that period. Gears of War. Gears of [...]

If you’re testing Internet Explorer 7 beta, then you’re probably interested in knowing that the beta3 version is now available from Microsoft’s website. I still haven’t downloaded and tried the beta since the first version. It just didn’t improve things any more than I already had with Firefox. I didn’t like their implementation of the [...]

Looking at that new wireless keyboard or mouse for your new Visa machine? Forget the wireless, try keyboardless and mouseless. That’s right, it may not be long before you’ll have the opportunity to “jack” right into your computer. This recent article on CNN Money and Business 2.0 teases us with just that, but is it [...]

Thanks to Cory for bringing this book to my attention. It sounds like the book talks about various things that I believe may be interesting to discuss on this blog. The sub-title for Friedman’s book is “A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century”. The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great [...]

One of the new features of the recently upgraded version of ActiveSync for PocketPC is a troubleshooter feature. Screen shot of some of the steps it goes through is below. The only problem with it for me is that it said I wasn’t running Outlook 2000 or later. I’m running the Outlook 2007 beta which [...]

I’ve been working with a new client to tweak some spam services and settings for the past few weeks. As I’ve reviewed the various addresses that spam is coming from, it makes me wonder why something more couldn’t be done at the ISP level to limit one of the common problems: spoofing. There’s a probably [...]

It’s about time Gmail added an “Empty Trash” button. I know, I know I shouldn’t worry about emptying my trash folder with Gmail since it’s unlimited storage, but it’s just a matter of principal right? I mean I could store alot more than a week’s worth of trash in my garage, but that doesn’t keep [...]

Is anyone else having issues with Bloglines? The problem Cory and I are having is that we see feeds in our lists that say there are new items, but when we open the feed there’s nothing there. This is a pretty big issue for bloggers I would think, a fully functioning RSS reader is crucial [...]