Author: Jeff

Many users view Windows XP (and Windows 2000, and previous Windows versions) as unsafe. No matter how many patches and updates Microsoft releases, the foundation of the OS itself?the kernel?is designed and built in a way that prevents it from being truly secure. The only solution, it is argued, is to redesign and rebuild the… Continue reading Why Windows Vista won’t disappoint

Microsoft is promoting anti-piracy yet again by distributing free USB drives pre-loaded with licensing FAQs, Windows licensing guides, transfer information, and ?additional resources.? I?m going to guess that the drive will be write-only, but only time can tell due to a 6-8 week shipping estimate which is probably longer now that the news has spread.… Continue reading Free Microsoft USB Drive

Encyclopodia is a free software project that brings the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias on the world, on the Apple iPod MP3-Player. It has been successfully tested on a third-generation iPod and on an iPod mini, but it should also work on other iPod generations. Installation Guide: 1) Download the Encyclopodia Setup… Continue reading Wikipedia for iPod – Encyclopodia

Qliner Hotkeys is a free, open source, keyboard shortcut application: Like most hotkey configuration utilities, Hotkeys allows the user to setup specific key combinations to launch applications, switch between open instances of a running application, control volume (via an add-on) and even remap your Caps Lock key to be a Windows key. But where Hotkeys… Continue reading Qliner Hotkeys

The iPod was never sold on the grounds of its technical merits: Apple hit a gold-mine by marketing a cool new way of integrating music in your life. Even when Apple announced the iPod with video, it presented it not as the best multi-media player in the universe, but as a cool new way of… Continue reading The New Laws of Digital Technology