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From NewsFactor: To hear Ballmer tell it, Microsoft is the little engine that will eventually surpass the behemoth that is Google. Comfortable with sports metaphors, he referred to Microsoft’s search and advertising teams as young athletes who will eventually rule the basketball court. “You’re growing up quickly. You’re getting better every day,” he said. “You’re …
Internet Explorer and Firefox both come with integrated RSS feed readers. These are both pretty basic, but give you quick access to your feeds. I think I’ve mentioned in the past that I use BlogBridge. This allows you to have a profile of feeds that can be loaded on any computer that has BlogBridge installed. …
From MSN: Depending on how you calculate it, the Web has been around for between 15 and 17 years–which makes it old enough to ask for the car keys, but still an awkward teenager growing toward maturity. Yet it already has a long and storied history (and some prehistory). We’ve decided to chronicle its 16 …
From the New York Times: Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a large consortium in the Boston area, are instead signing on …
With Halloween coming along soon, you may be looking for some “scary” web sites. A fun one to check it is Hershey’s TrickorTreats.com. There are all sorts of activities, crafts, pumpkin stencils, and more that you can download.
As mentioned in the past, I am President of the Niagara Falls Camera Club. As part of our move this year to digital competitions using projected images, I recently put on a program at the club covering some basic digital editing using Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. In my program I covered topics including red eye …
Back in the day, Windows came with a file manager that seemed to have more features than the current Windows Explorer. You can view 2 different drives or folders at a time, making it very easy to copy files between locations. There are many 3rd party file managers out there, and one I heard of …
From the CBS Early Show: A recent study says that the average woman owns five electronic gadgets. So, ladies, what’s your tech style? That’s the question asked by AOL’s Consumer Advisor, Regina Lewis, who thinks there are three distinct tech personalities she sees among women. She visited the Saturday Early Show to explain the differences …
From CNN: If your hipbone is connected to your BlackBerry or your thighbone is connected to your cell phone, those vibrations you’re feeling in the car, in your pajamas, in the shower, may be coming from your headbone. Many mobile phone addicts and BlackBerry junkies report feeling vibrations when there are none, or feeling as …
From the Houston Chronicle: A silent college classroom is rare. The lecturer pauses for a sip of water. Students aren’t talking. And no one’s cell phone is vibrating, trilling or playing the latest Billboard-chart favorite. Yet, the faint clatter of typing rises from at least one set of fingers — an ever-present sign that today’s …