http://www.technudgelive.com/reviews What You Really Need to Know Before You Buy Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:23:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.technudgelive.com/reviews/?p=106#comment-29 LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » Out Damned Spyware, Out! Fri, 03 Nov 2006 05:02:37 +0000 http://www.technudgelive.com/reviews/?p=106#comment-29 [...] Things like spyware, malware, spam, viruses, and the popularity of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan (although she was Hot in Mean Girls) all completely baffle me.  I understand that everyone wants to make a buck, but I just don’t get how people can really sleep at night.  Thankfully, for as much energy as the evil people put into developing their tricks, there is a lot of goodwill being done at the same time.  Our old pal Jonas put together a roundup of several free anti-spyware tools, and it’s a good read (unless you are on the Microsoft Defender team, in which case you have some coding to do). Related stories: [...] [...] Things like spyware, malware, spam, viruses, and the popularity of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan (although she was Hot in Mean Girls) all completely baffle me.  I understand that everyone wants to make a buck, but I just don’t get how people can really sleep at night.  Thankfully, for as much energy as the evil people put into developing their tricks, there is a lot of goodwill being done at the same time.  Our old pal Jonas put together a roundup of several free anti-spyware tools, and it’s a good read (unless you are on the Microsoft Defender team, in which case you have some coding to do). Related stories: [...]

]]> http://www.technudgelive.com/reviews/?p=44#comment-12 TechNudge Live Linux » Installing Core Fedora 5 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:00:49 +0000 http://www.technudgelive.com/forum/?p=44#comment-12 [...] After some research, I realized that when Oldster suggested the most recent version of Mepis for the new user, he was absolutely right on target. Mepis is well known for easy installation, included desktop software and peripheral support. Unfortunately, it is so new that a direct download is needed to get it; it is not available on BitTorrent yet. As the download is over 3 gigs, and I have the narrowest broadband, DSL, taking into account that I lost electricity twice last week, I put the odds of a successful download at between slim and none (seriously, they were resplicing the wires into my house last week, giving new meaning to the term “power supply upgrade.”) At any rate, while Mepis may be ideal, I decided to live in the real world, and looked for another flavor of Linux. [...] [...] After some research, I realized that when Oldster suggested the most recent version of Mepis for the new user, he was absolutely right on target. Mepis is well known for easy installation, included desktop software and peripheral support. Unfortunately, it is so new that a direct download is needed to get it; it is not available on BitTorrent yet. As the download is over 3 gigs, and I have the narrowest broadband, DSL, taking into account that I lost electricity twice last week, I put the odds of a successful download at between slim and none (seriously, they were resplicing the wires into my house last week, giving new meaning to the term “power supply upgrade.”) At any rate, while Mepis may be ideal, I decided to live in the real world, and looked for another flavor of Linux. [...]

]]> http://www.technudgelive.com/reviews/?p=13#comment-11 TechNudge Live Reviews » SanDisk Sansa e260 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:18:40 +0000 http://www.technudgelive.com/forum/?page_id=13#comment-11 [...] The Sansa e200 plays only the essential types of music files: MP3, WMA, and DRM-WMA. The last format makes it compatible with monthly “all you can eat” music plans such as Rhapsody and Napster. It played all the files I uploaded to it, both constant and variable bit rate formats, ranging from 128 to 256 kbps. As the Sansa is at home with the two most common music formats outside of Apple’s AAC (which only the iPod line plays), this is more than adequate for the vast majority of users out there. [...] [...] The Sansa e200 plays only the essential types of music files: MP3, WMA, and DRM-WMA. The last format makes it compatible with monthly “all you can eat” music plans such as Rhapsody and Napster. It played all the files I uploaded to it, both constant and variable bit rate formats, ranging from 128 to 256 kbps. As the Sansa is at home with the two most common music formats outside of Apple’s AAC (which only the iPod line plays), this is more than adequate for the vast majority of users out there. [...]

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