Posted April 25, 2007 
Comments(0) Panda Software, makers of the Panda Antivirus program, has started a free online antivirus scan called ActiveScan.
As implied by the name, it uses ActiveX, so you have to use Internet Explorer to use this scanner.
Read more in Free Online Antivirus Scan
Posted April 22, 2007 Comments(0) We take our computers for granted. We turn them on and they work (well, if we haven’t gotten tangled up in adware, viruses or Windows decides to misbehave <grin>).
As we do our Spring cleaning (that’s Fall cleaning for those of you in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other points south of the Equator), we do some of the major cleaning jobs around our homes. And, inside our homes…
But, who thinks of about cleaning the PC?
Read more in Spring Cleaning – Don’t Forget Your Computer
Posted April 16, 2007 Comments(0) You’ll find it really hard to find one as small as 30-40GB today.
The smallest regular external drivve that I’ve seen advertised in a long time is 160GB. These will use normal desktop-type hard drives and will have a power brick that plugs into the wall.
There are some really small GB sizes today — they have notebook drives in them and are about paperbook size — and are usually designed to plug into your PS2 ports or 1 or 2 USB ports to get their power.
Read more in Getting an External Hard Drive
Posted April 8, 2007 Comments(0) One of the newsletters I read each week is the Clif Notes Newsletter.
This week, Clif had a link to a great Vista cartoon at ctrlaltdel-online.com.
Thanks for the grin, Clif. I’m pretty sure anyone trying to change to Vista is going to recognize the feeling.