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Category Archives: Computers

Picks of the Week – 17 December 2010

1 Comment Posted by on December 17, 2010

With the week coming to an end and the holidays just a snowball throw away, here are the Picks of the Week for the week of December 17, 2010.  We at the Nerds of the Round Table, have scanned and scoured through the web, online stores and movie rental databases to bring you the best [...]

Computers, General, iPhone, Picks of the Week, Technology News, TV

Mankind is in Jeopardy Against Machine

1 Comment Posted by on December 14, 2010

Place your bets folks!  Cylons versus man.  Deep Blue versus Kasparov.  T-1000 versus Connor.  Hal 9000 versus Dave.  You guessed it, man will face off against a machine, yet again.  This time in the game show Jeopardy realm. Two of the venerable game show’s most successful champions — Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter — will [...]

Computers, General, Technology News, TV

Software for Virtualizing XP on Windows 7

Leave a Comment Posted by on August 6, 2009

On Tuesday Microsoft released software that uses virtualization to allow people to run applications in Windows 7 as if they are running in XP, making it easier for applications written for older versions of the OS to run on Windows 7. The feature is similar to Apple’s Classic mode, introduced on Mac OS X, that [...]

Computers, OS, Technology News ,

Cans of SPAM

1 Comment Posted by on June 29, 2009

Everyone has to deal with unwanted email messages. Often called SPAM, these messages can come from anyone and do nothing but pollute the internet communication system. At the time of writing this, I have about 500 SPAM messages in my work email and almost 300 in my personal account. And those numbers account for approximately [...]

Computers, Security, Spam, Two-Cents

Windows 7 Pre-Orders

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 29, 2009

I wanted to check in with you the readers to see how many of you have pre-ordered Windows 7.  I did it early Friday morning, mostly because I feared them running out of preorders.  So far it seems as though Amazon and other retailers have plenty of copies available for pre-order.  Vote below and feel [...]

Computers, OS, Technology News

Password Games

2 Comments Posted by on June 26, 2009

One of the chief problems that everyone has is working with passwords. I can’t make you have fewer passwords, but I do have a system for remembering them better.

Computers, Passwords, Security, Two-Cents

Windows 7 Pricing Details Revealed

Leave a Comment Posted by on June 25, 2009

I know it’s a change of pace, but I’m not going to be writing about one of my normal topics I’ve been covering lately. I was browsing Google News today when I saw that the pricing information for Windows 7 had been released. Normally, that wouldn’t be a big deal, but in this case early upgraders are in for a pleasant surprise.

Computers, OS, Technology News

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