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Lolita and the Art of Suitcase Literature
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Those are the opening lines of Lolita , Vladimir Nabokov’s dazzling literary masterpiece. Lolita was an international bestseller that reshaped modern fiction and established Nabokov as one of the…
INTERVIEW WITH LAWRENCE LESSIG
If you’re following the copyright wars, you might be interested in a question-and-answer session on Slashdot with Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford law professor and one of the…
COPYRIGHT POLICE GET UGLIER
Today’s news has more evidence that the entertainment industry is successfully shaping our world – by filling it with fear and intimidation. An Austin, Texas, man…
DELL REACHES GOAL, SHUTS DOWN
The Onion is a treasure. One of its stories this week is just perfect: AUSTIN, TX—After 18 years of striving, Dell Computer finally reached its long-stated goal to be the…
TIME WARNER HATES AOL SOFTWARE
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that America Online has continued to use Microsoft Internet Explorer as its browser engine, even though it acquired Netscape last year –…
WINDOWS XP HOME vs. PROFESSIONAL
There are relatively few differences between Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional for home users and small businesses sharing computers in a workgroup. (If your company…
EARTHLIGHTS
Here’s a cool photo of the earth. This is the information that came along with the link by e-mail, for what it’s worth. The image is a panoramic view of the world…
NEW NOTEBOOKS
Today Dell is introducing a new notebook under a thousand dollars. The SmartStep 100N isn’t configurable, but its specs are darned good for $949 – 1.06GHz Intel…
MORPHEUS TO ADD ANTI-COPYING TECHNOLOGY
Morpheus was looking like an ally in the fight to keep file trading alive. It didn’t include spyware in its software, and its new software tapped into the truly…
SPYWARE
There’s more and more ways to get “spyware” on your system – programs that monitor your web surfing and report back to third parties without your…
SEARCH ENGINES
This article starts out by explaining the different approaches chosen by Google, Yahoo, and AltaVista for indexing the Internet – and makes it easier to understand why…
COPYRIGHT WARS UPDATE
The voices are getting louder on both sides of the copyright wars. Michael Greene, the president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, delivered a lecture…
YAHOO MAPS
Yahoo has created its own web site for maps, instead of relying on AOL’s MapQuest. Here’s an article about the corporate stuff, and here’s the new Yahoo map…
MORPHEUS/KAZAA UPDATE
There’s a marvelous battle going on in the file sharing world. Allegations of denial of service attacks and conspiracies, record companies sniffing around and getting ready…
PHOTO SOFTWARE
Here’s an article about photo editing software that makes good suggestions. The best choice for many non-professionals is Adobe Photoshop Elements, a very powerful program…
WORD 2002 – LEGAL USERS GUIDE
“The Microsoft Word 2002 Legal User’s Guide is a reference for legal professionals that describes Word 2002 features useful to the legal industry. Features explored…