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Browser makers say decry the use of antivirus -- except Microsoft Defender
Anyone who has visited my blog in the past probably knows that I have been advocating for years that Windows users should completely remove all anti-virus software except for Microsoft's built-in Defender software (which used to be called Microsoft Security Essentials). Now it seems that major technology companies the companies that build the web browser that you are using right now to look at this post are saying the same thing. Using Mc...
Jan 29, 2017, 11:12 am - Todd

IE10 now available for Windows 7
It's a preview version of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), but to my eyes it's a complete web browser that is fine for anyone to install. Unlike previous releases of IE10 for Windows 7, this is a complete interface, and it looks and works just like IE9. My expectation is that Microsoft will only make subtle tweaks to this before releasing the final version soon. By subtle , I mean there will probably only be little performance...
Nov 13, 2012, 12:47 pm - Todd

Trouble With Vista
I don't have many nice things to say about Vista OR Microsoft 2007 Office. The new desktop computer is not being used for project work right now - the operating system had to be reloaded and some of the software and files have yet to be re-transferred. If I weren't using it for Internet access it'd be about as useful as a boat anchor....
Apr 6, 2008, 6:58 am - johnph77

300,000 Messages
I wonder how many other people noticed that we just went over 300,000 messages posted at Lottery Post? That is a tremendous amount of lottery knowledge and data all in one place - a resource unlike anything else in the world. I'm looking forward to the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, which has a number of programming facilities that will enable me to build a more robust and fast searching capability. Then the whole Lottery Post forum database will be instan...
Apr 12, 2005, 4:21 pm - Todd

No More Internet for Them
An excellent article appearing in today's LA Times Fed up over problems stemming from viruses and spyware, some computer users are giving up or curbing their use of the Web. By Joseph Menn, Times Staff Writer Stephen Seemayer had the first Pong video game system on his block. A decade later, the Echo Park artist was the first in his neighborhood to get a personal computer. And in 1996, he was so inspired by the World...
Jan 14, 2005, 12:38 pm - Todd

NoteWorthy Laptops at this time
In no particular order: Acer Chromebook 14, Aluminum, 14-inch Full HD, Intel Celeron Quad-Core N3160, 4GB LPDDR3, 32GB, Chrome, CB3-431-C5FM...
Aug 21, 2017, 8:17 pm - MonEl

Windows XP Operating System and Old Computers.
I am still using Windows XP and it still works just fine. It does because I use Firefox and other browsers based on Firefox that still work with Windows XP. Some software companies and people are just now beginning to make software that doesn't work on Windows XP, but thru the years I have downloaded dozens of freeware programs and the best freeware programs that I could find, so now I have quite a lot of them and for the most part I don't need any more software of any-kin...
Jun 25, 2016, 11:14 pm - MonEl

"The image Microsoft doesn't want you to see: Too tired to stay awake, the Chinese workers earning j
The image Microsoft doesn't want you to see: Too tired to stay awake, the Chinese workers earning just 34p an hour By Liz Hull and Lee Sorrell Last updated at 12:29 AM on 18th April 2010 Source Dailymail.co.uk Showing Chinese sweatshop workers slumped over their desks with exhaustion, it is an image that Microsoft won't want the world to see. Employed...
Apr 18, 2010, 11:41 am - konane

Reinstate gadgets on Windows 8!
I have always liked the concept of gadgets in Windows, delivering whatever real-time information you like right on your Windows desktop. In fact, I like gadgets so much that a few years ago I developed the Lottery Results Gadget , which has been installed by people around the world hundreds of thousands of times , and is still running strong today. Now Windows 8 is upon us, and Microsoft has ditched gadgets in fav...
Oct 29, 2012, 11:44 am - Todd

Firefox 3.5 now available for download
The latest version of Firefox is now available for automatic update. To install the update, simply open your existing Firefox and select Check for Updates on the Help menu. The new version is a much more advanced browser internally. It has a faster JavaScript engine, which means that pages whould operate quicker, and it also has a private mode, which is like the InPrivate mode that Microsoft added to IE8 several months ago....
Jun 30, 2009, 4:05 pm - Todd