Weekly Newsletter

  • Tip of the Week: Organize your Desktop with Fences
  • Headwhack of the Week: Can my old clunker run Windows 7?
  • Geek Speak of the Week: Multitouch Display
  • Security: Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat
  • News: Social networks, video coming to Xbox in November
  • News: Google staged to make Waves in communication
  • Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Scratched CDs? Grab the tube! 
  • Opinion: 5 Ways Wireless Carriers Gouge You & How to Fight Back
  • Weekly Advice Column: Windows 7; what's the big deal?
  • This Week's Show: Windows 7; it's really worth considering!

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         Poll of the Week: Windows 7 is here: When will you likely upgrade?

        

 

Tip of the Week: Organize your Desktop with Fences

The longer you have your computer and the more people in your family that use the same computer, the more likely your Desktop icons are outta control!

Here's a free download that can make keeping your icons organized a snap; checkout Fences!

Headwhack of the Week: Can my old clunker run Windows 7?

This question is going to become one of the most common we field in the coming months, especially since Windows 7 actually requires LESS HARDWARE to run than Vista, so we thought we would provide some guidance in this matter before you actually had the question yourself.

Rather than guessing, install Microsoft's Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor!

Geek Speak of the Week: Multitouch Display

A new feature supported in Windows 7 that allows you to use 'multiple touches' to manipulate the display screen.  This very useful interaction was made popular by the iPhone.

Security: Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat

Adobe on Tuesday released a security bulletin that includes fixes for 28 vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, including a critical hole that has reportedly been exploited in the wild in limited attacks.

News: Social networks, video coming to Xbox in November

Microsoft is nearly ready to start letting the Xbox Live community get its hands on the Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm features they've been working on and to begin streaming video content rather than waiting for it to download, which has been a slow, frustrating process by all accounts.

News: Google staged to make Waves in communication

If you are one of the millions that are suffering from communication overload with e-mail, social media, text messaging, instant messaging and generally in many different interfaces, the folks at Google think they have the answer.

The current beta testing (by invitation only) of Google Wave is getting some pretty high praise as the answer to the communication overload and a cure for the inefficient nature of e-mail combined with the connectivity of social media.

Get a video overview of this potentially revolutionary tool here!

Data Doctors Video on Cnn.com: Scratched CDs? Grab the tube! 

Got scratched CDs, DVDs and gaming disks? Wanna see a quick and cheap way to get the scratches off? Watch this week's CNN.com segment to rescue those old scratched disks!

Watch the video and help our rankings on CNN.com!  You can watch us live AT OUR NEW TIME every Wednesday afternoon at 2:30PM Pacific, 5:30PM Eastern or watch the archived versions of our segments whenever you want at CNN.com/video.

Opinion:  5 Ways Wireless Carriers Gouge You & How to Fight Back  

Cell phone carriers are notorious for slapping consumers with fees and unexpected charges. But if you look carefully at what you're paying for and figure out what you need, you can keep your monthly bill down.

Weekly Advice Column: Windows 7; what's the big deal? 

Jacob wrote in to ask "What makes Windows 7 better than Vista or XP?"  Get our answer in this week's advice column.

This Week's Show: Windows 7; it's really worth considering!

It's been a long time since we got excited about a new operating system, but Microsoft has done a pretty darn good job of getting this new operating system right.

Due to be released on Oct 22nd, how and when you might consider migrating is becoming an important thing to think about.

What should folks in the market for a new computer consider? What should folks that are struggling with their existing system do? How should businesses approach this new platform?

These questions and much more will be answered by the Data Doctors and some special guests as we work up to the launch of Windows 7!

Join us Saturdays from 12:00PM-2:00PM (Pacific) on News 92.3 KTAR or listen LIVE via the Internet at KTAR.com  as we discuss your computer questions at: 602.277.5827 or ask your questions during (or before) the broadcast using the ask a question page.

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