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Rules For Computer And Online Safety 2021
These are the rules for computer and online safety in 2021. Only your vigilance will protect you against bad guys. You will be safe if you are cautious. Stop and think before you click on links, before you call unfamiliar phone numbers, before you install programs,...
BLOGGING GROWS AND GROWS
Are you reading blogs? Are you contributing to one? Time to get busy, according to this report on the state of the blogosphere. Technorati is currently tracking 50 million...
CORY DOCTOROW ON DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
Cory Doctorow, one of the chief contributors to popular web site BoingBoing.net, has written a compelling article about digital rights management for Information Week. It's a...
COLOR LASERS FOR SMALL OFFICES
HP's entry level color laser printer is down to three hundred dollars. The cost of printing a monochrome page on a color laser is the same as printing the same page on a...
ERGONOMICS
As we use our computers more every day, I'm seeing more people looking into ergonomic devices, either because they're already suffering from repetitive stress injury or they want...
MCAFEE SUBSCRIPTION SECURITY SERVICE
Windows Live OneCare continues to be one of the most satisfying products in years - the design is elegant and glitches have been few and far between.For that reason, I don't...
WINDOWS DEFENDER UPDATE
Windows Defender is Microsoft's antispyware program - highly recommended for all computers running Windows XP.Windows Live OneCare is supposed to take over operation of Windows...
NET NEUTRALITY
The telcos and cable companies are close to completing their attempt to take over the Internet. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) almost pushed through legislation that would allow...
ELECTRIC SHEEP
Remember when screensavers were cool? If you're an old-timer, you just thought of flying toasters.This article describes an intriguing screensaver project. The "Electric Sheep"...
AT&T TEAMS WITH WILDBLUE FOR SATELLITE BROADBAND
Broadband Internet access by satellite has been available for years, but it's never been very appealing. Only the truly desperate signed up with Hughes - horrible speeds,...
WINDOWS MOBILE TAKING OVER HANDHELD MARKET
This article highlights a startling statistic - sales of Windows Mobile-equipped handheld devices grew by 90% last year. Not that long ago, the Palm-based Treo 650 was the only...
MICROSOFT PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER
The tech press is all atwitter over the announcement that Microsoft plans to release a handheld music player to compete with the iPod. Microsoft will be competing with Creative...
DRM HISTORY AND HACKING
Content creators and publishers are engaged in nonstop efforts to lock down the products you purchase from them. This is a fascinating article about the history of digital rights...
UNEXPECTED RESTART
Anybody else get a notice at a random moment in the last couple of days that Windows had installed an update and intended to restart in ten minutes? It was clearly a legitimate...
NETGEAR SPEEDS UP POWERLINE NETWORKING
I love 802.11x wireless networking, but it makes me crazy too. It's solid technology that keeps calling attention to itself - routers stop working or signals aren't strong enough...
INTEL’S CORE 2 DUO PROCESSORS
Here's 10 Things You Need to Know About Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, which will begin shipping next month.The Core processors will be the fastest processors available (but...