When I think about giving up my trusty Dell laptop for a MacBook, I sometimes fantasize about how great it would be to have a machine that doesn't need constant virus scans. Or think about how awesome it would be to go through the day without being nagged by a...
A few months ago, Rick listed a bunch of free desktop search programs that produce instant search results from your documents, photos, and e-mail messages. I used to use Google Desktop to search my computer drives for specific files, but I found that it ate up too much of my...
I mentioned the new site HowCast a couple of weeks ago right before it launched. Now that it's up and running, I thought I'd point to a few of the instructional videos that I found to be informative or entertaining. Here goes: How to...
In Slate a few days ago, Jeffrey MacIntyre wrote about a few small applications he likes to call ZenWare for their supposed ability to cull distractions from your desktop. He tested a few of them out, and came away particularly impressed with Spirited Away for Macs—the PC version is Swept...
While everyone was oohing and awing over the new MacBook Air introduced today at MacWorld, there was another Jobsian announcement that sent my heart atwitter. The new Time Capsule solves a problem for Macs only that should have been solved for all computers a long time ago: How do you...
Emptying your recycling bin doesn't completely erase files that you don't want other people to get a hold of. In fact, despite what your repairman might say, it's not that hard to reconstitute "deleted" documents. So if you're planning to throw away your hard drive (or if you're worried about...
One of the benefits of having a laptop is that when the power goes out, it simply switches over to battery power and there's no harm done. But if you happen to experience a California brownout—or even an ill-timed kick to the power cord under your desk—you'll notice that desktops...
A couple of weeks ago, I lamented the fact that there werent any commercially available external hard drives that simply plug into our PCs and automatically and regularly back up everything. It turns out that such a device has just been developed. ...
Do you have a file you created on your desktop machie at work, which you want want to access later from your computer or at home, but which is too big to email to yourself? Theres plenty of .zip and FTP software available, but many of them are...
