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I had a great email from AP telling me about someone teaching her a great windows feature this week.  I thought I had written about this hidden feature long ago.  In searching through all of my columns I found that I had not, so today we will take a look. You know how it works……

To iPad or not to iPad

I say, “Not”!  And this article from TechRepublic writer, Debra Littlejohn Shinder gives my reasoning exactly.  I am especially in agreement with the even numbered items in the list. I would add an 11th reason to the mix and that is I never want the first version of anything.  That includes tech stuff, cars, phones,…

A Mouse with no Tail!?

My mouse has no tail! No, I do not mean the little rodent variety, but the ones fitting comfortably under your hand that you poke and prod all the time at your computer. One of my readers/listeners, Jenny saw me in a local eatery the other day while I was working on something.  I go…

2010-01-20, WSVA Show Notes

Free Antivirus Software: Avast! AVG Microsoft Security Essentials Commercial Antivirus Software:  Norton McAfee NOD32 DO NOT install more than one of these programs on your system at the same time. If you wish to try another of these applications MAKE SURE you uninstall the other one first. That being said, Microsoft Security Essentials, which offers…

You Can be a Spy Too!

I wanted to talk about a very interesting free application that I stumbled upon this week and the website where I found it. Everything USB is an interesting site that has…well OK, you guessed it, lots of information about USB devices. USB stands for “universal serial bus” and is the interface (plug) between your computer, most thumb drives/memory sticks and an…