One of the reasons I say Technology Is Broken is because computers do so many annoying and time wasting things. Well, they doing something annoying, and we have to waste time fixing them.

That's why 5 Smart Fixes for Dumb PC Annoyances deserves a close read and perhaps printing to keep handy. The title could be 500 Smart Fixes, but that's a book or two, and the PC Annoyances series deals with those issues pretty well.

And you can buy one or two of those books about annoyances that drive you crazy for XP, Vista, or general PC aggravations. Go to Amazon and search for “PC Annoyances” and you'll get 22 results, including books on Vista and XP etc.

Speaking of annoyances and books, if you ever wondered why software vendors can feel free to sell software full of security holes we have to patch at our expense, read Geekonomics by David Rice. This new book explains how the software companies are legally allowed to sell insecure software, full of holes, without being held liable for their sloppy work. You can read my review of the book at ITworld soon (search for Geekonomics).