If they can’t make it work properly on their Website, what are the chances the system will work when it officially kicks in next year? We are a nation led by a pack of idiots from both parties. A plague on all their houses.
Ok, enough of me on the soapbox. Today, we get back to normal, sort of. We had special editions on Apple, Android, and desktop computing. Now it just the potpourri of computer life in general. And today we have stories from all the major players…Apple, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and Amazon, to name a few.
I don’t have much to add this day, so let’s get started. -JRC
White House promises glitch fix for Obamacare website
The White House has said that it is fixing the software and capacity problems of the new HealthCare.gov website, which is supposed to be enrolling millions of Americans onto the new health plans promised by Obamacare. The site has been having problems since its launch at the beginning of the month.
Google's new desktop strategy: Invade and conquer
Google's new strategy to put the Chrome OS into everyone's OS is to build it straight into Windows by way of the Chrome browser.
How Apple has changed since Steve Jobs
CEO Tim Cook has been criticized as lacking vision for Apple and blamed for the company's fallen stock price.
Yahoo makes Mail beautiful to woo Gmail users
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer declared e-mail a pain point that needed to be fixed less than a year ago. On Tuesday, Yahoo unveiled her solution: a redesigned Yahoo Mail with a focus on mobile and a mission to dethrone Gmail.
Amazon Set-Top Box Coming By End Of Year
Amazon is planning to invade your TV set. The Wall Street Journal reports that the world's largest online retailer will release a set-top box that will stream online video to your TV.
Scribd Launches a Netflix-Like Subscription Service for Digital Books
The key details: It costs $8.99 per month, includes unlimited online access and an offline library of 20 books at a time, the only major publisher participating is HarperCollins, and the available books from HarperCollins will be those that are at least a year old.
Microsoft: Security Essentials is designed to be bottom of the antivirus rankings
Microsoft has admitted Windows users should install antivirus above and beyond its own Security Essentials, describing its protection as merely a "baseline" that will "always be on the bottom" of antivirus software ranking. What kind of stupid strategy is that?
A Keyboard and Mouse for a New Generation
The Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop is a simple split-key keyboard with integrated shortcut keys and a spherical mouse, designed to take undue weight off your wrists.
The Best Online Photo Editing Tool is Google+
What really sets Google+ apart from the other image editors is the Auto Enhance mode that fine-tunes your photos automatically. Advanced users can always make manual adjustments but for the rest of us, Auto Enhance is the magic wand that will fix all the common flaws in our photos without having to click anywhere.
The Best About:Config Tweaks That Make Firefox Better
Firefox doesn't get enough love these days, but it's still the most customizable browser around thanks the numerous options in about:config. Here are 10 under-the-hood Firefox tweaks you should try out.
This Stunning Online Publishing System Is Currently Free To Use
If you've ever tried to produce a "designed" document such as an advert, flyer, invitation, brochure and so on, you probably looked at desktop publishing packages and then gave up. Which is why I'm hugely impressed by the launch of something called LucidPress, which is neither complex nor expensive. In fact it couldn't be simpler to use, and it's free.
25 Landscape Photography Tutorials
Here are some great tips from the Digital Photography School for taking landscape photos. Highly recommended for all photographers...amateur or pro...no matter what camera you use.
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