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Location Tracking: Who’s Following You? How Do They Know Where You Are?
Previously: Location Tracking: They Know Where You Are Location Tracking: LA LA LA I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOU Our phones track our movements every minute of every day. We carry around beacons that continuously broadcast their location. Our phones are remarkably...
WINDOWS UPDATES AND VIRUSES
SECURITY UPDATES: go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install Critical Updates Microsoft is strongly advising everyone to install the most recent security update for...
BETTING ON TERRORISM
The Pentagon's plan to allow betting on terrorist acts through a quasi-stock-market will likely die an early death. Before it's gone, take a look at the Policy Analysis Market...
MICROSOFT’S FAILURES
Microsoft erases its failures from the official history, but the company has stumbled frequently. Here's an article to bring back some fond memories. Remember Creative Writer and...
NEW ONLINE MUSIC SERVICES
Since Apple Computer's iTunes service appears to be successful, a flood of companies are announcing sites for licensed online music downloads. Here's an article about the recent...
SPAM BLOCKING
Most Internet providers and web hosting companies have installed spam blocking software that can be turned on for your e-mail. The ISP software is likely to be conservative about...
RIAA TERRORISM
Today's San Francisco Chronicle has a front-page article about the details of the RIAA subpoenas - almost a thousand so far, seeking the identity of Kazaa users. The RIAA has...
SAVING THE INTERNET
Doc Searls, editor of The Linux Journal, has written an insightful article about the threat to the Internet and how to save it. He brings together the FCC media consolidation...
TICKETMASTER SPAM
Here's an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about Ticketmaster's invasions of your privacy. If you purchase a ticket online, the Ticketmaster "privacy policy" opens you up...
FREE HITCHHIKERS’ GUIDE
For the next couple of days, you can get The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy from Microsoft's free book promotion. (See the news item below on July 4 for details.) Everyone...
MICROSOFT INSTANT MESSAGING
A few years ago, Microsoft introduced two programs with similar names and similar functions – Outlook and Outlook Express. The result was years of confusion and ill will by...
UPLOAD A FILE, GO TO PRISON
Here's an article about a new bill introduced by Howard Berman, a House representative funded by the entertainment industry, that would land a person in prison for five years and...
TALKING COMPUTERS
Speech recognition programs have been around for years and have made great strides recently. IBM, Dragon, and Lernout & Hauspie have all offered programs for dictating to a...
BROWSER WARS
Not long ago the conflict between Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator was covered in the newspapers, filled courtrooms, and inspired heated arguments. Now there's...
REAL LIFE – THE REVIEW
If you're a gamer, you might enjoy reading a review of the most accessible and widely accepted massively multiplayer online role-playing game to date - GameSpot's review of real...
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Bored? Go to the Google home page, type in “weapons of mass destruction” and click on “I’m Feeling Lucky.” (The page you’ll see has risen to be the number one search result on...