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“God’s Machine” vs. ad-free television
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Gadgets
I’m a new TiVo user (thanks in part to Ernie), and I think it’s terrific. Apparently, so does the chairman of the FCC, who just got a TiVo for Christmas and calls it “God’s Machine.”.
When the head of communications for the United States starts talking like that, the television industry gets nervous. So…
Update your Internet Explorer — we really, REALLY mean it
By Tom Mighell on
Microsoft has upgraded its risk rating on a current flaw affecting Internet Explorer from “important” to “critical.” Those you who have IE 5.01, 5.5, or 6.0, head on over to Windows Update right now — it will take only a few minutes.
Finally, a reason to get rid of those #$!% out-of-office replies
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email
How many of you set up “out of office” messages for those who send you e-mail while you’re, well, out of the office? I can’t deny their usefulness for providing people with immediate notification of your unavailability, but for some reason they annoy the heck out of me. I’m glad to know I’m not the…
A new tactic for defeating spam
By Tom Mighell on
One of the unintended (and unwanted) side effects in the fight against spam is that while only 25% of all spam gets blocked by spam-killing software and blacklists, fully 35% of all legitimate e-mail is also blocked by these services. Now, two companies are focusing on that problem – their new programs will make sure
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Sometimes these Spam fighters work TOO well
By Tom Mighell on
I mentioned back on November 5 that the Federal Trade Commission receives about 70,000 spam messages sent in by Internet users. This article from Wired notes that the FTC itself is bouncing many e-mails for coming from blacklisted Internet service providers. Fred Langa noted earlier this month in Information Week that while spam filters statistically
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Does anyone still use Gator? If so — why?
By Tom Mighell on
I used to love Gator — it made filling in online forms a breeze, and kept my credit card information handy so I didn’t have to pull it out every time I bought something online. But Gator apparently wasn’t satisfied with providing that great service, and started with a pop-up ad program; at select websites…
Spam is going to destroy the universe
By Tom Mighell on
A little melodramatic? Maybe not. Consider this: to fight junk e-mail, we employ spam filters and other programs, that put the unwanted e-mail on a “black list.” Unfortunately, these black lists are preventing hundreds of thousands of legitimate e-mails from getting to us. I recently had the same problem — my ISP thought my
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Yahoo! e-mail — for those who want to pay
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Email
If you like your Yahoo! mail but want more features, today the portal announces expanded storage and new account management features, including the ability to filter and/or block spam. The new service will cost between $29-$59/year.
Compare old web pages
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Software, Useful Web Sites
Have you used the Wayback Engine yet? If not, what are you waiting for? It’s a great way to view old, no-longer-used web pages. Now, you can use a program called DocuComp to instantly identify the differences between any two historical web pages versions in the archive. Very cool.