I've just put in the order for the parts to build two quad-core PCs based on Intel's Q6600 2.4GHz processor.  These will be fully-loaded with 4GB of RAM and a few extras to boost performance!
In fact, I've ordered everything I need except the cases ... I'm not planning on spending too much cash on these. [...]

Get ready for school with Firefox Campus Edition !  What's so special about this edition of Firefox?  Well, here's the scoop:

Firefox Campus Edition combines the Firefox web browser with special extras that give you streamlined access to music, cool sites and useful research tools. It's a way to get the most out of the web that's [...]

Microsoft has Service Pack (SP) information for both Vista and XP users.

XP SP3: TechNet and MSDN subscribers to get beta in two weeks 
The shroud of secrecy is lifted: Vista SP1 beta due in two weeks 
What you can expect in Vista SP1 

Fun times ahead

If you happened to be a user of AutoPatcher , then chances are that you knew just how useful it could be .  Well, that's all history now has Microsoft's legal department pulls the plug on it .

Today we received an e-mail from Microsoft, requesting the immediate take-down of the download page, which of course means that AutoPatcher [...]

Over on ZDNet I've posted the result of some tests I carried out to try to find out whether switching to a “black” Google really can help save the planet .

Over the past few weeks I’ve come across dozens of websites promoting the idea that switching over to using a version of Google that had a [...]

So far, I've found two possible "temporary fixes" to the Vista network slowdown issue  that I've been talking about lately.
The first was proposed by my ZDNet blogging colleague George Ou, and that is to switch over to gigabit network gear that supports jumbo frames .  It means spending some money, but not a lot.
Second, you can [...]