Talk of the Internet | Voice is back but this time it's on the Internet. Just when the rise of email and text-messaging began eroding traditional phoning, voice communication is staging an online comeback -- in a variety of unlikely ways.
Google Wants to Be Your Best Friend On Your Computer | Google's two newest releases, Google Desktop and Google Talk, are bold, major steps for the company -- and useful programs that have great potential, Walt Mossberg writes.
July 22, 2005
Secrets to Good Hard-Drive Hygiene | Backing up a hard drive can be a chore for those who store gigabytes of documents, photographs, videos and music on their home computers. A survey of products that can make the task easier.
July 14, 2005
Finding a Blog in a Haystack | Traffic at blog search engines is soaring. When will Google and Yahoo! join the fray?
How big will the Mac Mini be? | Needham analyst Charles Wolf said that he now estimates 11 percent of iPod-toting Windows users may buy a Mac now that the Mini is on the market. Before that, he assumed the rate would be closer to 4 percent.
Memorex to Raise Recordable CD Prices | People actually pay for CD-Rs? I'm still sitting on a couple hundred I got for free (after rebate) over a year ago.
Strong Debut for iTunes for PCs | I'm glad to see Apple doing so well in this space, but I still think the stock is over-valued.
September 24, 2003
AMD's Athlon 64 Reviewed | Now we just need some 64-bit software to take advantage of these processors.
August 31, 2003
Stereo Images | Cool 3D effect in animated GIFs and Flash images
Registry Guide for Windows | Get your tweak on!... This site 'provides an extensive range of registry tweaks, tricks & hacks for optimizing, enhancing and securing the Windows XP, 2000, NT, 98, 95 and Windows Me operating systems.'
August 12, 2003
Zone Labs Branches into IM Security | IMsecure has developed IMsecure Pro 1.0 to detect viruses and block spam for the most popular messaging applications on the market--AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, said Fred Felman, vice president of marketing at Zone.
August 03, 2003
Get Cash for Your Used Inkjet Cartridges | The cash value of empty cartridges -- a used Lexmark can fetch up to $7 -- has spawned a vast recycling movement and the Internet is clogged with ads for companies offering refill kits or remanufactured cartridges for computer printing.
A Web site (http:/www.empties.com) for buyers and sellers lists prices for the estimated one million empty ink cartridges thrown out daily around the world, mostly by individuals with home computers. Most cartridges can be refilled at least two or three times, or even as many as 10 times, according to experts.
Dustiest Computer Ever! | This has to be the dustiest PC ever. It might take 3 cans of compressed air to get that puppy clean.
July 19, 2003
The RIAA's Jihad | The Recording Industry Association of America's attack on US culture has escalated at an alarming pace this week.
On Friday the lobby group that works on behalf of the large, mostly foreign-owned, music conglomerates that own the music copyrights and distribution channels confirmed that it was serving subpoenas at the rate of 75 a day on US citizens for the crime of sharing the music they love.
XML vs. EDI | Tight IT budgets make it tough for managers to stay at the cutting edge of technology, but in one area they may not have to bother. For now, electronic data interchange (EDI), the old system for exchanging business documents electronically, is at least as useful as its likely successor, and cheaper as well. Over the next five years, businesses would do well to hone their old systems while also preparing themselves for the new ones.
July 17, 2003
Mozilla Wants to Rumble With IE | Microsoft's Internet Explorer might have trounced the likes of Netscape Navigator, but the folks at Mozilla.org insist the browser wars aren't over.
July 10, 2003
The New Card Shark | The NY Times takes a look at how online gaming is changing the face of real-world poker tournaments. -- While the Las Vegas hype machine focused on the rags-to-riches tale of a man who parlayed a $40 entrance fee into a huge pot, many poker players recognized that the amateur's success signaled the arrival of a new age in the game. Mr. Moneymaker may never have been in the same room as other players in a tournament of Texas Hold'em poker, but he had played extensively online, where the game is faster but the money is just as real. He was as much a rookie as Ichiro Suzuki, who joined the Seattle Mariners after nine years in the Japanese major leagues.
