IOS 7 update: Don't leap yet

The next big upgrade to the iPhone/iPad operating system, IOS 7, on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Although I plan to blithely upgrade my IOS devices, this is a case of do as I say, not do as I do. Read More...

Why I don't shop at Best Buy

I don’t normally shop at Best Buy. Over the years, I have found Best Buy’s prices to be suboptimal and the sales staff to be ill informed. A while back, New York’s attorney general sued the company for having two websites with different prices. Read More...

Patch Tuesday

Today is the second Tuesday of the month, which means our friends in Redmond, WA, will be pushing out updates for Windows, Office and many other Microsoft products Read More...

Recycling computers

It’s recycling time again.
This Saturday, July 13, residents of Maplewood and South Orange can drop off electronics -- computers, monitors, TVs, old stereos and the like
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Update, update, update

It seems like it has been the update-of-the-hour club lately, what with all the patches, updates and fixes being pushed out by ... Read More...

Computers for college

It’s that time of year again, when parents across the country start agonizing over what to buy their child for a high-school graduation present. Quite often, that gift will be a computer …. Read More...

Cloud computing

It’s impossible to be buzzword compliant unless you throw around terms such as cloud computing and ... Read More...

Electronics Recycling

Maplewood and South Orange have an electronics recycling program. The drop-off location switches between the two towns but residents can use either one.
The dates for the rest of the year are: ...
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VW Bug

I don’t normally discuss issues here that aren’t technology related, but I’m making an exception.
Many of you know I have been very happy with my diesel VW Jetta. Great mileage, solid, comfortable, reliable.
Oops. Scratch reliable. ...
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Java jive

If you think the shakes from drinking too much java are bad, see what Java on your computer can do.
Java has had so many security holes ...
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