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The phone that I’ve been waiting for is finally here. I’ve been a Blackberry addict for years but my thumb really doesn’t like the side thumbwheel very much. The first touchscreen Blackberry, the Storm, goes on sale today, and even better is that’s from my current provider, Verizon Wireless. I’ll have a full report once [...]

One of my all-time favorite magazines, PC Magazine, announced that they will no longer publish a print version after January, 2009. Instead, it will be online only. This is a sad day for not only computer publishing, but publishing in general, and I think you’ll see more and more magazines go this route in the [...]

Viruses. Hate them. Really…I do. I do everything in my power to prevent from being infected for both myself and my clients. Buts, some get through and many are really nasty. Many of these are famous (or infamous) for the damage they caused. Here’s a really good read on the 10 Worst Computer Viruses of [...]

I’m not normally a fan of Internet Suites, as they are costly and usually drag down the systems with all their processing overhead. However, I may have found one I like. It’s called Comodo. I’ve used their excellent firewall in the past and they now offer a free version of their suite. It hasn’t seemed [...]

There seems to be a lot of interest lately in mini-notebook computers, often called netbooks. Many sell for under $500 but there are pros and cons to these systems. Here’s a short but helpful article that talks about the sacrifices you make for these little wonders.
Original post by Dr. Lorne Lavine

Like many users, I am very serious about making sure I have no malware, such as spyware, viruses, etc. on my computer. As I’ve come to realize, one program is not enough and you often need multiple programs to catch everything. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have EIGHT different programs running at once? [...]

As many of you may have already heard, Microsoft has already announced the newest version of Windows, currently called Windows 7, will be released sometime next year (we hope). Vista will likely never catch on and they have come to accept that by getting the next version out much sooner. They recently released the newest [...]

In further news that applications are moving to the web, Microsoft announced that the next version of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will be offered in web-only versions as well. You can read the news right here.
Original post by Dr. Lorne Lavine

Dell has just introduced a brand new line of ultraportable laptops called the Inspiron Mini 12. These are nice looking models with 12″ screens, weigh less than 3 lbs, and have 6 hours of battery life. Probably not speed demons, but great if you travel a lot. I’ll try to review one hand-on as soon [...]

If you’re like me, you often want to have complete control over the running of your computer, everything from software, processes running, startup programs, Windows services, etc. While you could get this data with about a dozen program, wouldn’t it make sense to do it with one? SystemExplorer can do just that. It can be [...]