Monthly archives: September, 2005

When Your PC Is on the Fritz, Who You Gonna Call?

From New York Times: I was having commitment problems. Not with a relationship. This was more serious – this was with my computer. Annoying pop-up advertisements kept asking if I wanted to continue antivirus or antispyware trial programs. I wavered. Should I buy? Would it help or destroy my computer? Was it a scam? Chickening …

Computer saves drowning girl

From TechRepublic: A young girl has become the first swimmer in the U.K. saved from drowning by a computerized pool-monitoring system. The accident happened on Aug. 24 when a 10-year-old girl in a swimming pool in Bangor, North Wales, sank to the bottom of the deep end. A Poseidon monitoring system installed in the pool …

eBay’s Legacy at 10

From TechRepublic: The first thing any visitor to Robert McKeown’s home notices is the toy collection. Vintage Barbies dominate one wall of the living room, with several rows of dolls showing her evolution from the mid-1960s. Action figures from the ’60s television show “Man From UNCLE” stare patronizingly at the suburban icon. A Shadow Crime …