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THE NEWS IS OR ISN’T AMBIGUOUS

On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that America Online was in negotiations to buy Linux manufacturer Red Hat - leading to lots of talking heads speculating about the...

LATEST NEWS IN THE COPYRIGHT WARS

The recording industry is gearing up to sneak copy-protected CDs into the marketplace - audio CDs that would play normally in conventional CD players, but that would prevent you...

SALE ON BLANK CDRS

If you need to stock up on blank 80-minute CDRs, Amazon has spindles of 50 Fuji CDRs for $14.99, with free shipping. Good deal!

WHY DSL STILL SUCKS

DSL is in terrible shape. Many people have persistent problems - lines disconnect or go down, tech support is poor or nonexistent, orders are handled slowly. Here's a good...

HOME ENTERTAINMENT HUBS

The home entertainment devices that will be hot next Christmas are taking shape. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, a new company demonstrated the MoxiMedia Center, which...

WALLACE AND GROMIT COMING TO THE WEB

Twelve one-minute films featuring Wallace and Gromit will be available for download this autumn, according to this article. This is the first new Wallace and Gromit material...

FLAT PANEL MONITOR PRICES ON THE RISE

According to this article, prices for flat panel LCD monitors were in free fall last year because of an oversupply of glass. The factories have caught up, demand is skyrocketing...

ONLINE SHOPPING

I went shopping for a new monitor tonight and wound up buying it from an unexpected source. After checking Amazon, Buy.com, CDW, Microwarehouse, Insight, and a few others, I...

APPLE’S NEW IMAC

Look, I've got nothing against Apple, really. I think it would be fine if they did some cool things. But I can't get around it - the new iMac is ugly as sin. The original iMac...

DAVE BARRY DOES WINDOWS

In case you missed it, here's Dave Barry's column today about life with Windows. "I bring this all up because now Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to...

AOL BLOCKS HARVARD E-MAILS

The volume of junk mail has increased in the last few months, and people ask me all the time why it can't just be blocked. Implementing a junk mail filter is a difficult problem,...

MUSICCITY STILL IN BUSINESS

MusicCity.com is under attack from the copyright police, and a court in the Netherlands ordered it to halt file swapping a couple of weeks ago. It's holding steady so far, and it...

HP PHOTOSMART 100

If you've got a digital camera, I've got a great accessory for you. This is my favorite Christmas present. The Hewlett Packard Photosmart 100 printer does only one thing: it...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

To my clients, my friends, and all who stop by: my warmest wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year! I hope you find a few high-tech toys in your stocking in the morning...