Windows 10 – Free Upgrade Offer

Windows 10 – Free Upgrade Offer Microsoft recently made it official – Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will get a free upgrade to Windows 10 – if they upgrade in the first year. No official release date has been set for Windows 10, but rumor has it, Windows 10 will be released to manufacturing (RTM) in June.… Read More »

The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith It was as if time was frozen; fragments of what once was seemed now as shards of broken glass that lay scattered all around me. I pounded on the anvil, large plumes of smoke rose up from the forge and sweat poured from my face. I reached for the tongs and pulled the glowing shapeless mass… Read More »

Lenovo Installs Adware on New Computers

The following article appeared in Gizmodo, February 19, 2015 Lenovo Installs Adware on New Computers That Could Steal Private Data Oh no, Lenovo. Users are reporting on the company’s forums, its computers are coming installed with adware straight out of the box—that can monitor secure connections. According to a number of Lenovo users, the software called Superfish is installed on factory-fresh laptops. The… Read More »

2 Ways to Fix Your Chrome Browser

2 Ways to Fix Your Google Chrome Browser One of the best things about using Chrome (or Firefox) instead of IE is that if things start going badly with those browsers, you can completely remove them from your system and re-install them. You don’t have that option with IE. You can “reset”  IE – but that’s not a… Read More »