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Location Tracking: Cell Towers, Key Fobs, And Cameras
Previously: Location Tracking: They Know Where You Are Location Tracking: LA LA LA I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOU Location Tracking: Who’s Following You? How Do They Know Where You Are? The phone carriers – Verizon, AT&T, and the others – track the location of your...
DVD ON A COMPUTER
So far there have been very few compelling reasons to put a DVD player into a computer. There's only three things you might do with it: You can watch movies. Your computer...
CHEAP FLAT PANEL MONITORS
Prices are still dropping all over. Costco has two 17" flat panel monitors for $599.99, the Princeton LCD17 and the Sylvania L17. That's awfully tempting if you're short on...
INTERNET UNDER ATTACK
There's at least one nasty new worm attacking Windows 2000 Servers today, and as near as I can tell it's causing problems all over the Internet. Details are hazy, but apparently...
DISASTER: MORE ON BIN LADEN
I mentioned a couple of background articles on Osama Bin Laden earlier this week, but here's what wasn't covered by those articles - a concise (and scary) description of what he...
DISASTER: CIVIL LIBERTIES
The nation is entering into a debate about the relationship between privacy and national security. Regardless of where you stand, encourage the debate to be fair, reasonable, and...
FUN THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR BROADBAND CONNECTION
You're probably wondering what to do with all the bandwidth that your cable or DSL line supplies. Well, how about watching a scene from Monty Python And The Holy Grail, created...
MSN WEB-BASED E-MAIL WOES
MSN subscribers are being forced to use web-based e-mail, instead of the standard POP3 e-mail that was previously available. It's similar to Hotmail, although the default...
CHRISTMAS IN THE PC INDUSTRY
This is a fairly silly article from The Nation written by a Linux zealot - and my, they do get overwrought about Microsoft. But I think it's generally right about the upcoming...
NEWS JUNKIES
I find I'm spending more and more time at Slate Magazine for news and politics. A particularly valuable daily feature is called "Today's Papers," which compares the front pages...
DISASTER: E-MAIL HOAXES
The World Trade Center disaster has already generated a tremendous amount of e-mail spam and chain letters. As this article points out, you can count on a lot of hoaxes to be...
HAS EVERYTHING CHANGED?
There's an interesting perspective in this column by Michael Kinsley about whether we should automatically accept the notion that life in America has permanently changed for the...
NO WINDOWS XP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UNTIL OCT 25
Most of the PC manufacturers have started to take orders for Windows XP systems targeted at home users. Dell is selling home systems from its web site with Windows XP Home...
PRICE CUTS ON PENTIUM III SYSTEMS
If you're looking for a new computer, you should wait another two weeks and then buy a Windows XP system from Dell. But if your budget simply requires a discount, look for cheap...
DISASTER: RELIGIOUS RIGHT
Despite past differences, you may have the impression that America has been united by this tragedy. I offer this without further comment. According to The Washington Post and the...
DISASTER: COMMENTARY
A thought-provoking commentary on the disaster and the reactions to it. You may want to hit the author, Alexander Cockburn, by the end of it (complain to him, not me), but I...