Skype can't seem to eliminate an annoying fraud. This week I'll explain how you can change your Winodws 7 logon screen. The new version of Dreamweaver doesn't look like it has changed much but there's a lot that's new if you look closely. In Short Circuits: 71 identical reminders that claim to be from LinkedIn, Photoshop Lightroom 4 heads for the cloud, and if you wonder what Microsoft can buy for $1.2 billion, I can tell you.

This long-time Corel Draw fan finally has to admit that Adobe Illustrator wins. The up-and-down relationship with an Asus Transformer tablet is up again. Microsoft introduces the Surface and it looks promising. In Short Circuits: A new phone, replacing a notebook computer, and and upgrade plan for Windows 8.

Photoshop CS6: Now Enhanced with Magic Pixie Dust. Adding Eye Candy to Your Photos. In Short Circuits, Near Photo Quality on a Notebook, When Something Happens That Shouldn't, and Happy Fathers Day, Tech Guy!

If you need more that one operating system and you're tired of using a boot manager, how about setting up a virtual machine? Xara continues to surprise me. In Short Circuits, problems for LinkedIn and the almost-ready Windows 8.

The covers are off Adobe Creative Suite CS6 and I can finally start sharing some information with you. When color is not enough, try Silver Efex Pro from Nix for black and white images. Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal says now is a great time not to buy a notebook computer. In Short Circuits: Zuckerberg in, then out, of the Bloomberg rich list; Flame is state-sponsored cyber warfare; and glancing at 2013.

New computers often come loaded with crapware. If you can't deal with an honest manufacturer, you can at least remove the junk. If you don't have an exception dictionary installed for Word, I'll explain why you might want one. Legislation has been introduced to keep employers out of your social media. In Short Circuits, making a small fortune with Facebook stock, bad news for Kodak and Oracle, and Yahoo finally dumps Alibaba.

Viveza 2 is your magic wand if you're a digital photographer, Bing gets a new look, and in Short Circuits: Another CEO for Yahoo, Stick a Raspberry Pi in your shirt pocket, Facebook's IPO is a winner but it loses General Motors, and Groupon continues to lose money and Wall Street continues to like it.

A quick, easy, and inexpensive way to create a website. If you're tired of Firefox's memory munching, I have some thoughts about a new browser. In Short Circuits: Google and Oracle split a double-header, Angry Birds in Finland, finding lost stuff, and new tricks from Amazon.

Suggestions for corporate IT managers might help you avoid fake antivirus scams on your computer. If you've ever needed to extract text from a locked PDF document, I have the solution. In Short Circuits: Why Apple may fear Microsoft, Google under siege, the proliferatioin of phone numbers, and lots of short notes from all over.

The latest version of The Bat continues to be my favorite e-mail application. Considering a digital SLR camera as your do-all device for stills and video? I have answers to questions you're probably asking. Some people are calling it the Internet Doomsday but it's really not that serious. In Short Circuits: Google Drive, the Apple attack, and a look at what's coming.