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The Claude Crisis: AI And The Presumption Of Regularity
It’s Anti-AI week! Protests and petitions and boycotts and resignations , oh my. OpenAI (ChatGPT) is the villain. Anthropic (Claude) is the hero, topping the download charts after a burst of headlines about AI and the Pentagon and are you kidding me,…
KAZAA FILE SHARING IN JEOPARDY
Kazaa is currently the most popular software for file sharing. In addition to being available under the Kazaa name, its software is licensed to MusicCity and Grokster. It is much…
WINDOWS XP CHECKLIST
If you’re considering upgrading to Windows XP, it deserves some thought and preparation. Here’s the short checklist that will help you avoid some of the problems…
MICROSOFT OFFICE XP – CHEAP!
Microsoft has always had “student editions” of the Office suite – same software, lower price, for full-time students and educators. In the past it’s only…
EXCITE@HOME CONSPIRACY THEORY
The December 10 issue of Forbes magazine presents an interesting theory to explain how Excite@Home wound up in its current embarrassing predicament. “A new conspiracy…
BADTRANS VIRUS
Another virus making the rounds these days. BADTRANS is the usual – arrives as an e-mail attachment, sends itself back out to lots of people with your name on the message…
SEARCH ENGINES
Google is experimenting with different ways to rank web sites when it reports search results. Here’s an interesting article about search engines and the extraordinary…
EXCITE@HOME MIGHT SHUT OFF CABLE INTERNET SERVICE
Early this year Northpoint shut off DSL service to 100,000 customers with only a few days notice. It caused such a flap that I thought nothing like it would ever happen again….
BOOKS AND BLOGS
I maintain this news page with Blogger, a wonderful free service that makes it easy to publish short, frequently updated posts arranged chronologically. Blogs can be set up to…
AUDIOGALAXY ADDON
If you’re an AudioGalaxy user, this addon from Hyperku.com might be of interest. It helps you assemble a complete album from the songs available online, with a single…
WINDOWS XP AND CD BURNING
Windows XP supports CDRs and CDRWs. Its ability to burn CDs is relatively basic and many people will wind up enhancing it with another product – Easy CD Creator or Feurio…
MP3 MOMENTUM
There’s still a chance that the copyright police will be forced to back down. There’s lots of market forces favoring the .mp3 format and it’s possible that…
AOL AND WINDOWS XP
This was apparently reported first by Betanews.com a few months ago, but I spotted it in an article today on Newbytes.com: “AOL released version 7 on Oct. 16, nine days…
WINDOWS XP TIPS
There’s a few things to do before you upgrade to Windows XP, but here’s a couple that shouldn’t be overlooked: uninstall Norton Antivirus and PCAnywhere before…
MORE ON TABLET COMPUTING
If you can’t imagine why anyone would want a tablet computer, here’s a good article that explains their niche in the market and outlines what they will and…
TABLET PCs
Bill Gates delivered a speech yesterday where he presented a few more details about the upcoming “Tablet PC” – a flat, lightweight screen to tuck under your arm…