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The Nine Billion Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
There are monks in a Tibetan lamasery working patiently to list all nine billion possible names of God, according to a 1953 story by Arthur C. Clarke. By an extraordinary coincidence, there are nine billion Windows keyboard shortcuts. Good news! You already know some...
THE MATRIX RELOADED
You can read the conversation between Neo and the Architect here, in case you missed anything the first time. (For goodness’ sake, don’t read it if you haven’t seen the movie...
ADOBE ACROBAT READER 6
Adobe released Acrobat 6 today, including a new version of the free Acrobat Reader. Download Acrobat Reader 6 here. Acrobat PDF format is starting to be used everywhere – you...
KAZAA SECURITY UPDATE
There will be an important update for Kazaa within the next 24 hours. They’ve identified a security vulnerability and they’re urging users to patch their systems quickly. Here’s...
MESSAGE FROM “SUPPORT@MICROSOFT.COM” CONTAINS A VIRUS
The latest virus making the rounds purports to arrive from "support@microsoft.com." The file attachment contains a virus. It's not from Microsoft. You shouldn't have to think...
SPAMMER TESTIMONY
Yesterday a notorious spammer testified in front of the Senate Commerce committee. Here’s the Washington Post article about his testimony. Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout...
HOW GATOR WORKS
Gator is one of the most widespread and obnoxious of the adware programs out there – sneaky programs that might be installed on your system even though you don’t quite know how...
WORDPERFECT 11
There’s a new release of WordPerfect, so I went through the Corel support newsgroups to get an idea of what people think. The reports are pretty good. It’s reasonably stable for...
ROB BLACK BACK ON THE AIR
The world became dreary and pointless when CNET Radio went off the air a few months ago. True geeks can get a fix by signing up to receive daily downloads of 25 minute newscasts,...
NEW DELL NOTEBOOK
Dell has just introduced another Latitude notebook, if you’re willing to pay extra to get less - less weight, that is. The Latitude D D400 is a full Centrino notebook, with the...
APPLE’S FUTURE IN MULTIMEDIA
Apple’s new music downloading service, iTunes, reported two million downloads in its first 16 days of operation, a startling success. I continue to hope that it falls flat, for...
BROADBAND: ISDN
Part 6 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County The last option for rural broadband access is expensive, but worth considering if you’re...
BROADBAND: FRAME RELAY & T-1
Part 5 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County Where there’s a fat wallet, there’s a way to get broadband. T-1 lines are a longstanding way to...
BROADBAND: BROADLINK COMMUNICATIONS
Part 4 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County There’s another oddball possibility for broadband access in rural Sonoma County. Broadlink...
BROADBAND: ATG
Part 3 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County I’ve painted a dismal picture for folks looking for broadband in the country. Cable and DSL may...
DOOM III ON XBOX
Microsoft has been losing money on the Xbox, and it hasn’t made much headway against the Playstation for market share. In part the reason has been a lack of high-quality games...