‘Take Back the Beep’ Campaign

Here is a very interesting blog post. You know how when you call someone's cell phone and you have to listen to 15 seconds from the provider about what you can do and how you can do it? Wel, here's a guy who is trying to move forward an effort to get the providers to eliminate that expensive overhead that we all are paying. He also provides the web sites for filing an objection to your own provider. I just sent one to Verizon. Spread the word. This eats up an awful lot of extra minutes.

http://tinyurl.com/m8c7v5

AVG Free Annoyance

AVG has been at it again, sending their annoying pop-ups our way (see below). I checked in the AVG Free forum and read that it is a summer promotion and is not expected to last for a long time, so persevere and just click on the red box with the X in it to get rid of the ad. The product, AVG Free, continues to perform well, but remember that you need more than just this one product to keep your system trouble-free.

40 Fantastic Time-Wasting Web Sites

Okay, I apologize in advance. I know this really doesn't belong here, but it may be fun for some of you!

40 Fantastic Time-Wasting Web Sites

For Some, Move To Windows 7 Will Be Tough

This is a real eye-opener brought to us by Walt Mossberg from his web site at http://walt.allthingsd.com/.

It is hard for me to believe that Microsoft would be so dumb as to make it virtually impossible for a Windows XP user to migrate to the new Windors 7. Perhaps it is because they want us all to buy new machines, which will make their hardware partners happy?

Whatever the reason, they are likely to find many users opting to ride out the next 5 years with Windows XP.

 For Some, Move To Windows 7 Will Be Tough