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The Best New Music Of 2020

The Best New Music Of 2020

Spotify released the personalized Wrapped 2020 playlist a few days ago. I was a bit surprised to discover that my fave-rave most-played song in 2020 was the sound of soothing ocean waves. It turns out that Spotify’s algorithms get the teensiest bit confused if you...

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APPLE AND PROPRIETARY FILE FORMATS

Microsoft will take some well-deserved heat for letting copy protection drive it to make bad decisions for technology and consumers, but Apple has also played an unappealing role...

WINDOWS VISTA & CONTENT PROTECTION

The entertainment industry is obsessed with copy protection and has been browbeating legislators, courts, hardware manufacturers and content creators with demands for more...

RIAA DECLARES INSANITY

The RIAA is resorting to even more bizarre behavior in its quest to be institutionalized for its own protection.AllOfMP3.com is a Russian site that has been thumbing its nose at...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'll be back in 2007. Happy new year and best wishes to all!Windows Vista is right around the corner, and the press is heating up - it's full of flaws! No one wants it! A hacker...

THE IE7 MENU BAR

The team developing Internet Explorer 7 tried to maximize the screen space available for web pages by shrinking or removing some familiar parts of IE6. The missing menu bar has...

NETWORK FILE INDEXING ADDED TO VISTA

My first impression was that the Vista developers had left Vista in a crippled state, unable to index shared network folders, but apparently they were just running late. Today...

FIX FOR SLOW IE7 PHISHING FILTER

A few people have complained that Internet browsing was slow or erratic after installing Internet Explorer 7. I haven't been able to find a pattern to explain that - no...

THE SAD TALE OF AMICUS ATTORNEY

At one time, Amicus Attorney was the premier program for law office case management. In version 5, it had a quirky but easy to understand interface, and a lot of power to link...

VIRAL ADVERTISING

The folks responsible for promoting Windows Vista are trying hard to be hip - check out http://clearification.com. Microsoft is footing the bill for Demetri Martin, a Daily Show...

WINDOWS VISTA & SECURITY VENDORS

You may have seen news coverage of complaints by Symantec, McAfee and others about security changes in Vista. Basically they complain that Vista's security is locked up so...