You’ve probably heard of those false emails and websites that try to trick you into giving away your passwords, credit card numbers and soforth by pretending to be legitimate — a practice called phishing. McAfee has posted a ten-question “Phishing Quiz,” where you can test your knowledge and observation skills by correctly identifying 10 [...]

You experts probably beat me to the punch on this — after all, the original technique for this was first conjured up three whole years ago — but it wasn’t until today that I found out about Multiple-IE. This handy package lets you install any previous version of Internet Explorer — all the way [...]

Here I am, back at it — on Windows XP. I do love Acronis TrueImage — it’s the software that enabled me to save an exact copy of my entire 21 GB OS drive, then flawlessly restore it in one hour when I decided I was done being Vista’s whipping boy. As an [...]

By the end of the week, I will once again be running Windows XP.
Although it wasn’t long ago that I wrote about upgrading to Windows Vista, and how it was going pretty well so far, I’ve now had a few weeks to work with Microsoft’s new OS. Having used Vista in both a business [...]

Since it’s been a long time since I posted anything of any substance here, and because I have some developments in both my work life leisure life to mention, I thought I’d divide today’s post into two parts: Work and Play.
Work
At my day job, things have been great for a while now. I’ve been [...]

Some 40 percent of Americans would curb their driving habits if retail gasoline prices shot up to $3.50 a gallon, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Reuters
Did Reuters go back in time to 1997 so they could write this story? In case you’ve forgotten, America, gas already costs that much in some states [...]

I awoke today to discover another grim reminder in the local newspaper — a reminder of just how inexplicably dangerous it is to get behind the wheel in Florida.
Stephen Curtis Pierce, age 54, was backing out of his driveway on Anton Court, when he exited his Toyota Avalon while it was still in reverse around [...]

Hello, I’m just back from two months in the future, where I got chased by a pack of kids on hoverboards and then went blind from staring at too many chrome license plates. Or, rather, I simply neglected the site and didn’t bother to post anything. You can believe whichever excuse you like. [...]

It’s been a long time since I posted — nearly two weeks, I think. Since that just won’t do, here’s a piece about my recent experience with Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows Vista.
Historically, I always move up to the latest edition of Windows within two weeks of its arrival. More often than not, [...]