Category: 695: Tip of the Week: Faster DNS Servers, Incorrectly Rendered TechTails, MacUpdate Software

Microsoft Word, part of Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows (the world’s most popular productivity software suite) contains intellectual property belonging to a small “Canadian company”:http://www.i4i.com. Microsoft was said to be forced to pull Word 2007 from the shelves on January 11, 2010, and so the company has been preparing a patch since August of this…

One of my favorite things about being a Mac user is getting to enjoy all sorts of great freeware and shareware applications. There are cooking programs, network utilities, games, interface enhancements, widgets, and much more. I’m a daily reader of “MacUpdate”:http://www.macupdate.com, which is a site that lists freeware, shareware and commercial updates as they are…

A surprising number of readers wrote in about “last week’s Tech Tails”:http://blog.smalldog.com/techtails/?c=tt694 not displaying properly. Most of those who wrote had a common problem with code displaying instead of the usual format, and the cause is my use of the “squiggle” character found on the command key of your Mac and your Mail client being…

Here in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, we are fortunate to have high-speed Internet access via the local utility, Waitsfield Telecom. Much of the system was just upgraded from 1.5 Mb/sec to 6 Mb/sec, some of us can upgrade to 12MB/sec, and some new constructions can even have fiber to their home or business.…

Happy Tuesday, I took Owen for a short walk after lunch today, and the strong wind gusts are carrying powder through zero degree air. I wore a few layers and a hat, but the poor dog didn’t make it too far before springing back to the office. At least there’s some typical winter weather after…