Archive for May, 2006
An overlooked resource and a new Web site about it
Most PC owners ignore the command line. If they know of its existence at all, they think it’s the old outmoded DOS. They are overlooking something with many uses. In fact, the Windows XP command line is a powerful tool employed all the time by systems administrators and knowledgeable PC users. I have mentioned some [...]
Who opens this?
Greetings from Lexington, Kentucky, where there are a lot of beautiful horses.
Like everybody, I get spam. Mostly it gets filtered into a spam folder or the trash. Normally, I just scan the contents of these folders quickly to make sure nothing important is there by accident and instantaneously forget what I’ve seen. But today, [...]
Going on the road
My wife and I are about to embark on a one-month auto tour of more than 3000 miles from NJ to the Kansas-Colorado border and back. I’ll have my trusty laptop and (hopefully) broad-band Internet access as we go. So I’ll still be making blog entries. However, I will have to cut back to just [...]
Microsoft now providing third-party patches
At the monthly Microsoft patchfest last Tuesday, Microsoft actually provided software updates for a non-Microsoft program. Internet Week reports
Tuesday, Microsoft pushed out a patch to Windows XP, 98, and Millennium users for Flash Player, an Adobe-owned multimedia application that’s bundled with those operating systems. It was the first time that the Redmond, Wash. developer had [...]
ICANN nixes porn Top Level Domain
For some time now there has been a proposal to create a special Internet Top Level Domain (like .com or .net) for adult fare only, with the designation .xxx. The governing body in charge of such things, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), has been dragging its feet on this and has [...]
Health-related resources on the Internet
I have been presenting a slideshow on how to find and use health-related resources on the Internet. Here is a selection of some useful sites that I compiled.
Search facilities and comprehensive sites
Medhunt http://www.hon.ch/MedHunt/
MedicineNet http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp
OmniMedical Search http://www.omnimedicalsearch.com/
WebMD http://www.webmd.com/
National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Healthline http://www.healthline.com/
Firstgov Health and Nutrition http://www.firstgov.com/Citizen/Topics/Health.shtml
MedlinePlus http://medlineplus.gov/
National Health Information Center http://www.healthfinder.gov
Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov
Kaiser [...]
High-tech comes to auto theft
Those little clickers that let us unlock our car doors before we get there also broadcast information to anyone nearby. It may be coded but it is a fairly low-level encryption. Some cars also have a keyless ignition that uses electronic codes. Robert Vamosi discusses how car thieves can easily hack your codes and make [...]
Is Google full up?
In the April 21 issue of the New York Times, the Google chief executive Eric Schmidt is quoted as saying about Google’s servers, “Those machines are full. We have a huge machine crisis.” Whether because of this or the “Bigdaddy” update to the search infrastructure that Google made in January, a lot of Web sites [...]
A TV channel for your PC
CBS has launched a TV channel for those with a broadband connection. it is called by the cutesy name “Innertube” and can be viewed at this link. According to CNET
CBS Corp. has released a broadband channel that will feature original programming, supplements to popular shows, classics and encores of prime-time shows.
Initially, Innertube will feature [...]
No wonder it seems crowded
An article at cNet reports 694 million people ages 15 and older used the Internet in March. They also report
The study also found that the U.S., which represented two-thirds of the Internet user population 10 years ago, now represents less than one-quarter. Israelis spend the most time online, averaging 57.5 hours during the month of [...]
The next ten years on the Internet
Yesterday (Friday) the Wall Street Journal joined the discussion of the future that seems to be going around. Normally, the WSJ requires a subscription but it is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Web site and is making the articles free until May 10. That means you can all read the exchange of views on [...]