After Steve Jobs of Apple gave no love to netbooks during his iPad rollout, Scott Stein of CNet adds some insight. He lists 10 things that a Netbook does better than an iPad. Interesting take.
The big and obvious shortcomings of the iPad are:
Number One: It won’t multitask. For a device that is supposed to be [...]

Microsoft Security Essentials is an excellent - and free - anti-virus/anti-spyware program. It works well for what it is intended for, which is primarily home computers. Easy install, simple interface, and updates itself in the background.
I often get asked “what is a good solution for anti-virus and anti-spyware software for my home computer?” and these [...]

Mr Sun can be a pretty mean neighbor. Check out the video below from SOHO (the Solar and Helioscopic Observatory) that complies many such Comet-Sun battles to the death…well, the death of the comet, anyway. These comets just don’t seem to learn.
SOHO Sun-Comet Battles

(Also…my apologies for the cheesy music..)
(Hat tip to Tom’s Astronomy Blog)

This article from Entrepreneur.com relates to startups, but it really is applicable for any of us in business.
DISCLAIMER (needed!): Of course, the reason I really like this is that near the bottom, author Brad Sugars says to not skimp when buying IT equipment:
Now that we looked at some things you should never pay full price for, [...]

EDIT: NY Times Tech page has an update on this issue here
Actually, as of this writing, Wednesday morning, December 23, 8:00AM, it looks like things might be fixed. But if you are seeing some issues with getting mail on your BlackBerry, there are some BB issues right now. This should only affect BlackBerry Internet Service [...]

32-bit or 64-bit? Lifehacker.com has a great article on how it all breaks down.
(My default answer: 64-bit! More juice, baby!)
The Lifehacker posts says the following, among other well explained details, in reference to whether you can use your 32-bit apps with your new 64-bit operating system:
Do 32-bit Applications Work on 64-Bit?
The vast majority of your [...]

…the more they stay the same.
Ars Technica has a link to an article in a science journal that details how folks had stressful lives in the wayyy back - like 1500 years ago.
The team found that the time just before the individuals passed away was a stressful one—not an overly surprising result. But the majority [...]

TechSpot, a favorite tech-info clearinghouse of mine, has a nice post on Ninite.
Ninite will auto-magically load up a variety of freeware software applications so you don’t have to mess with it. This is especially handy if you install a new operating system - say, Windows 7.
(I am a big fan of Windows 7 - terrific [...]

The Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce had their yearly Business Expo at the Grand Traverse Resort this past Tuesday, November 17.
Terrapin Networks had our booth there, as usual, and found the Expo to be very well attended - I must say, it was a bit of a surprise to see all the folks who [...]

Good news - or not so good news, depending on your point of view relative to these things - the world will not end on December 21, 2012, as (allegedly) predicted by the Mayan  calendar. So says NASA, at least, and I guess they would know about these asteroid things.
Eweek has an interesting article that [...]