Nice article on ZD regarding XP vs Vista vs Win7 performance. Once I get some downtime, I'll probably be re-formatting my main machine (perhaps bumping up the RAM) to Win7 from XP.

Anyway read the article at: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355703,00.asp.

Mozy is one of my favorite backup systems ... it is easy to setup, works transparently, doesn't slow up systems enormously. Basically it works. Mac users (yes, even Macs break down) who are outgrowing the Mozy Home service will soon have another backup option, as Mozy Pro for the Mac is going into Beta. Read more about it here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10315&tag=nl.e539. See also www.mozy.com.

Finally figured out how to solve an issue with Word 2007 I've been plagued with the last few days ... seems that an update nuked the ability to select blocks of text with the mouse. Finally found information from the MS Site. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940791 for detailed instructions on how to do a simple update on the registry to fix this issue.