Category Archives: Tech

Behind the Scenes of the Internet

Posted on October 24 2003 by Mickey

    Get a backstage tour of the Metacrawler search engine, by spying on what people are searching for.

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In the News

Posted on October 20 2003 by Mickey

    Today’s top headlines.    • According to the AP, “Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad won a surprise request Monday to represent himself at trial.” To make him feel more comfortable, the judge has allowed Muhammad to shout down … Continue reading →

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Screen Grab of the Day

Posted on October 16 2003 by Mickey

    My apologies to visitors on dial-up. I can’t stop posting images this week.    Now that I’m home from work, I was able to download iTunes, just to check it out, on the day of its Windows launch. … Continue reading →

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Yesterday in Tech News

Posted on October 8 2003 by Mickey

    Although they’re a day old, a couple tech stories have caught my eye. The first, from this C|net article, is that the latest copy-protection implemented by BMG on its new CDs can be defeated by simply holding the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Posted on October 3 2003 by Mickey

    Oh the irony! Incredible but true! Headline of the week! Although the Direct Marketing Association is engaged in fighting the Do-Not-Call list, 11 of its executives signed up for the Do-Not-Call list! (From Newsday, by way of Slashdot.)  … Continue reading →

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More & Bigger (and hopefully sooner)

Posted on September 30 2003 by Mickey

    Saw this link on The Digital Bits. According to an article at e4engineering.com, Japanese engineers have unveiled “Ultra High Definition Television”. HDTV is obsolete before it had a chance to catch on, since this new system offers 4,000 … Continue reading →

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Ring, Ring, Go Away

Posted on September 25 2003 by Mickey

    The much anticipated activation of the Do Not Call list, slated to take effect October 1, had been put on hold, as usual, by some spoilsport judge. A US District Judge in Oklahoma says the FTC does not … Continue reading →

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Sharing the Love

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    Tee-hee. Ya gotta love this. KaZaA is now suing the RIAA! KaZaA claims the RIAA, in tracking those 261 people who were later sued, was using KaZaA Lite, an unauthorized version of the file-sharing software, and by doing … Continue reading →

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DCOMbobulate

Posted on September 24 2003 by Mickey

    Skeptical as I am about unknown e-mail attachments, even I was puzzled by the latest file sent to me from “support@microsoft.com”. The e-mail [My Life as a Fischer has an example of it] looked official enough and, stranger … Continue reading →

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Re-Author! Re-Author!

Posted on September 20 2003 by Mickey

    I’ve been recently been toying with the idea of trying out DVD X Copy for my DVD burner, with the purpose of archiving or backing up discs. The only problem is there are so many flavors of DVD … Continue reading →

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