Jane Talks Tech!

I'm a happy user of Norton Internet Security 2010 (referrred to as NIS 2010 henceforth). I have never been infected with any nasties primarily due to a combo of taking common-sense precautions (like not downloading "free ringtones", "sexy videos" or any "codecs" to view said sexy videos), being aware of my internet surroundings and having NIS take care of things when I'm lax. However, NIS 2010 has issues that I need to vent about....

However, there are alternatives to the key programs I'm missing such as Microsoft Office Outlook which is being replaced by Evolution Mail. I'm getting used to Evolution's email interface and finding out that it's not so bad. I imported my contacts and while it wasn't smooth (i.e. mis-identifying imported items), it's doing the job of checking my email for me. :) So here goes (it's an evolving list):...

Okay, here's a rant: I'm thisclose to switching to Google Chrome from Mozilla Firefox. As a matter of fact, I would switch if not for the fact that Chrome was responsible for me having to reformat my computer several weeks ago (seriously), I would. However, I'm writing this post because I think I may have the culprit. Caveat: Umm, I know zilch about the innards about web applications, but I can, at least, run unscientific 'tests' to narrow down the source of such crashes. Here are the various issues:...