2003 December

PC World provides tricks for beating PC Annoyances (opens a PDF file) like opening PDF files within the browser instead of outside of the browser (eats up more resources), dealing with Real Player’s troublemaking ways, and more. I’ve already implemented a few and it has bottomed out my blood pressure, which was low to begin […]

Bond. James Bond. AKA 007. Microsoft also gives pet names to its projects. Obviously, to avoid giving away the latest thing they’re mocking, er… creating. You can see the long list of Microsoft Codenames
going back to Windows 3.1.

The daily flood of e-mail messages is like a baby’s cry — insistent but mysterious. You genuinely want to understand the meaning, but you can’t always grasp the language. Gina Venolia, a user interface engineer with Microsoft Research, wants to make it easy for you to understand even the most complex conversations. She’s designed an […]

CyberLink PowerDVD 5 is the latest evolution of the world acclaimed DVD software player that offers maximum video and audio playback entertainment on the PC. It comes with leading video and audio technologies to deliver the highest quality viewing and listening experience possible on the PC. As well, PowerDVD 5 offers feature-rich navigation controls, for […]

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.0.2 is a flexible, reliable, and easy-to-use application designed to write both data and CD audio to CD-R and CD-RW discs. It supports ISO 9660 images as well as ISO mode 1 and XA mode 2, and allows for on-the-fly disc recording in addition to overburning (if supported by hardware). Nero also […]

“Unix developer The SCO Group Inc. last week stepped up its efforts to collect license fees from Linux users and reported a quarterly net loss as a result of legal costs associated with its intellectual property rights campaign.
SCO sent out letters to selected large Linux users charging them with violations of the U.S. Digital Millennium […]

“Microsoft Corp. will pay US$60 million for violating a patent held by a division of SPX Corp., a Charlotte, N.C.-based manufacturing and technology company, SPX said in a statement released last week.
On Nov. 14, a jury awarded SPX’s Imagexpo LLC subsidiary US$62.3 million in damages, after finding that Microsoft had willfully infringed a technology patent […]

“A new virus is spreading by email in Malaysia, combining threats of terrorist plans and a Trojan horse virus.
Victims receive an email that claims to warn of five planned terrorist attacks, with the times and places leaked by an anonymous Malaysian government source. The email’s subject line is “Urgent message to all citizens of […]

“ClearTweak allows you to change the contrast setting of the ClearType setting for Windows XP.”

“Looking to improve their connectivity options in the wireless marketplace, PalmSource Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) will jointly develop a software client that will enable RIM’s BlackBerry handhelds to connect to the Palm OS.”

“The great digital music giveaway is about to begin. In the new year, some of the world’s biggest brands will promote their products and services by doling out millions of free downloads through alliances with digital music services.”
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“More US homes and businesses are switching on to high-speed net access that ever before.”

IE2info has released a new version of its browser, which is based on IE and has great enhancements to give IE a super boost. Chris and I love this browser. This version has Gecko engine support, (experimental), send report dialog, clean search bar history, and more.

Welcome to my page of music I restored from old tapes and recordings I had. As far as i have found out these are out of public print.

As the online shopping season hits its peak, remember: It may be better to give than receive, but it’s also still generally easier to exchange than to return. It’s best to review the return and exchange policies of the e-shopping Web sites before any presents get unwrapped. But even if you’re the recipient of […]

Per today’s Windows Fanatics: Screen Query 1.2 looks like it is no longer available for Windows especially with the v2.0 upgrade. However, it IS available for Windows. The company recently changed its site for the new release and hid the Windows version, which is available from the downloads page.

Get an inside peak into the new QRIO, Sony’s new AIBO replacement.

Blogstakes has posted a new contest where you can either win a free SLAPPA HardBody CD Case or The Onion Platinum Prestige Encore Gold Premium Collector’s Collection. This isn’t the smelly kind of onion, it’s the funny one.

“XP founder explains how better applications can arise from the ashes of failure
In a scene near the end of the 1973 movie the Paper Chase, four first-year law students, sitting around an antique table, present each other their outlines summarizing the year’s work. One student’s outline, comprising thousands of pages, clearly cannot aide anyone’s studying. […]

“Users of free software around the world are being pressured to pay
The SCO Group, formerly Caldera, on the basis that SCO has “intellectual
property” claims against the Linux operating system kernel or other free
software that require users to buy a ‘license’ from SCO. Allegations apparently
serious have been made in an essentially unserious way: by press
release, unaccompanied […]