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Outlook Tip: How To Turn Off “Top Results”
When you search your email in Outlook, you might see three messages chosen as "Top results" by sophisticated AI & machine learning algorithms. Well, it's supposed to be smart algorithms. At the moment, the three "Top results" appear to be chosen by a roomful of...
GOOGLE ZEITGEIST
While I was looking at toolbars, I stumbled on Google Zeitgeist, an interesting place to look around for a few minutes. It's on the Google Toolbar - click on the Google logo on...
MSN vs. GOOGLE
Microsoft is rolling out services to challenge Google. I'm underwhelmed by every single bit of it so far. Yesterday's presentation, described in this article, summarizes some of...
OUTLOOK SEARCHES
I've been using X1 to do lightning-fast searches through e-mail and contacts in Outlook, and files on my computer and on the network. A new version will be released next week...
OFFICE 2003 SERVICE PACK 1
If you're using Microsoft Office 2003 - especially Outlook 2003 - head over to the Office Update web site and install the suggested updates. You'll get an update for the Outlook...
BITTORRENT TAKES OVER PEER-TO-PEER
BitTorrent is responsible for more than half of the file sharing traffic now, according to a recent study. Threats by the record companies against Kazaa users were effective at...
PARADISE FOR ACTION GAMERS
The computer gaming industry is about to get a double-barreled blast of publicity and revenue. Watch for the hype to begin, and be tempted by the extraordinary games that will be...
ONE PERSON’S SPAM IS ANOTHER PERSON’S TREASURE
Yahoo Mail surveyed 3100 people in May about spam. One-fifth of the US residents said they have bought products from spammers. Twenty percent! It's enormously difficult to draw...
KAREN’S REPLICATOR
The last thing you want to do is install a bunch of free utilities from unknown sources. It's almost never necessary and frequently causes problems. Everybody is with me on this,...
INTERNET ARCHIVE
If you're bored, spend some time looking around archive.org, a huge site attempting to be the library of the Internet. A fascinating section features snapshots of web sites taken...
FREE RECYCLING AT OFFICE DEPOT
Office Depot has partnered with HP to offer free recycling this summer. From July 18 through September 6, you'll be able to bring one electronic item per day for recycling at no...
COLOR LASER PRINTERS
Printer prices are in freefall. Inkjet and all-in-one printers under a hundred dollars, laser printers under two hundred dollars - and now color laser printers have dropped below...
WINDOWS UPDATES
There are five new critical updates from Microsoft today. If you followed my suggestion and activated the "Automatic Update" feature of Windows XP, your computer will download...
RANDOM HEADLINES
Some things to make you go, hmmm . . . - Microsoft posts patch on July 2 for hole publicized on June 30 - Security hole found in Mozilla browser - Motion Picture Association of...
PRINTING A LIST OF ATTACHMENTS TO AN E-MAIL MESSAGE
When you print a message from Outlook, the chances are that the printout will not include a list of the files attached to that message. This drives many people crazy. I went...
INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY
The Press Democrat printed an alarming article today under an even more alarming headline: "Government suggests Web users avoid Internet Explorer." The article was picked up from...