June 4, 2005

Dr. Dave gives a practical checklist for a new computer, including insurance, organized records and protected recovery media, and later says he favors useful fundamentals that make life easier over glamorous features. When a difficult spyware repair seems ready to defeat him, he describes the work as a personal boxing match and refuses to let the machine outsmart him, while another segment explains that the website recommends only tools that work and usually cost little or nothing. Technology reports examine whether a dedicated adult-content domain could make filtering easier, why cautious growth helped a new online grocer avoid Webvan’s fate, and whether Microsoft might earn more from Xbox services and games than from the console itself. A customer-service survey leads Dr. Dave to explain that he follows important email with a phone call or even a fax, and a discussion of disguised software consent shows why formal permission is not always meaningful disclosure.

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