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Location Tracking: LA LA LA I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOU

Location Tracking: LA LA LA I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOU

Previously: Location Tracking: They Know Where You Are Look, I get it. I don't blame you for wanting to tune out. We're assaulted by bad news. Our political system is in chaos, we're doing indescribable damage to the climate, we have no privacy, there are cameras and...

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WINDOWS XP SPEED

There's a lot of things to like about Windows XP. If you're a Windows 98 or ME user, the single overriding issue is that Windows XP doesn't crash. It just doesn't. Another thing...

NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2002

Last year's version of Norton Antivirus was a fine piece of work - easy to use, easy to keep updated, and way ahead of the mish-mash of products put out by Mcafee. But it had a...

GOOGLE ELMER FUDD

There's no clear explanation yet of why you can access Google Hacker, Google Bork, bork, bork!, Google Elmer Fudd and Google Pig Latin. Isn't the Internet interesting?

POCKET PCs

Pocket PCs are far more appealing than Palm devices, but prices have been high on the few models that have been available. On Thursday, Microsoft is releasing a new version of...

NOTEBOOK DEAL

I haven't laid hands on this notebook computer, but it sure looks like a sweet deal on a Toshiba notebook from Costco Online - $1399.99 buys a Pentium III 1.0 GHz processor,...

PRIVACY

One of the pieces of legislation being reviewed to deal with terrorism would permit Internet surveillance without a court order. The scope of that surveillance was debated at a...

PRESS DEMOCRAT AND MICROSOFT-BASHING

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has somebody working their Business section with an anti-Microsoft grudge. The paper has been more and more bold about printing articles bashing...

AMAZON OPENS TRAVEL STORE

Amazon has added a travel store, appearing as a new tab on Amazon's home page. It links services from Expedia and Hotwire (a discount agency), presented in an Amazon design and...

DVD ON A COMPUTER

So far there have been very few compelling reasons to put a DVD player into a computer. There's only three things you might do with it: You can watch movies. Your computer...

HAS EVERYTHING CHANGED?

There's an interesting perspective in this column by Michael Kinsley about whether we should automatically accept the notion that life in America has permanently changed for the...