When I’m working in my studio, I like to fill it up with news, talk or music.  Years ago, when I subscribed to cable, it was easy to have just about any kind of programming running in the background while I drew. However, as many readers of this blog know, I’m a cable cutter.  I […]

As many readers of this blog know, I have the new Asus Transformer Prime Tablet. And, I’ve touted how great it is. Well, the above video gives a good side by side comparison of the Transformer Prime and how it stacks up against the Apple iPad2. Rumor has it that Apple is rushing out the […]

Amazon.com’s new Tablet, Kindle Fire, uses an all new web browser to surf the web. It’s called Silk. You can see more information about it here. It’s cutting edge stuff and promises a new, improved experience in how customers receive their content. Essentially, you’re using the Amazon Cloud to speed up your tablet!  It’s a […]

Amazon.com’s big announcement yesterday resulted in an unveiling of their new line of Kindle readers. The REALLY big news was their launch of the new Kindle Fire Tablet. The Kindle Fire, with Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display and Wi-Fi, runs the Android Operating system.  And Android is Linux, folks.  So, if you decide to buy […]

Another Phishing scam has turned up. This one poses as a credit card purchase.  A fake confirming order comes in your email with an attachment.  The attachment is a zipped file. When you download, unzip and open the “document” to read the details, your system becomes infected. I know about this scam firsthand because it […]

Back in the 1980s, there was a lot of heavy competition taking place between computer manufacturers.  Companies were coming out with faster, more powerful systems.  They’d play up the cutting edge graphics of the day and advertise a lot of the “eye candy” features. The Commodore 64 was one computer that really highlighted its graphics […]

Here’s a snippet from the BBC television show Click. They review PCLinuxOS and have some very nice things to say about it. You can see the original post and review on Click’s site here. PCLinuxOS is one of the very best Linux distributions in use around the world today. It’s easy to test drive (via […]

Recently, hardware keyloggers were found on library computers in the UK.  I learned this from a post on the PCLinuxOS forums (by menotu).  You can read the article here.  You can also view a brief video from the BBC here. You might be asking yourself, “What the heck is a hardware keylogger?” A keylogger is […]

My alma mater is The Ohio State University.  I’m a life member of the alumni association.  And, like many other alums, I’m on a lot of the university’s mailing lists. On February 16, 2011, I (along with other Alumni, students, faculty, and staff) received an email from Ohio State University  president E. Gordon Gee. The […]

Last week, I wrote about skimmers and how they can steal your ATM/Debit card information. In this post, I want to give you a very basic, common sense strategy to keep your money as safe as possible. It’s a very simply approach.  And while it can’t keep all your money from being stolen, it can […]