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Editor's note: The reviewer started with the Fedora 14 beta and moved to the release candidate. The release candidate is the version he ultimately put through its paces for this review.

Editor's note: The reviewer started with the Fedora 14 beta and moved to the release candidate. The release candidate is the version he ultimately put through its paces for this review.

Barnes & Nobles just started an e-reader price war with price-cuts on the Nook, but it's not going to matter. Dedicated e-readers will be dead within a year.

You're ready to go with just buying a new 802.11n AP right? Not so fast tiger. While it's true that 802.11n can leave 802.11g at the starting line and even leave some older Ethernet routers eating its dust, it's still all too possible to set it up so that you can't get all the speed out of 802.11n you paid for. Here's how 802.11n works, and considerations before you buy.

Ever look for a Wi-Fi connection and see the "Free Public Wifi" SSID? It won't be a good connection, but it's also not an attempt to break into your laptop. It's an invitation for someone else to break into that user's laptop.

Everyone agrees that Internet Explorer 6 should be trashed, but IE 8 also has its share of problems.

Apple may have recently shoved an unsafe update down your PC's throat, but the broader problem is Apple, or anyone else, installing any unnecessary program on your PC.

If you can't fix it, and Microsoft can't, rip it out is Microsoft's advice for Windows' SMB2 bug.

I don't remember this ever happening in high school chess club!

Here's a hint. Despite a recent Microsoft-sponsored report saying otherwise, it's not Internet Explorer.

Look out Dewey Cheatem & Howe, the search engine marketers have their sites set on you. Or at least they would if they could find you.