Sep 13, 2008 | broadband, Internet
I was testing Speed.io, a new site for measuring the speed of an Internet connection and displaying it in a lovely way. (I’ve put in on the bruceb favorites page under Internet / Online Tools, joining an old favorite, Bandwidth Speed Test.) The test results...
Sep 4, 2008 | file_sharing, Internet, Microsoft, remote, Vista, web_services, WinXP
Microsoft’s Live Mesh service, now in beta testing, has the most promise of any of the online services. With an easy setup, you can make your files available on multiple computers, you can share files with other people, and you can access your computers...
Sep 3, 2008 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, software
There are new Internet browsers available in the news – Microsoft made a beta release of Internet Explorer 8 available last week for testing, and Google caused a fuss when it released a beta version of Chrome today, possibly as a hasty response to...
Aug 30, 2008 | business, Internet
The New York Times has an article today about XO Communications, a company that most of you have never heard of. It gave me a little wave of nostalgia – XO is irrelevant now but I still have accounts there and it meant a lot to me in the old days. The article...
Aug 26, 2008 | file_sharing, Internet, Microsoft, OneCare, photos, software, web_services
Windows Live ID is a single sign-on service from Microsoft that allows people to log into many websites and services with one account. A Windows Live ID is an email address and a password stored in Microsoft’s servers. It’s free. Most people will have a...
Aug 24, 2008 | broadband, Internet, mail
I’m occasionally asked why I have such a negative opinion of AT&T’s DSL service. This chilling account should answer that question – a complete log of one person’s experiences on two different occasions, dealing each time with more than a...
