Spam, spam, government legislation and spam...
British governments so often seem to get things wrong that the latest "anti-spam" action should come as no surprise. The quotation marks have been added because if it does have any effect, the new regulation seems more likely to encourage spam.
Schofield column
Guardian Online
Spy software; Make a Difference Day wants your IT input; hurricanes online; the 100 documents that helped shape America (and can we have a UK version); Ikea games, and World Globe for Windows. Plus: Six of the best alternatives to Google.
Web watch
Yes another Microsoft virus -- but it didn't come from Microsoft. Predictive text: word processors that guess what you are writing. Baby steps in home networking. Removing Norton AntiVirus. Backchat: more programs that watch the web for you.
Ask Jack
How their kids will learn
What will schools be like in 2033? Will they change as society changes, and how will society change if we develop computers that are smarter than we are?
The Classroom of the Future
Education Guardian
19.9.03
Sony hopes to create its Dream World in reality by exploiting "synergy" between its hardware, software and content offerings, starting with a music download service....
Schofield column
Guardian Online
Time for Windows users to install some of those patches that Microsoft is putting out regularly. Moving IE mail from a Mac to a PC, hiding Internet Explorer and other Microsoft programs in Windows XP, and services that will watch Web pages for updates.
Ask Jack
Orange unveils its Signature version of the new quad-band Handspring Treo 600 smart phone.
What's New
Buying a PDA
Start here
Schofield column
Guardian Online
Time for Windows users to install some of those patches that Microsoft is putting out regularly. Moving IE mail from a Mac to a PC, hiding Internet Explorer and other Microsoft programs in Windows XP, and services that will watch Web pages for updates.
Ask Jack
Orange unveils its Signature version of the new quad-band Handspring Treo 600 smart phone.
What's New
Buying a PDA
Start here
12.9.03
Costly medicine The cost of dealing with computer viruses and worms, and the threat to the public infrastructure, seems finally to have stirred the forces of law and order -- or at least, the FBI.
Schofield column
Guardian Online
Can't reach a Web site? If you use NTL broadband, it may be a cache problem. AV spam: bouncing SoBig e-mails is not useful. Finding the Ask Jack archive, and the propblem of stopping "windows messenger service" pop-ups revisited. Backchat on Thunderbird and sites that tell you your IP address.
Ask Jack
Yahoo gets into blogging -- but only in South Korea. Privacy and Human Rights: read the sixth annual survey. Pop Idol games and ringtones. Freenet founder gets into search with WhittleBit. The BBC's online courses and styleguide are helpful -- and there are other free styleguides. Getting a free trial print from Canon. Understanding American Pie moves to a new address. Six of the best 9/11 sites.
Web watch
Buying a portable PC
Start here
Schofield column
Guardian Online
Can't reach a Web site? If you use NTL broadband, it may be a cache problem. AV spam: bouncing SoBig e-mails is not useful. Finding the Ask Jack archive, and the propblem of stopping "windows messenger service" pop-ups revisited. Backchat on Thunderbird and sites that tell you your IP address.
Ask Jack
Yahoo gets into blogging -- but only in South Korea. Privacy and Human Rights: read the sixth annual survey. Pop Idol games and ringtones. Freenet founder gets into search with WhittleBit. The BBC's online courses and styleguide are helpful -- and there are other free styleguides. Getting a free trial print from Canon. Understanding American Pie moves to a new address. Six of the best 9/11 sites.
Web watch
Buying a portable PC
Start here
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