Google News Alerts
Want to track a news story well Google will let you track one. Enter keywords enter your e-mail address and sit back and get information via e-mail. [Google]
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Technical
Dan Gillmor buys into Voice over IP
I am bound and determined to get rid of my land line at home and maybe it is finally time to do so. He sheds light on some of the issues we have all been facing. [Dan Gillmor]
Windows XP Clean-up
Everyone wants there computers to be optimized getting the most bang for your buck. As we add and remove programs and with some software not cleaning up well after itself from time to time we need to perform some clean-up duties on our machines. Tweak3D has a very good tutorial for cleaning up your XP Installation. [Tweak3D]
WiFi Moochers
Imagine taking your trash out late at night and seeing a car parked in front of your home with some person checking e-mail via your WiFi access point! [Wall Street Journal]
Geek of the Week
This guy gets the Geek of the Week award for building the most cool cd-changer I have ever seen. [Matthias Wandel]
A week without the Internet how would you do?
I had to laugh when I read this and wanted to relate a story. Right after 9-11 I had to load up and travel to a location that was quite remote. I went 78 days in a virtual communications black-out. Talk about having a 12 step program forced upon you. Except this wasn't 12 step it was one step. I
A Speaking Dictionary
This is perfect gift for a person trying to learn English I just wish they had one that did English/Japanese translation and then pronounced it. [Gizmodo]