My local cable company recently decided to give its Internet customers complimentary wifi access, which I proclaim officially The Best Thing Ever. I've been spending my weekends since Otakon (when it doesn't rain) in a park with my netbook, and I'm now more glad than ever that I got it. (Of course, I have to remember to ask Firefox not to save all ( Read more... )

So my local cable company put in this ginormous wifi network which it is offering free of charge to all subscribers of its Internet services. (Most likely their way of saying, "Please don't leave us for Verizon FIOS.") So I'm giving it a shot today, and it's DAMN good. The speed is more than decent - I'm sitting out here in a park not only posting ( Read more... )

Usually, when I hear about the latest virus going around, I'm always like, "La, la, la, Macs are immune . . ." This time, though, when I heard about that April Fool's Day virus, it was, "La, la, la . . . OH MY GOD, MY NETBOOK ( Read more... )

I'm sitting here in a Panera Bread typing on an Eee PC. Yes, yes, disloyalty to Apple, I know. But after reading about netbooks in Wired, and writing about them for Fan to Pro, I really wanted one. So . . . I acquired one ( Read more... )