Remember the whole Sony rootkit debacle from way back in 2005?  Well, it seems that Sony is tired of being the only one to lose money over this issue and has decided to sue SunnComm  (now called The Amergence Group Inc) claiming that the MediaMax copy protection software was defective and cost the company millions [...]

I'm seeing an odd Windows Vista problem ... each Windows Update that comes in disables one of the screens on my dual monitor rigs and switches the default monitor.  Each time.  Every time.  I used to think that it was a glitch but I'm now seeing this pattern repeat on several other multi-monitors systems I have.  The only connection [...]

Jim Minatel is right, there's too many iTunes updates being pushed down the pipe by Apple .

When we got the first of our 2 Nano 2nd gens last fall (my wife got hers in Oct for her B-Day, mine was an early Christmas gift on sale on Thanksgiving) I downloaded version 7.0.1. I've skipped countless update [...]

Busted :

The Advertising Standards Authority  called Dell to task July 10 for a common practice among print and IT vendors, saying it failed to include the cable costs in its ads. The group ordered Dell to make amends for a newspaper ad for the vendor's Photo All-In-One Printer 926 that failed to include the cost of [...]

I've had a pretty good experience with Linux distros, especially Ubuntu, but taking the Linux road isn't a guaranteed path to computing nirvana .

I started my Linux journey wanting to like Ubuntu. It's pitched as a great operating-system option that's ideal for newbies and experienced PC users alike. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth is, like Bill Gates, [...]

Over on Lifehacker  today I came across a tip that doesn't sound all that good to me:

For those times where you do not have a magnetized screwdriver handy or using a magnetized driver makes the work difficult or dangerous (such as working on a computer), you can use vaseline or any like substance as a [...]