Isaac Asimov’s classic short story about the super computer answering the question, “is there a God,” has lead to fears of technocracies in the Matrix, Doomsday in the Terminator and nihilist jokes among you and your friends no doubt: We’re being replaced by computers. Well, it turns out that computers need our help! Some key advances are introduced…

Why didn’t I ever think of this? While browsing some of the limited and geeky things that Flickr offers users when trying to customize a Flickr badge for a website using the Flickr API, the APP Garden appeared.

From the Top Search Queries in Google’s Webmaster Tools come two very good questions that other folks may be asking…

Can you scan an MP3 music file for viruses? The short answer is yes; the details differ from method to method…

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Can you replace the battery that is INSIDE a stylus for a Gateway Tablet PC? And the short answer is no.

Perhaps I’m not the last to know, but when trying to find anything local that’s been reviewed by locals, YELP looks like the way to go! As I was cruising through some free apps to download on the iPhone (and iTouch if you’ve got it), several caught my eye and Yelp! was deservedly in the Top 25 of downloaded and rated apps.

In 1998, I found a video game from 1997 that would mark my entry into video game manhood. Pathetic, I know. Forsaken was a mind-bending 360-degree by 360-degree hover motorcycle, race-bike death match against drones, other bikers and ‘the clock.’ After ten years, I felt like playing it again for old time’s sake on the PC.

Unfortunately, nothing says, “this is who I am,” like a Desktop wallpaper. Leave the factory default entact and you’re admitting to a fear of exploration and creativity. Pick a Jessica Alba boobie picture and you’re labeled a perv for life; use a picture from a movie you liked and you’ll be explaining the movie for the rest of your life and defending your choice to the death since even the best movies have detractors. So why not rub the on-looker’s face in your choice of wallpapers?

I just had to interrupt myself in the middle of a big task when I saw Flock’s new update add visited PAGE TITLES to the browser’s address bar as I began to type in PIPES for pipes.yahoo.com

It must be popular if there’s a site that helps you cheat. How many words can you make using the letters: C H E A T S That’s the idea behind the popular game TextTwirl on the social site, Facebook. It’s not useful unless adding words like CESTA and ETHS to your vocabulary make you feel stronger.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is great. The Portable Document Format is a wonderful standard that’s always sharp and readable no matter what magnification. But the Reader is so slow! And all the updates! What a hassle. For years now, I’ve been recommending the Foxit PDF Reader when people just need a quick solution to open a PDF in an e-mail attachment for example.