The FCC and Department of  Justice recently approved the Comcast NBC/Universal merger.  There are conditions. You can read some of  those conditions here. Of note is this passage from the linked report: “The deal requires Comcast to provide “approximately” 2.5 million low income households with high speed Internet for less than $10 a month. To […]

Ever have one of those moments where you’ve tried EVERYTHING to solve a computer problem and it ends up being something so simple you just want to kick yourself? This happened to me the other day.   I was in front of a Windows 7 computer system and when I typed in a password, web address […]

“Every time Windows boots up some programs automatically load up at the same time, and many of them are ones that you don’t even know are running in the background. Over a short period this number can increase to 30-40 programs, which is enough to slow even the newest of computers” So goes the pitch […]

I’ve maintained a Christmas mailing list for several years now. Each year, I dust off the database and  update it.  After I’ve made sure all the addresses are current, I move to the next step of printing out my mailing labels. In years past (during my Windows period), I used MSWorks to generate my mailing […]

I use Google.  You use Google.  Your family uses Google.  The neighbors across the street use Google.  Heck, EVERYONE on the planet uses Google! Ever wonder what Google uses when it Googles? Well, it ain’t Windows, that’s for sure! Google has banned the use of Windows on all it’s office systems.  From now on, it’s […]