Entries from October 2005

If desperate-for-a-conspiracy folks can see malice in a USA Today photo of Condi Rice, I wonder what they’ll make of [...]

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Note: I write a weekly technology column for USAToday.com. There’s a growing controversy about an AP photo of Condi Rice [...]

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When we talk about spending a billion dollars here or $200 million there, the numbers don’t mean anything. We have [...]

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From the Fincastle (Va.) Herald’s October 19 edition comes this public service announcement: When I told people there really was [...]

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When installing software, most of us click “Accept” when presented with the End-User License Agreement (EULA). But Aaron McKenna over [...]

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sweet hom alabama

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Yes, EasyCleaner is freeware. Here are some places to download it. Also: An alternative free PDF maker.

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Have you heard about this new phenomenon called “blogging”? Don’t worry — neither had ABC News in L.A. But as [...]

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Sometimes it’s fun to watch university public relations. Having worked in one such department, I understand the constraints of needing [...]

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I think doctors can work miracles; we’ve all seen it done. But I’m also a huge skeptic — I think [...]

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Here’s a shot of a column by the Oregonian’s editor, Mike Arrieta-Walden, about misspelled names in the paper. Maybe it’s [...]

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Back in January, 2004, I wrote a column called “Memory technology promises a whole new kind of PC” about the [...]

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I’ve got what I think is a neat story about the latest fun-filled scam being perpetrated by the good people [...]

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New entry under USA Today Follow-ups on metadata.

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You don’t just put metadata in a file for reference. You can use it, too.

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I misplaced the key to my car the other day, and had to switch to my emergency backup key. My [...]

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The slogan for the Grand Challenge is “Harnessing American Ingenuity.” Perhaps it should read, “Harnessing German Ingenuity.” See Stanford, which [...]

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132 miles in about seven and a half hours. A-mazing. [applause] Oh, I can say that Stanford wins because it’s [...]

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