Anti-virus programs by the major manufacturers are expensive and bloated beyond belief. The makers want to control your system to make their software seem more valuable.  Antivirus programs can cause as much harm as do the bugs they cure. FREE software might be your best buy.
But if you dump anti-virus scanning from your computer, you [...]

Want some of your brain space back? Dump all those dates-to-remember like grand kids’ birthdays, son’s anniversary, and your partner’s annual physical. What a hassle that can all be! Here’s an elegant solution — FREE!
Drop in to Birthday Reminders.com and take a few minutes to set up a FREE account. Then set up your dates.The [...]

Computer fatigue, carpel tunnel, stiff neck, all can be alleviated or resolved, at least partially, if you switch to computing with voice recognition software. One of the best out there is Dragon, Naturally Speaking
Voice activated software – programs that type what you speak into a microphone, saved me from embarrassment. A strange thing happens when [...]

If you are not hearing conversations the way you used to, or your spouse seems to have developed a mumble and music sounds flat, you may need to have your hearing evaluated.
Below is a review I did of a very expensive ($12K) hearing aid I tried out.
In the two years since then, I have stopped [...]

Baby boomers are flocking to Twitter. Though they don’t care much for MySpace and kind of like Facebook, Twitter is their thing. Twitter attracts other people, too, of course. Twitter, the fastest social network site sings your life in 140 characters.
How Twitter is different
MySpace drives people nuts and they’ve all dropped it pretty much. Too [...]

Baby boomers, you and me, seniors, are in front of the computer and the television more than any other age group. Boomers rack up a pretty impressive 30-40 hours per week, as much time as we spend or used to spend on our jobs. Oh man we could be in trouble. Or maybe we’re just [...]