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From the Globe and Mail: The number of personal computers in use around the world has surpassed one billion, with strong growth in emerging markets set to double the number of PCs by early 2014, research firm Gartner said on Monday. Mature markets accounted for 58 per cent of the first billion installed PCs, but …
From the New York Times: Some people use the Internet simply to check e-mail and look up phone numbers. Others are online all day, downloading big video and music files. For years, both kinds of Web surfers have paid the same price for access. But now three of the country’s largest Internet service providers are …
I heard about e Boo Boos from Pat, a co-worker: e Boo Boos is a unique search tool used to hunt down misspelled auction items listed on eBay. eBay does not contain a spell checker and many auction items go unnoticed because nobody finds these items when searching using the correctly spelled word.
PC Magazine has some tips for Windows XP: We’re acutely aware of the fact that many of you are reluctant to make the move to Windows Vista . We understand—really. Why leave the comfort of your tried-but-true Windows XP ? So, whether you’re a die-hard XP user, or you’re just biding your time ’til Windows …
From CNet News: How’s this for pressure? In the care of Daphne Dentz and her colleagues was a masterpiece of American filmmaking: The Godfather. A year ago, Dentz was sitting in an editing bay with other members of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging (MPI). Also in the room was none other than the movie’s director, …
PC World has an article about the top products that were announced but never made it to production: The tech industry has had more than its fair share of products that infamously failed to take off. Some fit the classic definition of vaporware, and were all hype and no substance. A few were simply too …
PC World has a nice summary of celebrity endorsements of computer products from the 1980s: When personal computers entered the mainstream in the 1980s, the American public was understandably uneasy. Most people didn’t know much about using a PC, or how to choose a good one. Where could they turn for advice? Marketers hoped they …
From the New York Times: A variety of legends have grown up around Bill Gates’ brief career at Harvard. (He dropped out halfway through and co-founded Microsoft). On Tuesday night, during an interview at the “D: All Things Digital” conference in Carlsbad, Calif., Mr. Gates regaled the audience with his strategy of not bothering to …
PC World recently had an article about some of the young people that are bringing innovations to the industry: Mark Zuckerberg, watch your back. Sergey and Larry? Consider early retirement. The next generation is coming up fast, and they aren’t waiting for you Web 2.0 geezers to step aside. Here are 10 serious overachievers–20 years …
A co-worker sent me a link to a part of the Princton web site called UChannel: The UChannel (also known as the University Channel) makes videos of academic lectures and events from all over the world available to the public. You can download all sorts of talks, seminars, symposiums, etc.