Yes I love tech toys, but usually I have little desire to plunk down the money to buy them. However I’d love to get my hands on the Sonicblue ReplayTV 4040
ReplayTV
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Yes I love tech toys, but usually I have little desire to plunk down the money to buy them. However I’d love to get my hands on the Sonicblue ReplayTV 4040
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Like me, I’m sure that those pop-up (and under)ads are driving you crazy. This site from Technoerotica.net claims to help you kill pop-up ads on your browser.
Let me know if it works by posting a comment.
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You have to admire Aliza Sherman, the web pioneer creator of Cybergrrrl. In August 2000, she quit her New York-based Cybergrrl, junked plans for another start-up, bought a 1977 RV with rust-colored shag carpeting, and cruised the country for a year-and-a-half with her two Chihuahuas, Chewie and Ernie.
Read the story in USAToday.
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Napster has finally released it’s pay service to 20,000 beta testers using
only music from a few Indy labels. Despite my inclination to dismiss any aand
all subscription services from the majors (Napster is partially owned by
Bertlesman), given Napsters place in the music world, I cannot write them off
yet. Read what
Wired has to say about the new Napster.
Take a look at the new Napster
interface.
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Those of us in Southeast Michigan who are using Comcast Cable as our ISP are experiencing huge problems as they move us from our old Mediaone system. The most difficult part is that Comcast has done a TERRIBLE job of communicating with customers. For the record, if you have received upgrade software from Comcast, THERE IS NO REASON TO INSTALL IT! All you need to do to switch over is to turn off your cable modem for at least 30 seconds to recycle it, reboot your computer, and renew your connection using WINIPCFG. After doing a great deal of work to find info on issues related to the Comcast switchover, here’s some resources for Comcast customers: The best place for information on Comcast is over at DSLReports Comcast Forum. You can find out more here than anywhere else. Wonder where your Mediaone newsgroups went? Comcast never told us how to access them. Here are the servers for each state:
Want to go to the Comcast page to see what drivel they’re sharing today? Click Here Have Comcast switchover info to share? Share it here.
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Watch out you folks who like to chat by IM while at work, new software designed to allow parents to better track children’s online activity pushes Internet monitoring into fresh territory: instant-messaging conversations. Ascentive, a closely held Philadelphia software firm, last week released a new version of its BeAware computer monitoring software. The updated version offers a ChatWatch feature that allows the owner to view any instant-messaging sessions or chat-room conversations that take place on the machine. Read the story from ZDNet here.