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AI Consumer Basics
Here’s your human-generated summary of the latest AI news. Mankind has never lived through a period of technological change like this. It arrived overnight, it is constantly changing and evolving, and its impact is so multifold that we literally can’t comprehend it…
PHISHING FLAW IN ALTERNATIVE BROWSERS
I like Macs. I think they’re fine computers that do some things pretty well. Personally, the much-vaunted Apple design choices leave me cold, so it’s hard for me to…
MSN SEARCH
Microsoft has finished its work on MSN Search and will now begin a blitz of marketing in an attempt to dent Google’s brand identification. To enhance search results,…
PICASA PHOTO ORGANIZING SOFTWARE
Google seems genuinely committed to making the world a better place. (Example: A client just mentioned this news story from last week – Google’s AdWords division,…
MEDIA HUBS
A followup to my notes on moving music around the house. The Netgear MP101 fit my needs, but knowing that doesn’t simplify your shopping. I wanted something (1) dirt cheap,…
COMCAST IN SANTA ROSA
A year ago the city of Santa Rosa announced it had settled its dispute with Comcast and Internet service would be rolled out promptly. Last week Comcast announced that it had…
THE APPLE REALITY DISTORTION FIELD
What is it with Apple that causes the press to gush? It’s embarrassing. Well, nothing embarrasses the press these days, but is a sense of perspective too much to ask for…
SPYWARE RESEARCH
The folks responsible for spyware are constantly looking for new ways to get their programs onto your computer. Windows XP Service Pack 2 continues to be reasonably safe,…
MICROSOFT SPYWARE TOOLS
Microsoft continues to attack security issues on the Windows platform with impressive vigor. This week Microsoft released Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware, a program that cleans out…
YAHOO DESKTOP SEARCH POWERED BY X1
Yahoo released its free desktop search tool for lightning fast searches through Outlook folders and documents on your computer. It’s following closely behind the Google…
REGIONAL BELLS MANEUVER FOR MONOPOLY
USA Today has a story today about the efforts by the regional Bell companies to make it impossible – or at least expensive – to compete with them in building…
EXTENDING A WIRELESS NETWORK
Here’s a story about a new device that has a happy ending. If you’ve ever used a wireless network, you know the range is never as far as you thought it would be, and…
XMAS FRUSTRATION FOLLOWUP
The Linksys WMLS11B Wireless Music System has been boxed up and returned after a few more fruitless hours of testing. The replacement is the Netgear MP101 Wireless Digital Music…
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
It’s not your imagination – the volume of spam is constantly rising and the spammers continue to find new ways to get through the filters. Here’s an article…
XMAS FRUSTRATIONS – ANECDOTE 2
The Linksys WMLS11B Wireless Music System fit my needs perfectly. I have an existing wireless network and a large music library on one computer; I wanted to play that music in…
XMAS FRUSTRATIONS – ANECDOTE 1
Products are appearing on the market faster than we can understand them – and manufacturers are moving so quickly that the products are too often half-baked, or not…