For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Windows 8 is coming.
Although you may not be jumping for joy at this fact, I'll wager you're at least a little curious. Could the new OS make your computing life any better? Is the new interface a boon, or more of a boondoggle?
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
One hassle I'm constantly dealing with is how to remember and return to all the interesting reading material I find online.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Are you suffering from newsletter overload? Does your inbox see a daily deluge of store promotions, Google Alerts, and/or awesome technology sites (ahem)?
I feel your pain. Sometimes I feel like I spend half my morning just sifting through all this stuff.
If your email provider is AOL, Gmail, Google Apps, Mac.com, Me.com, or Yahoo, check out Swizzle Sweeper. This potentially awesome service aggregates any or all of your subscribed newsletters into a single daily digest, effectively turning a boatload of inbox clutter into just one email.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
How's your home network these days?
Does it seem slower than usual, or just plain slow? Do you find that you don't get good coverage in all corners of your house? Do you intermittently lose your connection to your ISP?
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
I can think of few bigger computing hassles than destroying your eyesight by using a computer.
And yet if you sit in front of a screen for long stretches (who among us doesn't these days?), you're almost certain to experience some level of eyestrain.
Desktops and laptops aren't the only culprits, either; tablet and smartphone screens can prove hazardous to your eye health as well.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
A couple months back I suggested three alternatives to iGoogle, the popular personalized Google home page that's scheduled to be switched off about a year from now.
Lots and lots of users weighed in with their thoughts on iGoogle's demise and their own suggestions for alternatives -- which led me to post two more alternatives to iGoogle about a week later.
That entry drew a lot of discussion as well, though the overall concensus among users is that there's nothing out there that really matches the simple, understated appeal of iGoogle.
For more than 20 years, Rick Broida has written about all manner of technology, from Amigas to business servers to PalmPilots. His credits include dozens of books, blogs, and magazines. He sleeps with an iPad under his pillow. More by Rick Broida
Earlier this week I received a terrific letter from reader George, who was having a problem with Windows' System Restore on his Dell Desktop.
Specifically, he noted that he was "losing" restore points, meaning they would disappear after he'd created them.
