June 2006

Gas Guzzler Please

Are you contemplating a purchase of a new hybrid or alternative-fuel vehicle? Depending on your motivation, this may, or may not, be such a good move. If you’re considering a hybrid and your motivation is to save money in light of higher fuel prices, you’ll be disappointed with the results. According to Consumer Reports findings …

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Where To Post Your Mug

If you’re reading this article then I assume you’re, at least, a little interested in technology. If you’re a little interested in technology, then I assume you own a digital camera. You do — right? If you answered no to that question and you’re not shooting film because your a professional photographer, then I have …

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SPAM Control

If I asked how many of you are the regular recipients of junk e-mail (SPAM), I'm guessing I would receive a 100% unanimous response in the affirmative. Unfortunately, SPAM is a problem that is unlikely to go away. Even if legislative action is taken, don't expect it to have any real impact upon the problem. …

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IE Get’s a Second Chance

Back in December I said that I had left the Microsoft Internet Explorer ranks for the greener browser pastures over at Firefox. I'll admit that I've really enjoyed Firefox as a tool too, but I couldn't resist being an early tester and, you guessed it, an early (part time) adopter of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 …

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Back It Up

I’ve had a lot of questions since posting Don’t Loose Your Data about how one goes about backing-up ones personal data. Fortunately the answer is quite simple. The first step is to ensure you have something to backup your data to, such as a second hard disk, CD / DVD, or tape. If you don’t, …

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