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Location Tracking Could Help Combat Covid-19 – But At What Cost?
Health authorities could track your location and use the data to monitor and model the spread of Covid-19. It would help researchers learn how long the virus survives on a surface, what percentage of the population is asymptomatic, and where to target medical...
POP-UP DOWNLOADS
You're familiar with pop-up ads - the windows that appear spontaneously when you visit many web sites. Are you ready for pop-up downloads? Watch for a box to appear asking you to...
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY EXPLAINED
Google has posted a fascinated look at the technology that produces its search results. Google relies on PigeonRank, a system for ranking web pages using low cost pigeon...
XO ON THE BRINK
It's almost over for XO Communications. According to this article, XO is weighing a takeover bid by Carl Icahn, and it may file for bankruptcy soon. More telling to me is that XO...
WHEN ELEPHANTS DANCE
If you're trying to catch up on the copyright wars, here's an article that does a wonderful job of summarizing all of the issues and how the different players stand....
DILBERT NEWSLETTER
Although I'm as bugged by spam e-mail as you are, I recommend signing up for a very funny newsletter from Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert. (Sign up at the Dilbert web site.) It...
PAY MUSIC SERVICES
The music industry's pay services, RealOne and PressPlay, are worse than you realize. Read the details here, then do what I did - uninstall all the RealNetworks software from...
YOUNGSTERS ARE ALL THUMBS
According to a new study (reported in the Guardian Unlimited Observer), the thumbs of people under 25 have become the hand's most muscled and dextrous digits. Almost all people...
INTERVIEW WITH LAWRENCE LESSIG
If you're following the copyright wars, you might be interested in a question-and-answer session on Slashdot with Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford law professor and one of the leaders...
COPYRIGHT POLICE GET UGLIER
Today's news has more evidence that the entertainment industry is successfully shaping our world - by filling it with fear and intimidation. An Austin, Texas, man could face up...
DELL REACHES GOAL, SHUTS DOWN
The Onion is a treasure. One of its stories this week is just perfect: AUSTIN, TX—After 18 years of striving, Dell Computer finally reached its long-stated goal to be the...
TIME WARNER HATES AOL SOFTWARE
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that America Online has continued to use Microsoft Internet Explorer as its browser engine, even though it acquired Netscape last year - pretty...
WINDOWS XP HOME vs. PROFESSIONAL
There are relatively few differences between Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional for home users and small businesses sharing computers in a workgroup. (If your company...
EARTHLIGHTS
Here's a cool photo of the earth. This is the information that came along with the link by e-mail, for what it's worth. The image is a panoramic view of the world from the new...
NEW NOTEBOOKS
Today Dell is introducing a new notebook under a thousand dollars. The SmartStep 100N isn't configurable, but its specs are darned good for $949 - 1.06GHz Intel Celeron...
MORPHEUS TO ADD ANTI-COPYING TECHNOLOGY
Morpheus was looking like an ally in the fight to keep file trading alive. It didn't include spyware in its software, and its new software tapped into the truly decentralized...