Aug 30, 2008 | business, Internet
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...
Aug 26, 2008 | file_sharing, Internet, Microsoft, OneCare, photos, software, web_services
Windows Live ID is a single sign-on service from Microsoft that allows people to log into many websites and services with one account. A Windows Live ID is an email address and a password stored in Microsoft’s servers. It’s free. Most people will have a...
Aug 24, 2008 | broadband, Internet, mail
I’m occasionally asked why I have such a negative opinion of AT&T’s DSL service. This chilling account should answer that question – a complete log of one person’s experiences on two different occasions, dealing each time with more than a...
Aug 12, 2008 | backup, business, Internet, web_services
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...
Aug 11, 2008 | business, games, Internet, video
By the close of the 2008 Olympic Games, NBC will have broadcast 2,900 hours of live coverage – more than the total number of US television hours for all previous summer Olympic Games combined. In addition to the broadcasts on the primary NBC channel, video...
Aug 10, 2008 | IE, Internet, security, spam
There is a massive spam attack underway masquerading as messages from CNN.com. The first set of messages had links to the “Top 10 Headlines” and “Top 10 Videos”; now there are new variations presenting a “custom news alert.”...
