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Picasa: Oct. 27
Windows 7: Nov. 22
Mac tips: Nov. 29
PC tips: Dec. 2
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Web search: Dec. 9

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Al and Nancy Fasoldt.
   
Technology writer and photographer Al Fasoldt writes about consumer technology for The Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY, USA, and for Technofile Online. He and his wife, Nancy, host workshops in computers and photography. This Web site is run independently of the newspaper and its Web site, www.syracuse.com.

 Thousands of articles, reviews and essays
 on computers, photography and consumer technology

By Al Fasoldt

New articles (longer list)
  • Beware of Windows Registry problems (Aug. 29, 2010)
  • Super-size your netbook battery (Aug. 22, 2010)
  • Able Planet headphones aid cancer research -- and sound gorgeous (Aug. 15, 2010)
  • Raw photo format isn't worth the trouble for most of us (Aug. 8, 2010)
  • MacBook laptop makes a great dorm mate (Aug. 1, 2010)

    • Cover photo: VOLCANO ALLEY


    Photo by Al Fasoldt. Copyright © 2010 by Al Fasoldt. All rights reserved.
    Volcanoes long since dormant dominate the landscape at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho. Giant fissures traversing the earth spewed magma many times over the last tens of thousands of years, tangling the hills and valleys with jagged boulders of lava. Volcanic cones seem to be everywhere you look.