pcs
If you hate buying a new PC that's riddled with bloatware, you may want to pay a
Microsoft Store a visit on your next computer shopping trip. They plan on selling PCs free of any third-party trial applications, reports OhGizmo.
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windows 7
Digital software downloads! Fast. Convenient. But sometimes, it can't compare with having a physical disc and a printed product key sitting in front of you. That's what Daniel's roommate learned when he tried to download
Windows 7 from Digital River.
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fast food
What could be more American than celebrating the launch of a new product with an almost comically unhealthy fast-food product? Unfortunately, the seven-patty
Windows 7 Whopper is only available in
Japan.
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windows 7
Windows 7,
Microsoft's big bucket of bugfixes, hits stores tomorrow. If you had enough foresight to take advantage of Microsoft's public beta and pre-order discounts earlier this year, you may already have a cheap version of the new OS. If not, here are a few ways to pick up Windows 7 now, without having to hand over $120, the lowest official price for an upgrade.
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recalls
Three
children have died after being strangled in the cords of window blinds, so today six companies announced a massive recall of several brands of window treatments.
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troubleshooting
Our reader
humphrmi recently managed to avoid shelling out unnecessary bucks for paid
technical support from
Dell. His secret? Listening very carefully to the support rep, who inadvertently gave away the info he was trying to get humphrmi to pay for. Which is good, since that information was only one sentence long.
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windows
If I were still preparing to take the
GRE, I would start by purchasing study guides from a company that seems to have a grasp of basic logic. That company would not be Kaplan. See, Kaplan assumes that none of their customers are using Windows Vista. You know, the latest commercial release of the world's dominant home computer operating system. At least, that would explain why their practice test software doesn't work on computers running Vista, and their tech support staff don't seem terribly concerned.
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malware
Just when you thought that you and your ATM card data were safe from criminal eyes,
Scientific American brings a different sort of threat. This time, the skimmers are inside the machine. Malware within the ATM itself harvests enough data to do some very bad things.
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funny
Funny or Die has a pretty funny, nsfw parody of the current Microsoft "You find it, you keep it" commercials. Jake's
in the market for a decent laptop that can meet his needs, which include a big screen, the ability to go online, and enough cash left over for some subscriptions to certain adult websites. It's basically what the real commercial would look like in a world without TV censors.
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malware
Computer virus company McAfee has assembled a
list of the top search keywords that are most commonly linked to malware exposure. The winning phrases are: word unscrambler, lyrics, myspace, free music downloads, phelps, game cheats, printable fill-in puzzles, free ringtones and solitaire. In addition, the general categories that are considered riskiest are: screen savers, free games, work from home, Olympics, videos, celebrities, music and news.
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homes
Thomas says his wife was approached by a belligerent salesman the other day regarding the windows on their home. He tried to get her to agree to an instant estimate and promised a huge discount for being a "model home" for the window upgrades, but when she refused to make an instant decision, Thomas says he "snatched the card out of her hand" and "yelled at her."
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