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R.I.P. Windows 7
Windows 7 has passed on. It is no more. It has ceased to be. Windows 7 has expired and gone to meet its maker. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. It's off the twig. It's kicked the bucket, shuffled off its mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the...
XP ACTIVATION WOES
Microsoft is the first major software manufacturer to try to implement aggressive anti-piracy measures in its software. The press is treating it as something new, but it's not -...
SATELLITE NEWS
Pegasus' consumer-grade satellite service has been just fine for the last few weeks. There have been occasional outages, none lasting more than an hour or so. Several times the...
MICROSOFT PHOTODRAW DISCONTINUED
After months of speculation, Microsoft has now confirmed that Photodraw has been discontinued. There's no obvious replacement. Photodraw was perfect for quick work with photos...
CHILDREN’S SOFTWARE
The current selection of kids' software is pretty uninspiring. The interest in getting computers and Internet connections into classrooms arose from the belief that there would...
HARDWARE WEB SITES
The leading web sites for independent information and reviews of computer hardware have long been Tom's Hardware and AnandTech. Tom's and Anand's have been meticulous about...
WINDOWS XP CONTROVERSIES
Windows 2000 Magazine had this commentary in today's e-mail newsletter. It's by Paul Thurrott, the news editor. It's long, but it might help you put a couple of recent news items...
COMPUTER RECYCLING
In addition to Hewlett Packard's computer recycling service (see news item on May 29), the Press Democrat just published an article about a local company doing recycling....
ONLINE STREAMING MUSIC
If you've got a broadband connection (DSL or cable) and you want to listen to some music, don't overlook AOL Time Warner's Spinner.com and Microsoft's MSN Music. Both allow you...
NAPSTER ALTERNATIVES
Now that Napster has gone, other services are slowly coming up to speed for file sharing. It's a slow process - the record companies have successfully created an atmosphere of...
MICROSOFT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HOTMAIL SPAM
Oh, this is a nasty one. According to this article, Microsoft sends information about its Hotmail subscribers - email address, city, and state - to InfoSpace, an Internet white...
MICROSOFT’S PLAN TO SELL OFFICE XP
If you've been reading the tech news, you've seen references to a controversy about "Product Activation" in Microsoft Office XP, and more controversy over a new licensing scheme...
WINDOWS XP INTRODUCTION
Windows XP is four months away, but it will make such a big splash that you should be coming up to speed on it now. This seventeen-page analysis of XP covers everything from...
MICROSOFT PASSPORT
More and more online merchants are signing up to accept payments through Microsoft's Passport system. It's an important part of Microsoft's long-term goal to take over the...
THE COPYRIGHT POLICE ARE WATCHING
The conventional wisdom has been that the record companies would target services like Napster with threats and lawsuits, but they would never attack individuals - for practical...
CDR BACKUP
As more people get CD recorders, it makes sense to use them for backups. There's a number of ways to do that, but many of you should consider investing in a backup program that...