March 18, 2010
What Are They Really Thinking?
A new product from InfoMedia Inc. called Instant Form Pro can meet all of your form creation needs.
March 17, 2010
Detect Mobile Browsers on Your Website
Mobile browser detection is a very important component to your website, especially if you are offering a product or service to mobile users.
May 21, 2009
Carrot Ink
Carrot Ink offers premium inkjet and toner cartridges without the premium price tag... So you can print freely. Go ahead - Print rough drafts, grocery lists, even photos you just want to proof. You won't have to think twice when you use Carrot Ink. Our high-quality ink is 30-70% less... Read the story »
November 15, 2008
10 Incredible Old Computer Ads
Personal computers have been hawked in the media since the late 70's. Most of us back then didn't actually spring for the expensive toys that often required their own programming. But that didn't stop big colorful ads from trying to convince us that the time was ripe to take the... Read the story »
November 1, 2008
A Quick Guide to Netbooks
So, do you have your netbook yet? I just spotted an Acer laptop with a solid-state drive on woot.com for less than $300.00. The netbook craze is sweeping the computer world. It's has caught the Evil Empire that is Microsoft completely off-guard, and has bought life for XP as a... Read the story »
September 26, 2008
Build Your Own Computer
There has been incredible evolution in the world of personal computers since I sprang for my first one back in 1993. Back then, you had to be a genuinely geeky pocket-protector-wearing nerd to build a computer out of components. But the times have changed for the better. Building your own... Read the story »
August 30, 2008
"Instant-On" Computers Coming!
Wow, this is huge. And it's so obvious that i wonder why it hasn't shown up before now. I'm talking about a new development that Phoenix, who manufactures your computer's BIOS, has announced: "Instant-on" computing. BIOS stands for Basic In-Out System. That's what produces the screen that you first see... Read the story »
July 2, 2008
Steve Ballmer's Five Most Embarrassing Videos of All Time
Microsoft was turned into one of the largest businesses in the world by a ruthless genius named Bill Gates. Gates just announced his retirement from the day-to-day business of managing Microsoft. In his place, the mega-corporation is now under the control of the subject of today's FamilyFirst pick. The site,... Read the story »
April 24, 2008
Online Unix Experience
Go back ten years, and UNIX ran the internet. Practically every website was hosted on a UNIX box running apache web server. UNIX has largely been supplanted by PC's running linux in the web hosting world these days, but still has a very large corporate presence. However, where you very... Read the story »
April 23, 2008
C64 Web
What was going on with you in 1982? Many of you weren't yet born. The rest of you probably had other things on your minds besides computers. I know that I did. I was many years away from purchasing my first thinking machine. But there was a number of individuals... Read the story »
February 23, 2008
Computer Repair Fraud
We all love computers, right? OK, maybe that's going too far. But we all DEPEND on them, right? Probably a majority of Americans feel like they need personal computers, in my strictly unscientific opinion. Many owners (particularly the younger ones) have gotten comfortable with opening them up and adding/removing/check out... Read the story »
February 1, 2008
Why New Linux Users Are Frustrated
I've been a full-time Linux user for nearly a year now, and it feels great to sidestep the various miseries that those who still use Windows in its various forms continue to experience. Today's FamilyFirst pick is a nice little article written by Uber-Geek Matt Hartley over at Lockergnome. Matt... Read the story »
December 13, 2007
Molecular Expressions: The Silicon Zoo
I hope you find today's FamilyFirst site as entertaining and amazing as I did. The engineers who create computer chips work hard at their trade. And they also have a great deal of pride about what they create. A typical computer chip can have millions of components. So sometimes... Read the story »
November 25, 2007
Why Linux Is Better
By now, many of you have purchased computers with Vista installed on them. And by now, many of you have formed an opinion of Microsoft's latest offering. And according to the buzz on the web, many of you aren't happy. So what can you do? Many of you have downgraded... Read the story »
November 17, 2007
VMWare, Revisited
One thing's for sure about the world of computers: you have to run to keep up. There are still systems out there running DOS for simple spreadsheet programs to run businesses. There are also many more Windows 95 and 98 systems still chugging away. Windows 2000 is still a fine... Read the story »
