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Outlook Needs Extra Help with Daylight Saving Time

March 12, 2007

View Larry’s CBS News video for more details The Daylight Saving Time switch took place early Sunday morning and as most experts predicted, the world didn’t come to an end. Computers that had been “patched” […]

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Is your microwave’s clock flashing 0000 – Retrevo can help you find that manual

March 12, 2007

A lot has been written lately about the switch this past weekend from standard to daylight-saving time – three weeks earlier than past years. Some PC and PDA software needed to be updated, but what […]

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Microsoft’s antivirus deletes users’ e-mails: ZDNet Australia: News: Software

March 11, 2007

This ZDNet Australia story is quite disturbing.  My first impression of OneCare was quite positive but I uninstalled it after having some problems with my video card that seemed to be related. But this story is […]

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Get Ready For The Big Time Switch, Tips On How To Adjust Your PC & Gadgets To New DST

March 8, 2007

by Larry Magid As the 20th century drew to a close, some prophets of gloom and doom warned that a Y2K technology meltdown loomed for that much anticipated moment when the calendar was to move […]

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Ning.com lets you run a MySpace of your own

March 5, 2007

By Larry Magid Special to the Mercury News Move over MySpace — there’s a new social networking service and I’m running it. Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. My new “service” (costcotips.ning.com) isn’t likely […]

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Creating a MySpace Account

March 3, 2007

Here’s a video slide show on how to create a MySpace account

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Configuring Vista’s Parental Controls: Video Slide Show

March 2, 2007

Windows Vista now has parental control. In this slideshow, I talk about how to configure them.

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At Tax Time, Tax Man Isn’t The Only Worry

March 2, 2007

It’s income tax season once again – which means millions of people will be using tax software like TurboTax or TaxCut and taking advantage of the numerous online filing sites like TaxActOnline.com or Turbotax.com. In […]

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Social Networking Without The Big Boys, Ning Allows Users To Build Their Own Communities, Outside MySpace And Facebook – CBS News

March 1, 2007

Here’s a link to an AP story on CBSnews.com. My column on Ning will be in the San Jose Mercury News (and here) on Monday. In the mean time, here’s a link to my CBS […]

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High-def DVD player is good but overpriced

February 26, 2007

I just tested a product that I love, but there’s no way that I’d recommend it unless you have more money than you know what to do with.The product is the Panasonic DMP-BD10 — a […]

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