About a month ago, I noticed that Google Voice Search no longer allows me to dial from my contact list.  I'm not sure exactly when it stopped working, but it seems that I updated some of my applications right around the time this happened.  Also, I do know that right around the same ... [More]

Ok, this really gripes my ass.  In the "brilliant" minds over at Microsoft, they have decided to add this new "feature" to the way users are allowed to run programs.  Ok so here's the set-up.  My account type is Computer Administrator.  But in order to r... [More]

So I logged in yesterday morning after having gone to bed relatively early (around midnight) the night before after running Windows Update to find that mysteriously, without cause or warning, several HUNDRED GB of data were "missing" from my brand new Windows 7 64-bit filesystem.  A... [More]

Found this interesting post by Ina Fried yesterday on CNET yesterday.  If you are running Windows 7,  create a folder on your hard drive and give it the name GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} The folder icon will immediately change to resemble the control panel ico... [More]

After years of working on my old single core HP laptop running Windows XP, I finally reached a point where I needed more power for multi-tasking.  Every fiber in my being said, "Shawn, go spend twice the money and get yourself a Macbook Pro.  You'll be happier with the performan... [More]