I'm tracking technology, and technology is tracking me

27.6.03

Spambusters Time to get tough on spam -- and that means action at all levels, from changes in software to changes in legislation.
Guardian Online

IT Matters The Harvard Business Review has stirred up a bit of controversy by claiming it doesn't, but it's not to be taken too seriously....
Schofield column
Guardian Online


Broadband choice -- Ethernet or USB? Changes you don't want -- correcting an AutoCorrect entry in Microsoft Word. The search for free Web space. Backchat: recording Internet radio broadcasts, and another free firewall to try.
Ask Jack

19.6.03

Tracked and tested -- Wal-Mart pushes RFID tags, and it could well have to power to prompt widespread adoption, as it did with bar codes.
Guardian Online

It's in our hands Handheld computers may not be as popular as they used to be as consumer devices, but they still have a lot of potential in the corporate market.
Schofield column
Guardian Online


The Tour de France -- it's time to start picking your team. Re Jesus -- the Bible in txt format, and other bits of fun. Technorati brings home the bloggers. Web Demographic. Pets with pages on the White House site. "Most unwanted Americans" -- the latest deck of cards. Six on the best: Blockbuster films.
Web watch

A firewall can reveal that you are running software you don't know about, and may prefer to do without. Capturing Internet radio broadcasts. Backchat: extending that phone line using the mains, and more on The Proxomitron.
Ask Jack

13.6.03

Palm rescues Handspring ... and gets into the phone business with the Treo Communicator.
Guardian Online

Microsoft is providing a sort of "server stability" by delivering things late, but it is delivering performance and it now has a master plan to create an integrated server system.
Schofield column
Guardian Online


The CD that shattered; connecting a PC wirelessly... without Wi-Fi; Windows Messenger Service pop-up ads revisited; blocking ads and other things with The Proxomitron; livable solutions to the overheating laptop problem; clicking OK when you are not there.
Ask Jack

6.6.03

Munich picks Linux. Judge Jackson thought Linux was a joke but Munich plans to install it on about 14,000 desktops. Brave? Not really. It's following a lead given by the German government, and it will have the backing of the world's biggest computer company, IBM.
Guardian Online
Schofield column


The Webby Awards, and World Environment Day. The portal for people with impaired vision, and the Connexion for troubled teens. Who remembers you? This site could help find out. Broad Brother -- the high-speed version of Channel 4's Big Brother. Geek tests: which Matrix character are you, and other quizzes.
Web watch

Hot Tosh: The Satellite that shuts down after half an hour. There may be a tilde (~) file on your Windows desktop -- here's why. The CD-ROM drive stops reading the disc -- try giving it a clean. Removing browser hijackers, including i-lookup. Backchat: more on Polish caracters (but it helps if you read Polish).
Ask Jack

Blogging software is going to become an important business tool. You should be playing with it now, to learn what it can do.
Schofield column
Computer Weekly

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