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The Great Compression: AI & Cybersecurity
There used to be a pause in the rhythm of digital security. A software bug was found; the vendor created and tested and released a patch; and businesses had a comfortable few weeks to install it before hackers figured out how to use the flaw. In between there was…
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…
DIGITAL CAMERAS
Lots of you own digital cameras or will get them for Xmas. Each camera will come with proprietary software to unload photos from the camera and handle simple editing –…
MPAA TO SUE MOVIE DOWNLOADERS
The MPAA announced last month that it would follow the example of the RIAA and sue individual movie file-swappers. Here’s an article about their announcement, a few days…
MORE TOOLS FOR DESKTOP SEARCHES
Microsoft unveiled the MSN Toolbar Suite on Monday, its new free program for searching Outlook folders and the contents of your My Documents folder. This follows shortly after…
CELL PHONES AND THE “DO NOT CALL” LIST
The last few months have been slow for e-mail hoaxes. DId you get any of the messages last week about registering your cell phone numbers with the national “Do Not…