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Windows checking for a solution…oh, really?!
Two blue screens of death (BSOD) in as many weeks: Yikes, is it my under a year old desktop? Windows 7? Some of my apps? I have no idea if I had a garden variety BSOD this morning, but it …
Buying a new fridge – you will not win
Two months ago, my wife Ann and I decided to retire our 20-year old KitchenAid (KA) refrigerator. After two new refrigerators, we wish we had it back. [caption id="attachment_2217"
BostonGlobe.com versus Boston.com
For the past few days, I've been exploring Bostonglobe.com, the new paid web site for the Boston Globe. It's longstanding Boston.com will remain free and become
MotionX-GPS quickly sucks life out of iPhone battery
Short iPhone 4 battery life is a fact of life just running regular apps like mail and browsing. Throw in a power hungry app and any semblance of
WiFi can make you famous
"Of, so you're John Dodge," the person next to me at lunch said as if he knew me. Well, he did a little even though I had never met
Verizon’s first 4G smart phone underwhelms
I was worried when I upped for a 3G Verizon Wireless iPhone when it came out in early February. Now that I have had a chance to
Cable clutter reflects a tethered world (wireless not so much)
In this `not as wireless a world as we like to think,' I am being strangled by cables. I trip over ones around my desk and just organized
Mobile technology not on par with desktop
I have been on the road a couple of times this year and for all the talk of the mobile technology wonderment, it's still considerably harder to get work
Jeopardy, Watson go home
Over the past three nights, I have watched Watson, the IBM supercomputer, make mince meat of the two most formidable Jeopardy players ever. The inherently unfair contest gave






John: Barry, I could not agree more. Cab drivers treated terribly by the aut...
barry from boston: i agree with you, but if you think you were treated badly this is how ...
John: No, but I will try it......thx...
Steve: Have you ever tried the Driver Verifier? http://support.microsoft.com...
John: Interesting and good info...clearly I have to update the video driver....