Microsoft after a rough limited beta release has extended a free public beta of Windows 7 through January 24th. You can download your copy here

Like most people I know, Deb and I made a commitment to ourselves to lose some excess weight this spring. I know all of the experts say that new year resolutions are a bad idea, but in my mind, there is never a bad time for changing your bad habits. So, after a week of [...]

“Dell’s closing is not a result of the economic downturn, but of a pattern all too familiar in the United States — corporations’ perennial search for cheaper labor. Since 2000 several companies, such as Procter & Gamble, Intel, Gateway, and NEC Electronics, have moved manufacturing jobs from Ireland to China, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere.” Read [...]