I see an ad for an iTunes update. I just realized (after looking at it 12 or so times) that there is a "Remind me later button", I will click that and see what happens.

Okay, I see tabs now!

I clicked the music tab and found my playlist and it seems to be syncing now!

Thanks for the help!

Skipping about 90 posts to ask about removing the 'System Security' malware off my friend's pc. I've googled a bunch of options, but most of them strike me as potential baitnswitches.

I've searched for the various [assorted numbers].exe files but can't find matches.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

Bonnie, try downloading malwarebytes. We use it at work and it's free unless you want to have it run automatically.

We've saved many a fast food franchise store with it.

Speaking of malware...

The Fannie Mae situation almost got a Whole Lot Worse on January 31, 2009.

yikes!

Seconding quester's yikes!

Hands-On: Kindle for iPhone spreads the e-reading love across platforms

Amazon rolled out Kindle for iPhone, a free download from the iTune app store that opens up Amazon's library of 240,000 e-books to iPhone users. We installed the app on an iPhone, and found it to be a useful enhancement to the Kindle 2 experience, as well as an excellent e-reader in its own right. With its "Whispersync," it cues up your book on the page you last read on the Kindle, and gives you access to all your bookmarks and highlights, too. It's a joy to use — a swipe to the side with your finger, and one page gracefully slides to the next in that unmistakable iPhone way.

Most of the Kindle features are all there, including text sizing, table of contents, and an unexpected enhancement not on the Kindle itself: a spot of color here and there. The app stops short of showing you the book's cover in color, though, perhaps in a reluctance to upstage the black-and-white Kindle itself.

This iPhone app not only enhances the Kindle, it might encourage more people to buy the E Ink reader with its much longer battery life, bigger screen and wireless book purchasing. Oh yeah, you can't buy books directly from Kindle for iPhone — you'll need to use the iPhone's Mobile Safari or a Mac or PC and then transfer the e-book over to Kindle for iPhone. Can't make it too easy, because even though Apple's apparently given up on selling books and book-reading hardware because of Steve Jobs's misguided pronouncement that "people don't read anymore" (despite statistics that show Americans reading more than ever), Apple's not stupid.

The screen on the Kindle is bad enough, I can't imagine reading on the iPhone.

Car question:

I was an idiot. I left my car running all night long in the driveway, around 12 hours or so. This morning, I went out and it was STILL running (thank goodness), although the gas gauge reads as far below empty as I've ever seen it.

I need to use the car this evening. Is it safe to start it up (assuming it starts) and drive it straight to the gas station? Should I first fill it with a gallon from a gas can? Might I have done any damage? This would be a good excuse to call CarTalk, but as I need it this evening, there's no time.

So far as I know, running out of gas doesn't hurt a car. At least, it seems a rite of passage with each car I've had. Rather than risk running out of gas in traffic, I'd walk over to the gas station on Highland and bring home a gallon/pint/liter/whatever.