In a days time there is no doubt that the type of application I use the most is the Web browser. It's been that way for several years and I have found myself gradually merging things to online services, like my calendar and spreadsheets. The whole Web 2.0 movement is about taking our information and giving it to some external server to be managed. A few years ago if you would have asked someone what

The Verizon FiOS network is getting a speed boost!There's lots of competition going on between different networks these days.  It's always a race and a competition of who can offer the fastest speeds.  Verizon just upped the speeds on their FiOs network which currently has 522,000 users. Now they are offering 50 Mbps (as though 30 weren't enough) downstream and 5 Mbps upstream.  Previously, their top speed offered was 30 Mbps on the

Last week we wanted to know how often you reformat the hard drive on your computer. A good chunk, 52% of voters said they don't ever do it! Not once? I am surprised.  In second place was every 12 months with 19%, and in third place was every 6 months with 13% of the votes.  Next up, when was the last time you used a floppy disk? It hasn't been that long, now

Google has been hitting a few speed bumps lately with their Gmail service. They've had some problems in the past, but the latest round of trouble started with around 60 users who lost some or all of their email received prior to December 18th. It was another instance of Google performing magic and making those messages disappear with the trick gone bad, and the messages not coming back.  Then came

There are some thoughts going around the Web that a version of Safari is going to be made for Microsoft Windows. Mary Jo Foley noticed in the Firefox Product Planning Guide (yes, I said Firefox) that there was some "speculation" of Apple releasing a version of Safari for Windows. This is the same guide that we used yesterday in revealing some features

So, what's the junk on your computer worth? You know, all of the "craplets" that are loaded on it before it gets delivered to your house if you purchased from an OEM? In other words, when companies like Dell install a bunch of useless ISP sign-ups or other programs, how much is all of that junk worth?

Notoriously, Dell has been placing crapware on computers.  Why do they do it?

PayPal is in the process of beefing up their security by offering a password key fobs to users.  They have been a favored target of phishers for a long time.  Recently, a security researcher found that about half of all phishing sites target either eBay or PayPal. Clearly, extra protection would definitely be a welcome addition to the standard password, and much needed.

This one-time password is a six digit code