Kaspersky Security Scan vs Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool – KSS vs KVRT
Windows 8 is the first Windows with free antivirus. But, what if you want to augment its free antivirus, with more free antivirus? Here’s your game plan.
With Windows 8 RTM, I’m Moving to Ubuntu
I’ve always said that if OS X implemented a walled garden, that would be my last day as a Mac user. Long ago, I kicked iOS to the curb, only keeping enough devices to do software development and consulting for the platform. Now that Windows 8 RTM has implemented a walled garden on Windows Metro [...]
Please Apple, Offer to Disable Versions & Auto-save
I’ve tried valiantly, since the day OS X Lion was released, to get used to Versions. And, I can’t take it anymore. I finally penned Apple a passionate request to offer an off switch. I do totally understand why Apple does not want to offer an off switch. Apple wants Mac users to get used [...]
Ubuntu 12.04 for PowerPC Finally Breathes Life Into Old Macs
Have an old Mac? Like many, I asked Apple to follow Microsoft (for once) and offer a legacy OS for PowerPC systems, so they could continue to serve some use. Microsoft actually offers this to corporate customers, in the form of Windows Fundamentals. If you haven’t heard of Windows Fundamentals, it’s basically a scaled down [...]
Microsoft IE9 Ads Ruined by Post-Production Issues
Microsoft’s latest Internet Explorer 9 ad is actually pretty good. Unfortunately, whoever did the post-production in it for airing on TV, screwed it up completely. I’m referring to this ad, which you can watch on YouTube. Looks great, right? Now, watch it on TV. The television release of the same exact ad, which has been [...]
Why Intel & Canonical Should Make A Deal for Ubuntu MeeGo
For those of you living under a rock, I’ll prime this article with the information that you should already know. One, there’s a Linux-based platform called MeeGo. Two, it was formed by a partnership between Intel and Nokia. Three, Nokia bailed on it after Microsoft gave them a billion in cash and resources. Four, MeeGo [...]
iCloud’s Beta: More of the same?
I will start this article by saying that we don’t know everything that will be in iCloud just yet. However, I will say that I am disappointed at the pricing that has emerged on other web sites (here’s just one for example). At double the pricing for Amazon’s Cloud Drive, I can’t say I’ll be [...]
Internet Explorer 9′s Handling of Image Tags
For some reason, my web site was the first that I ran into which had a problem with Internet Explorer 9. Luckily, I found the problem quickly. The navigation buttons on the right were rendering flatly. With an inspector, I had noticed that the width img tag was defined, but for some reason the height [...]
Office 2011: What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Now for me, something like this is pretty simple to work around. But, for someone not like me… this could be a bad start to a new relationship with Microsoft Office. No, the screen grab below has not been edited in any way, nor was it coaxed into fruition. It is what appeared after clicking [...]
The Mac App Store that Never Was, and the Windows App Store that May Be
A long time ago, in a Mac industry far, far away, there was a project I was secretly working on. It was a Mac App Store. For the sake of the developers, I’ll call them Team X. Team X had a great product on the market, it was great at updating Mac software. I wanted [...]
