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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...
ELECTRIC SHEEP
Remember when screensavers were cool? If you're an old-timer, you just thought of flying toasters.This article describes an intriguing screensaver project. The "Electric Sheep"...
AT&T TEAMS WITH WILDBLUE FOR SATELLITE BROADBAND
Broadband Internet access by satellite has been available for years, but it's never been very appealing. Only the truly desperate signed up with Hughes - horrible speeds,...
WINDOWS MOBILE TAKING OVER HANDHELD MARKET
This article highlights a startling statistic - sales of Windows Mobile-equipped handheld devices grew by 90% last year. Not that long ago, the Palm-based Treo 650 was the only...
MICROSOFT PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER
The tech press is all atwitter over the announcement that Microsoft plans to release a handheld music player to compete with the iPod. Microsoft will be competing with Creative...
DRM HISTORY AND HACKING
Content creators and publishers are engaged in nonstop efforts to lock down the products you purchase from them. This is a fascinating article about the history of digital rights...
UNEXPECTED RESTART
Anybody else get a notice at a random moment in the last couple of days that Windows had installed an update and intended to restart in ten minutes? It was clearly a legitimate...
NETGEAR SPEEDS UP POWERLINE NETWORKING
I love 802.11x wireless networking, but it makes me crazy too. It's solid technology that keeps calling attention to itself - routers stop working or signals aren't strong enough...
INTEL’S CORE 2 DUO PROCESSORS
Here's 10 Things You Need to Know About Intel's Core 2 Duo processors, which will begin shipping next month.The Core processors will be the fastest processors available (but...
WINDOWS LIVE ID AND PASSPORT
Microsoft is attempting to streamline its centralized authentication system - a combination of e-mail address and password that controls signon to Windows Live Messenger, Windows...
MICROSOFT & YAHOO TO LINK INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICES
On Thursday, Microsoft and Yahoo will begin testing a link between their instant messaging programs, fulfilling a promise made nine months ago.Windows Live Messenger is a nice...
WINDOWS LIVE ONECARE DISCOUNT
I'm enthusiastic about Microsoft's security suite Windows Live OneCare. If you haven't purchased it yet, you can save a few dollars - it costs $49.99 for three computers when...
THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING
Here's an article that might describe the future of computing. Or not, but that's the fun of trying to guess what lies ahead.The article imagines a rich suite of programs that...
SENATOR TED STEVENS EXPLAINS THE INTERNET
Net neutrality refers to a founding principle of the Internet, that the companies in the middle handling the movement of data would treat all packets equally. The telcos and...
KYOCERA EVDO WIRELESS ROUTER
Verizon's EVDO wireless access is heavenly for some travelers. For a hefty monthly fee - $60-80/month - Verizon provides a reasonably fast Internet connection anywhere in its...
GOOGLE – A ONE TRICK PONY?
Business Week has an article about Google's nonsearch products. According to the article, 99% of Google's revenue comes from its small text ads on search pages and so far none of...