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GOOGLE WEB ACCELERATOR

Google Web Accelerator just turned up today, and no one can quite figure it out. The Slashdot community is nonplussed.It's a bit of software that takes your requests for web...

REALNETWORKS RHAPSODY

RealNetworks unveiled a new version of its Rhapsody service for music. Here's an article about the launch. Rhapsody has been marginally successful in its basic incarnation, which...

TREO 650

Palm and PocketPC devices have been fading in the last couple of years. Sony dropped out of the market, Palm has had financial struggles, and there's been no buzz for new...

GOOGLE & PACKAGE TRACKING

This isn't new, but it was another Google feature that I had overlooked. If you enter a package tracking number into Google - nothing else, just the number - you'll be taken to...

UPDATE FOR OUTLOOK 2003 JUNK E-MAIL FILTER

There is an update available for the junk mail filter in Outlook 2003. The direct link is this page, but the recommended way to get the update is through the Office Update page,...

EASYTREE REBORN

Music downloaders alert: for the moment, EasyTree has returned at a new web address, after being shut down by legal threats last week.

R.I.P. EASYTREE

EasyTree was a well-known site for downloading live recordings of popular bands. It was scrupulously careful never to list anything that had ever been commercially released in...

MICROSOFT ANTISPYWARE

Whenever you go online, you are at risk of having adware and spyware installed on your system. Well-funded companies are seeking to invade your computer without your knowledge or...

NEWSGROUP AND BITTORRENT GUIDES

Many of the best-known file-sharing programs are unappealing now. Kazaa installs so much adware/spyware that it can only be described as a threat. Some of the other peer-to-peer...

MGM v. GROKSTER

Oral arguments are set in the US Supreme Court on Tuesday in MGM v. Grokster, a case with potentially huge consequences. File sharing programs are used for downloading music and...