Passage - A journey through time (with or without a wife)
By Tony Austin
What is it that makes software -- and any other sort of product, for that matter -- usable and popular, or in other words a…
There are examples all around us of misleading and deceptive advertising, inflicted upon us either deliberately or due to the lack of attention to detail…
A few days ago I found that my Firefox browser's add-ons (extensions) all stopped working after version 2.0.0.8 automatically installed itself, and wrote about it…
Beware: Major problems with add-ons caused by Firefox 2.0.0.8 update
By Tony Austin
For the past few years, I have found the Firefox browser update process to work pretty much flawlessly. But not with today's automatic update to…
IBM simplifies consumer Internet experience with CoScripter, a free online service
By Tony Austin
IBM recently unveiled CoScripter, a free and easy-to-use online service for recording step-by-step processes that Web users do on a regular basis, then automatically runs…
So, you think that you're using a strong, secure password do you? Well think again, and hope that you don't become the victim of Ophcrack…
Having been in the Information Technology field for forty-odd years -- some of them very odd -- it's fair to say that I've seen a…
Tales of the Forgotten (Part 2) -- Windows Explorer file filtering
By Tony Austin
Sometimes software developers bring out a new product version with lots of bells and whistles, while mystifyingly doing away with essential useful features that were…
Stealth Windows update reportedly causes XP repair mode to fail
By Tony Austin
These days your everyday, commodity PC is in many ways more far more complex than the mainframes of the 1970s. It's a wonder that keeping…
Tales of the Forgotten (Part 1) -- Configuring CPU affinity in Windows
By Tony Austin
Okay, you're the proud new owner of a new desktop or laptop computer running Windows XP or Windows Vista. Whether you realize it or not,…
