Tip of the Week – AVG Free AntiVirus
Over the last couple of years, I’ve become a big fan of the Open Source community and those companies offering users alternatives to high price commercial products. AntiVirus software has become a huge money making business for companies like Symantic and McAfee (and countless others). At $40 – $75 per year for antivirus subscription software, [...]
Beware Domain Hijacking!
Over the last few months, I have read many articles that have warned people to avoid doing any unnecessary domain look-ups if they are not going to purchase them right away. Apparently, various companies are monitoring the WHOIS database and other sites for the domain searches that are being requested. By the time a user decides [...]
Update on Apple’s Entry Into Online Movies
As was widely expected, Chief Executive Steve Jobs announced Apple’s entry into the online movie rental business today. What was a surprise, however, was that he managed to form alliances with all six major movie studios, including rival Sony Pictures and Universal, which stopped showing NBC Universal TV shows on Apple’s iTunes Store last fall.
Millions of people already [...]
Is MySpace Watching Out For Your Kids?
Apparently, MySpace and the attorney generals of 49 states are teaming together in an attempt to help protect underage children from online sexual predators. At first glance, this sounds like a promising collaboration between the government and private industry. However, when you read about their proposed plan, it’s almost silly.
New York Times – The social [...]
Netflix to Remove Streaming Limits on Internet Movie Viewing
Here’s a Netflix service that I only recently discovered while I was adding more movies to my movie queue. Originally, Netflix users were allowed to watch selected movies online, but they limited the viewing time to about 17 hours per month. Now, Netflix is expected to announce on Monday, January 14, 2008, that all rental [...]
British Say No to Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 in Schools
It appears that the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) is advising against upgrading to Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. They feel that the upgrade would increase costs and cause potential incompatibility problems.
“Our advice is to be sure there is a strong business case for upgrading to these products as the costs are significant [...]