WHY PEOPLE HATE BUYING PCs, PART 37

From Paul Thurrott’s blog today.Unbelievable. I love Dell, I really do. I recently bought that Optiplex, which has been great. So when my dad called this morning and asked about buying a new PC, I told him I could probably get something at Dell for under $500. I...

THE BIG MONEY, SOUNDUNWOUND

Two new sites have been added to the bruceb favorites page.The Big Money is a business web site created by the editors of Slate, intended to be an authoritative source of business news combined with interesting business blogs. It will be trying to stand out from the...

XO COMMUNICATIONS & CARL ICAHN

The New York Times has an article today about XO Communications, a company that most of you have never heard of. It gave me a little wave of nostalgia – XO is irrelevant now but I still have accounts there and it meant a lot to me in the old days. The article...

GRANDCENTRAL & GOOGLE BLACK HOLE

GrandCentral is a wonderful free service for handling phone calls. When you sign up, you pick a new phone number and do a few minutes of easy setup. Then when someone calls that number, all of your phones ring simultaneously and you can answer any of them. I’ve...

JUNGLE DISK ONLINE BACKUP

Take a look at Jungle Disk, a service for online backups with a good reputation. I’m testing it now and finding a lot of things to like. The idea is simple – back up folders to a secure place online at regular intervals, and retrieve them any time but...