Microsoft Office Ultimate Steal</h1> <article> <h1>Microsoft Office Ultimate Steal</h1> <p>Joe Frisino — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:38:14 +0000</p> I know there are many capable free or low cost alternatives to Microsoft Office applications out there. But if you need to use Microsoft Office, or you simply prefer to, AND you don’t feel comfortable grabbing a free copy from the Peer-to-Peer world, Microsoft is offering the Ultimate Steal: aka Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for [...] </article> <article> <h1>Free Online Notetaking Applications</h1> <p>Joe Frisino — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:01:44 +0000</p> Since Ts’ai-Lin invented paper in 105 A.D., taking notes has largely been a paper and pencil activity. And no doubt it remains so, as witnessed by a recent poll of the tech-savvy readership of the popular Lifehacker blog, which voted Pen(cil) and Paper number two on The Five Best Note-taking Tools. But if you are inclined [...] </article> <article> <h1>Online Backups</h1> <p>Joe Frisino — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:31:05 +0000</p> Lets face it, backing up your files can feel tedious. Some of us, especially those whose livelihoods depend on it—artists working in digital media, web workers, pro bloggers, small business people—are paragons when it comes to protecting their data. And the threats are myriad: from failed hardware, crappy software, accidental erasure, spilled drinks, viruses and other [...] </article> <article> <h1>The MSI Wind U120 Netbook!</h1> <p>Greg M. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:56:20 +0000</p> I saw a girl at Gramstand yesterday who was using a new MSI Wind U120 “Netbook.” They are still not available in the U.S., but will be by year’s end. To anyone who does IT field work (ahem), using one of these would be like swapping out your Case Logic 180 disc album of software [...] </article> <article> <h1>Bought a MacBook Pro in the Last 17 Months?</h1> <p>Greg M. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:01:08 +0000</p> Bad Nvidia chips are thought to be causing problems in some MacBook Pros manufactured since May, 2007. Is your MacBook Pro acting loopy, distorted? Or did your MacBook Pro’s screen turn black one day and never come back on? Read Apple’s offical support alert from October 10th, 2008 to find out what to do. All those [...] </article> <article> <h1>Your network settings have been changed by another application</h1> <p>Greg M. — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:42:31 +0000</p> In case you didn’t get that: “Your network settings have been changed by another application.” Oh, by the way, “Your network settings have been changed by another application.” That’s pretty annoying, right? Even more so when it’s a semi-automatic popup alert that won’t quit. If you’re a G4 user running Mac OS X 10.4.11, chances are you fairly good [...] </article> <article> <h1>Before Calling GEEK SQUAD!</h1> <p>Greg M. — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:04:54 +0000</p> Doug Mirro over at Easy Tech Talk says, “As a former unhappy employee of Geek Squad I wanted to provide a list of reasons why you shouldn’t bring your computer to them for any kind of service….” He then goes on to give some rather enlightening—if not totally unsurprising—examples of why you might want to think [...] </article> </main></body></html>