News flash from Davos, Switzerland: The end of spam is near! And it's going to come, Bill Gates predicted at the World Economic Forum, because we're going to make it unprofitable to send. Taken another way: Accepting unsolicited commerical e-mail could become a small source of added income for us all.
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The settlement of the legal battle between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner means Netscape can now be taken off life support and the body harvested for any useful parts that remain.
Forget the jokes about what would happen if Microsoft designed cars. The software giant has plans to become as dominant on the dashboard as it is on the desktop. Will it succeed?
Move over Wi-Fi. While networking over the electrical wiring in your walls has been possible for years, the latest powerline products are easier--and faster--than ever. Here's my take.
The end of spam is near! And it's going to come, Bill Gates predicted at the World Economic Forum, because we're going to make it unprofitable to send. Is he for real?
Sure, Windows is less crash-prone than it used to be. But it's still less stable than it should be. Do you think Windows will ever be as stable as the Mac?
Many IT professionals have been muttering at their computer for years. But, according to Microsoft researchers, advances in voice-recognition technology mean PCs might start responding - and intelligently, too.
Is recently released Mac OS X Jaguar just a catch-up to Windows XP features, or is there more to Apple's latest operating system than meets the eye.
Is recently released Mac OS X Jaguar just a catch-up to Windows XP features, or is there more to Apple's latest operating system than meets the eye.
I've been playing with After Shot lately, a new digital photography app from Jasc Software, the folks who brought us the popular Paint Shop Pro image editor.
Frustrated software users must often suffer the indignities of sloppy code. We continue to explore the Software Rage phenomenon with contributions from our readers on the subject.
For the last decade, my friend, colleague, and fellow columnist David Berlind of ZDNet has been using a laptop as his only computer. For almost as long, I've been trying to do the same thing--only I have given up on too many occasions to count.
Come Thursday in the US, a slew of new PDAs based on Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 will be unveiled--and they'll be nipping at the iPaq's heels with zeal as the playing field gets leveled. Here's why I think iPaq's position at the top of the Pocket PC heap is going to be a thing of the past.
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