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From CNet News: The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for Internet pornography. Michael Gallagher, assistant secretary at the Commerce Department, has asked for a hold to be placed on the contract to run the new top-level domain until …
From ComputerWorld: U.S. consumers lambasted Dell Inc. for poor customer service in a survey conducted last quarter, sending the world’s largest PC vendor into a virtual tie with the rest of the PC market behind the industry-leading efforts of Apple Computer Inc. For the second year in a row, Apple received the best rating from …
One of the best newsletters I subscribe to is Scot’s Newsletter by Scot Finnie. The most recent issue has an incredible overview of Windows Vista (formerly Longhorn) Beta 1. If you want to read about what’s coming, as well as see screenshots of the new operating system, then you should definitely check it out.
From the International Herald Tribune: How big is the World Wide Web? Many Internet engineers consider that query one of those imponderable philosophical questions, like how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. But the question about the size of the Web came under intense debate last week after Yahoo announced at …
From USA Today: The concept was simple at first: Frequent fliers would clear a background check, become “trusted travelers” and be sped through less stringent airport security. But now, the government’s small, 13-month-old test program known as Registered Traveler is provoking an intense and increasingly complicated debate about privacy and the proper roles of government …
From TechRepublic: Are you a jerk on the phone? You might want to be a bit nicer the next time you take that call. That’s because there’s new technology coming out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called the “Jerk-O-Meter.” The software measures stress levels in your voice and rates you on a scale of …
From TechRepublic: Why is AOL on the brink of giving away a fully loaded Hummer H2 and nearly $100,000 worth of gold bars and cash–all of which once belonged to an e-mail marketer? Both AOL members and non-members–all of whom will have a chance to win the goods–can thank the Can-Spam Act. The law, which …
From TechRepublic: Despite their best attempts, Linux software companies say they are still having a hard time luring average consumers away from the Windows environment–but that may not necessarily be a bad thing. Windows still dominates the PC world. About 90 percent of all desktops, laptops and even PDAs are powered by Microsoft, according to …
The recent Langalist from Fred Langa mentioned a must have repair and recovery tool, BartPE. BartPE is a tool that loads a live version of Windows XP or 2003 (an operating system that can be started during the boot process from a bootable CD that is run entirely from the CD). I tested the tool …
I don’t subscribe to Reader’s Digest. My grandmother does, and my chiropractor does. But I visit my grandmother or have a chiropractor appointment, I always pick them up and read the humour sections; Life’s Like That, Humour in Uniform, Campus Comedy, etc. You can also read these online. If you visit the Reader’s Digest Canada …