I downloaded the new Firefox beta a few days ago, and I’ve been using it as my primary browser since then. I have to say, I’m impressed! I’m using it on Mac OS X, and it seems to “fit” a lot better than before. Speed seems to be the primary improvement here–not only do pages [...]
I’ve already been using OpenDNS for quite a while, after realizing that most of my Internet losses of connectivity were, in fact, failures of my ISP’s DNS servers. Recently, however, I was searching for a simple, free, effective porn blocker/web filter for a friend of mine with young children, and I was surprised to learn [...]
Over the past month, I’ve had the decidedly unpleasant task of returning three out of four 500 gig Samsung hard disk drives (HD501LJ models) for RMA replacement. One had just been purchased from Newegg, and the others were a few months older, meaning I’d have to return them to Samsung for replacement. Two of the [...]
I’ve had occasion to contact Newegg’s customer service twice recently, and was impressed both times. The first time, I had purchased a Samsung hard drive that was dead on arrival. I didn’t even have to call Newegg. A few clicks on their website, and voila! A few minutes later I had my RMA number in [...]
My wife just told me about a “sneaky” phishing email she just received. I took a look at it, and it’s a phishing website that is collecting banking login names, passwords, as well as ATM card information. I took a minute to report it to the bank being spoofed, Heritage Bank. They already knew about [...]
A few days ago, I wooted a GPS Navigation system. Living in Texas means, unfortunately, that I have to pay taxes on my woots, since they’re based in Texas, too. But it has its advantages! It looks like I was among the first to receive my unit, and I started playing around with it this [...]
For almost two years now, I’ve been using VOIP telephone technology for my home phone. At first, it was through the local cable company, Grande. We got a small discount, since it was part of a package for cable TV, internet, and telephone service. But then, I heard of Vonage, and loved the idea that [...]
I’ve been using Mozilla Firefox since the early beta days. I remember how exciting it was to have a trimmed-down, lightweight browser that worked well on the old, slow laptop I had at the time. Once I got used to tabs and plug-ins like AdBlock, there was no going back! Firefox has had its share [...]