Giveaway of the DayPosted by Shawn M. on Jan 31st, 2007
Do you like free stuff? Are you a cheap SOB that hates paying for things? Then I’ve got a website for you! At Giveaway of the Day, every day, for 24 hours only, a new commercial software title is offered for download — for free! Don’t expect to find a free copy of Vista to [...]
Pardon Our DustPosted by Migo on Jan 31st, 2007
If you came to the site today and saw a huge list of files where a huge list of articles was supposed to be, I apologize. We were switching servers and things took a little longer than expected.
Normally, we’d do this sort of thing in the dead of night with tons of armed guards [...]
RIP: The Floppy Disk (1969-2007)Posted by Devin de Gruyl on Jan 30th, 2007
That old standby of data storage, the floppy disk, appears to have now joined tape storage and punch cards on the scrap heap of computer history. It was announced today that PC World, one of the biggest retailers of computer equipment in the UK, will no longer stock the ubiquitous 3.5″ disks once their [...]
Microsoft Vista Launches Today, Just Don’t Try to UpgradePosted by Migo on Jan 30th, 2007
Today marks the launch of Microsoft’s new Windows OS, Vista, as well as the newest version of their popular Office suite.
Now, before you go out to grab the newest upgrade, you might want to read this. Anyone who is used to doing upgrades in Windows knows that probably the best way to do so is [...]
InnerGeek: Code Saga: Part III Revenge of the LazyPosted by Migo on Jan 26th, 2007
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the game referenced in this strip, Zork was one of the first interactive computer games. It’s kind of like a choose your own adventure book…but for computers. For those of you that do remember Zork, welcome to old school. It came out the year before I was [...]