Slashdot! Xemu writes \’Computer\’s don\’t make children fat, but watching TV for the same length of time does. This is shown by a recent Swedish study of all school children in Lund\’s county conducted by RN Pernilla Garmy. The results were clear: The child\’s obesity was directly affected by placing a TV in the child\’s […]
If you’re buying your first HDTV or an upgrade from a starter set, your new television may deliver a better picture than the one you’re used to. But picking the right HDTV can be confusing, especially when your favorite blue-shirted salesperson may be steering you in a certain direction in hopes of a bigger commission. […]
Microsoft has released updates for Office 2004 and 2008, which include security fixes for “vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code.†The Microsoft Office 2004 11.5.8 update is a mere 9.7 MB, and the Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.4 update is 221.5 MB. If you use […]
Apple Mail, especially earlier versions of Apple Mail, may start to slow down after a long period of time… Evidently as everyone knows, it is possible to get quite a speed boost out of Mail.app by stripping all the bloat out of its Envelope index, an SQLite database Mail uses to store senders, recipients, subjects […]
I\’ve tried everything I know and searched everywhere, but I can\’t find an answer to this problem. Several of my clients have this issue and now I have it, after adding two new accounts to Mail – both of the new accounts are effected, but the older ones work fine. Mail picks up email and […]
For example, it is not possible to return to the past without changing the past in some way; nor is it possible to change the future based on information from the future. Doctor Who realized early on that changes to history were hazardous, and avoided them assiduously. Movies built on a time travel theme frequently become dissatisfying […]
Yes, it\’s safe for work…. Note the street sign…
I hate to sound like a me-too-er, but this pretty much sums up my thoughts on Star Trek D.A.C. for Mac. I can\’t believe that I was suckered into purchasing it for $9.95…  Simply don\’t do it.  Instead go find a copy of Asteroids, and you\’ll be much happier… Star Trek: D.A.C. (Deathmatch. Assault. Conquest) is […]