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Zoom’s Pandemic Success Story
Zoom just reported one of the best quarters in software history, perhaps one of the best earnings reports in the history of American business. The rapid adoption of videoconferencing has been one of the most dramatic technology changes caused by the pandemic, and it...
SALE ON BLANK CDRS
If you need to stock up on blank 80-minute CDRs, Amazon has spindles of 50 Fuji CDRs for $14.99, with free shipping. Good deal!
WHY DSL STILL SUCKS
DSL is in terrible shape. Many people have persistent problems - lines disconnect or go down, tech support is poor or nonexistent, orders are handled slowly. Here's a good...
HOME ENTERTAINMENT HUBS
The home entertainment devices that will be hot next Christmas are taking shape. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, a new company demonstrated the MoxiMedia Center, which...
WALLACE AND GROMIT COMING TO THE WEB
Twelve one-minute films featuring Wallace and Gromit will be available for download this autumn, according to this article. This is the first new Wallace and Gromit material...
FLAT PANEL MONITOR PRICES ON THE RISE
According to this article, prices for flat panel LCD monitors were in free fall last year because of an oversupply of glass. The factories have caught up, demand is skyrocketing...
ONLINE SHOPPING
I went shopping for a new monitor tonight and wound up buying it from an unexpected source. After checking Amazon, Buy.com, CDW, Microwarehouse, Insight, and a few others, I...
APPLE’S NEW IMAC
Look, I've got nothing against Apple, really. I think it would be fine if they did some cool things. But I can't get around it - the new iMac is ugly as sin. The original iMac...
DAVE BARRY DOES WINDOWS
In case you missed it, here's Dave Barry's column today about life with Windows. "I bring this all up because now Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to...
AOL BLOCKS HARVARD E-MAILS
The volume of junk mail has increased in the last few months, and people ask me all the time why it can't just be blocked. Implementing a junk mail filter is a difficult problem,...
WINDOWS XP SECURITY HOLE MISREPRESENTED
The press has done a terrible job reporting on the Windows XP security vulnerability that turned up a few days ago. It was widely reported that any hacker with a modem could sit...
MUSICCITY STILL IN BUSINESS
MusicCity.com is under attack from the copyright police, and a court in the Netherlands ordered it to halt file swapping a couple of weeks ago. It's holding steady so far, and it...
HP PHOTOSMART 100
If you've got a digital camera, I've got a great accessory for you. This is my favorite Christmas present. The Hewlett Packard Photosmart 100 printer does only one thing: it...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
To my clients, my friends, and all who stop by: my warmest wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year! I hope you find a few high-tech toys in your stocking in the morning...
COPYRIGHT ANALYSIS
A fascinating article by Mike Godwin, attorney and fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology. His argument is that the real war is not between the copyright holders and...
MOVIE REVIEWS
If you're wondering whether Roger Ebert's tepid review of Lord Of The Rings is typical (it's not), or if everybody agrees that The Majestic is irredeemably sappy (they do),...