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Power And Cruelty In George Orwell’s America

Power And Cruelty In George Orwell’s America

Power Eric Lutz / Vanity Fair, April 3, 2020 Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo, May 13, 2020 Yahoo News, May 13, 2020 George Orwell on power: “Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not...

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MSN SEARCH

Microsoft has finished its work on MSN Search and will now begin a blitz of marketing in an attempt to dent Google's brand identification. To enhance search results, Microsoft...

MEDIA HUBS

A followup to my notes on moving music around the house. The Netgear MP101 fit my needs, but knowing that doesn't simplify your shopping. I wanted something (1) dirt cheap, (2)...

COMCAST IN SANTA ROSA

A year ago the city of Santa Rosa announced it had settled its dispute with Comcast and Internet service would be rolled out promptly. Last week Comcast announced that it had...

THE APPLE REALITY DISTORTION FIELD

What is it with Apple that causes the press to gush? It's embarrassing. Well, nothing embarrasses the press these days, but is a sense of perspective too much to ask for when...

SPYWARE RESEARCH

The folks responsible for spyware are constantly looking for new ways to get their programs onto your computer. Windows XP Service Pack 2 continues to be reasonably safe,...

MICROSOFT SPYWARE TOOLS

Microsoft continues to attack security issues on the Windows platform with impressive vigor. This week Microsoft released Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware, a program that cleans out...

YAHOO DESKTOP SEARCH POWERED BY X1

Yahoo released its free desktop search tool for lightning fast searches through Outlook folders and documents on your computer. It's following closely behind the Google Desktop...

EXTENDING A WIRELESS NETWORK

Here's a story about a new device that has a happy ending. If you've ever used a wireless network, you know the range is never as far as you thought it would be, and they're just...

XMAS FRUSTRATION FOLLOWUP

The Linksys WMLS11B Wireless Music System has been boxed up and returned after a few more fruitless hours of testing. The replacement is the Netgear MP101 Wireless Digital Music...

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

It's not your imagination - the volume of spam is constantly rising and the spammers continue to find new ways to get through the filters. Here's an article that lays out the...

XMAS FRUSTRATIONS – ANECDOTE 2

The Linksys WMLS11B Wireless Music System fit my needs perfectly. I have an existing wireless network and a large music library on one computer; I wanted to play that music in...

XMAS FRUSTRATIONS – ANECDOTE 1

Products are appearing on the market faster than we can understand them - and manufacturers are moving so quickly that the products are too often half-baked, or not documented...

DIGITAL CAMERAS

Lots of you own digital cameras or will get them for Xmas. Each camera will come with proprietary software to unload photos from the camera and handle simple editing - fixing...