The IEEE is dragging their feet and so, the new 802.11n standard remains on hold. However, consumers, always eager for bigger-better-faster, are getting restless. So, starting early next year, the WiFi Alliance is going to start “pre-certifying” 802.11n products. This is a bold move, since the operative

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Apple Computer. Hmmmm…does this mean a future partnership between the two? Experts are certainly not ruling that out and what it all means is the subject of much speculation. Google would probably love to get its software offerings and tools factory installed […]

Regular readers of our blog will know that we love OpenOffice. It is free, it works and its free. Plus, it is free. But, let’s say that you want a Web Based office productivity suite of software. What are your options? Here is a short list: Microsoft Word competitors: Thinkfree Zoho Writer Writeboard Writely Rallypoint […]

Farrellsoft has released a great little business software package called businessITonline. It is an online small business software package that runs right through your web browser. The price has been set at $Free.oo USD. For our Eurpoean readers, that amount converts to $Free.oo Euros. Check it out. Here is what you get:

Dell is recalling more than 4 million (yes, that is million) laptop batteries. You may have heard about the sudden fires… Anyway, this could also affect Sony laptops (they use some of the same batteries). Read the whole post here at Engadget.Here is a link for you to check and see if your laptop is […]

eEye has created a scanner which will detect and flag IP addresses that are vulnerable to the coming latest worm attack. Microsoft released patches on Tuesday that prevent this attack. Once they did that, hackers reverse engineered the patch to pinpoint the vulnerability. In spite of the Microsoft patch, many users do not regularly download […]

About 2 years ago, there was a migration to Firefox by many. They believed that Firefox was a safer web browser than Microsoft Internet Explorer. However, is that the case? There have been recent attacks on Firefox that have led to Mozilla releasing security patches to plug the holes. In fact, Infostealer.Snifula is a an […]

If you are a user of Firefox, you should make sure you are updated. Mozilla Corp. will update Firefox for the second time in seven days because last week’s v. 1.5.0.5 introduced a bug to the browser, the company said Monday.According to online notes of the company’s weekly development meeting, a fix to Firefox included […]

from K.C. Jones at TechWeb ID Vault is a a single-function USB token, contains a smart card chip that stores user names and passwords for all online accounts. It was created by GuardID Systems to protect users against phishing, pharming and keystroke logging. They forecast shipping 250,000 ID Vaults.Users can plug the “digital vault” into […]