July 09, 2003
MRAM, Finally | This is long overdue - With both Motorola and IBM firmly lined up behind a single contender, the five-year search for a "universal RAM" technology offering a combination of non-volatility and high-speed random access appears to be all but over. According to Motorola, samples of the new magnetoresistive random access memory, or MRAM, chips will be distributed to developers by the end of 2003, and cell phones and PDAs incorporating MRAM should be on sale by mid-2004...
Fans who download music buy more CDs | The Music Research and Programming survey of 500 British fans aged 13-45 with internet access challenges the received wisdom that downloading is the prime source of a slump in music sales.
Microsoft brains take on Google brawn | Microsoft has hired top scientists in its quest for search algorithms that will allow it to compete directly with Google. Microsoft is actively working on new search algorithms it will use to power its own search engine and enter into competition with Google...
July 03, 2003
Hack Attack | Will hackers attack 6,000 Web sites in 6 hours on July 6? The government and private technology experts warned Wednesday that hackers plan to attack thousands of Web sites Sunday in a loosely coordinated "contest" that could disrupt Internet traffic.
July 02, 2003
Internet Explorer Revolt? | Microsoft may have unwittingly started a revolt against its Internet Explorer (IE) browser by discontinuing it as a standalone product and blurring the future of the current version, IE 6.
NewsMonster | NewsMonster is a news, weblog, and RSS aggregator that runs in directly in your web browser. NewsMonster offers a superior web experience and outstanding integration with existing websites and weblogs that support RSS. Even sites that don't support RSS can work with NewsMonster. That's not all! NewsMonster incorporates an advanced reputation system to prevent spam and discover and inform you of important news.
Get all the latest news -- as it arrives! Cache entire web sites in the background while you surf! Rate your favorite and least-favorite websites and share ratings with the online community - automatically!
June 23, 2003
Free, Useful, High-Quality Software | From TechTV - There's free software everywhere on the Internet if you know where to look. We're not talking about getting free commercial software. That's stealing. We're talking about software designed to be freely distributed.
Access Your Computer From Anywhere | TightVNC is a free, open-source program. At the essence of virtual network computing (VNC) is a remote display system. This system allows you to view a computing 'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running, but from anywhere on the Internet.
June 17, 2003
E-Mail Soapbox | This video is spot on about some things that irk the hell out of me with forwarded e-mail. This should be required viewing before anyone is allowed to have an e-mail account!
Create Custom Icons | IconArt is an icon editor that lets you create icons and cursors from scratch or from existing images. You can also modify existing icons and cursors.
June 09, 2003
3D Buzz | 3D Buzz offers free training for wannabe 3D animators and digital artists (PhotoShop). The tutorials are available for download from the 3D Buzz website, or you can have CD-ROM tutorials mailed to you.
Why You Should Switch to Mozilla Firebird | Mozilla Firebird empowers you to accomplish things online faster and more efficiently than any other browser, period. Offering the industry's best implementations of features such as Tab-Browsing and popup blocking, as well as a horde of other seamless innovation, Firebird stands out ahead of every other web browser
Unlock Mozilla Firebird's Myriad Features | Mozilla Firebird has loads of features that often go unnoticed or unused. Some of these features are Mozilla Firebird exclusive. Features like popup blocking and tabbed browsing will greatly improve your web experience. This site tells you how to take full advantage of Firebird's power.
Vivísimo Document Clustering | A powerful web searching tool. It clusters the results in a way that makes it very easy to get to your desired result. Try it out!
Mozilla Firebird Help | This site is intended for users who want to learn how to configure Mozilla Firebird to fit their needs.
Better, Faster Internet Searching | I've been using this tool for over a month now & highly recommend it. It allows you to launch searches, on any number of search engines (google by default), without first opening a browser. If you use Google's toolbar you'll love this.
Speed Windoze StartUp | Here is an awesome tool that should have been integrated into Windoze. Stop all those little rouge, resource-robbing programs from loading during Windows startup.
Newly Digital | A distributed anthology of early computing experience.
