Or does it? I’m dithering. I’ve been through years of MS Windows woes, hacking, whacking and rebooting from Windows 3.1, through 3.11, to Workgroups, then Windows 95, 98, Me (very, very briefly), XP, XP SP2…SP3 etc. Along the way, I’ve…

How do you grab an audio stream from the BBC (or other site) and save it as an mp3 file for offline listening on your computer or iPod for free? The open source program Audacity is the answer, first download…

Google’s index has been hacked, searching for certain keywords will bring up dozens of spoof sites that will infect your PC with malware or viruses. That’s the warning that comes from Dr Jenny Oliver of Olfaction Research Ltd who called…

I’ve often criticized Digg.com, not least because of the inordinate amount of time it can waste on a daily basis, but more so because of its complete lack of features. Well, things have changed, hopefully for the better with the…

Most visitors to blogs know exactly what an RSS feed can do, but just in case you don’t, it’s a device that allows you to keep up to date with news from a website without having to visit the site…

Ever wondered what was going on under the hood of your favorite websites and blogs? Well, now you can find out. BuiltWith.com lets you lift the lid and see some of the working of a site.

Is it running on a PHP,…

The term “broadband” has become synonymous with high-speed internet downloads, but exactly how fast is it? Martin Fransman of the Institute for Japanese-European Technology Studies, at the University of Edinburgh, reveals how data on broadband distribution and performance can be…

I write a regular column for a major publisher. The system utilizes a fantastic CMS (content management system) but one thing about it that has always bugged me since I was first shown the ins and outs is that image…

Do you have an autoresponder set up on your email account? You know, one of those messages that gets sent back hands-free to tell everyone you are “out of the office”, “at a conference”, or “lounging on a sunny beach…

Google just added search to their online newsfeed Reader. Great news if you subscribe to lots of feeds. So, how do you add a site newsfeed to your Google page? First, make sure you’re logged into your Google account. Next click…

Sciencebase received a very, very long post about black holes and revelations recently and it suddenly occurred to me that to simply up-moderate it and leave it locked down within the original blog post would not expose the commentators words of…

No, Secunia is not some obscure tropical island destination in the Indian Ocean, it is a security site that comes with a built in system scanner that can alert you to out of date software installations on your machine and…

Anyone who reads the likes of JohnChow will know all about Agloco networks, he waxes lyrical frequently on how much money there might be to be make from such a global community. I’m not sure I have ever read anything…

I suspect that many Sig Fig readers are fully conversant with the applications that allow users to share the contents of their hard drives, whether those happen to be stuffed full of illicit movie, mp3, and other downloads, or legitimate…