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I finally made a computer purchase at the right time. My recent MacBook Pro purchase allowed me to take advantage of the Apple Up-To-Date Program, and purchase a copy of Snow Leopard (SL), OS X 10.6 for only $9.99 instead of the advertised $29.99. $20 saved is $20...

So I'm telling you. Karelia Software, makers of SandVox, have a 48hr. deal going for 50% either the Standard or the Pro version of SandVox. It's definitely worth a look. If you use Google web tools, then the Pro version is for you, otherwise, go Standard and save even...

Yes, muchachos, while my lime slice is slowly sinking towards the bottom of my frosted beer glass, let me speak to you of the desparado of commercial software, Señior Open Source! Bane to bloated, costly commercial software everywhere, cheered by the ranks of the...

Yup. I finally did it. After years and years of having a laser printer, ink-jet, fax machine and scanner, I decided to dump them all for a single multifunction printer. "Why now?" you ask. Well for several reasons. The quality and performance of these devices have...

This is the second installment of my review of the products from Vertical Moon. This one covers their Flash slide-show building application, SWF 'n' Slide Pro. Everyone is using Flash these days. And just about 99% of the browsers out there support some version of it....

Been to eBay? ePier? Craig's List? What is the common denominator to these sites? In a word — ugly. They pay little attention to the aesthetics (good thing I have a spell checker) and just throw all the content at you in a big fat pile of... well, you get the idea....

Heaven knows I like not having to do things I can avoid – especially things that involve manual labor like mowing the lawn, raking the leaves, painting the house, oh and shoveling snow... yuck. This trait carries over into my work as well. And when it comes to things...

In their noble quest for knowledge, scientists have discovered an amazing new element that will revolutionize the use of online chat. It is called Adium and its powers are prodigious. Although not able to leap tall buildings in a single bound or see through people's...

In the recent demise of my wireless router, no! Just last week, after several days of freakish weather including thunderstorms that shook the house, I entered my office to find that the lights were out on my TrendNet wireless router, and absolutely no one was home....