Tag Archives: Software

How exceptionally cool is this? Um, exceptionally. OldVersion.com provides “heritage” versions of popular Windows-based programs that give you an option against being railroaded into “upgrades” that may not meet your needs or desires. They provide 489 versions of 51 programs. The service is free but donations are accepted. Why? Sometimes …

Hmm, it seems to me that the people who would be interested in something like this: She needs to be coddled with sweet talk and pampered with gifts, but you’ll never see her in the flesh. A Hong Kong company has developed a “virtual girlfriend” for new cell phones with …

Here is my day today: I sent out a group email to all 500+ of our members via my Compuserve account regarding our 2nd anniversary and other administrative things. I was told – when AOL absorbed Compuserve and we were switched over to the AOL mail system a couple of …

Allow me to be blunt – not that I really have to ask permission, but I like to give the impression that I am not totally solipsistic – the INDUCE Act utterly sucks cat piss through an infected straw, as first mentioned here. This is yet another attempt by the …

Heart, the semi-legendary rock and pop band led by singer Ann and guitarist Nancy Wilson, has a new album out, Jupiter’s Darling, their first album of new material in over a decade, which in addition to regular old CD, is available on a try it before you buy it basis …

In the ongoing P2P wars between the RIAA, the file sharing networks, and file sharers themselves, the RIAA has been of late talking up the capabilities of Audible Magic’s “acoustic filtering” technology, urging its adoption upon universities, corporations, and Congress. There are three main considerations: Does it work? How much …

Anush Yegyazarian, PC World editor, looks at the recent history of copyright law and doesn’t like what she sees. I would say her view and mine are nearly identical: while U.S. courts and Congress have done a lot to help copyright owners defend their rights, they have done comparatively little …

The legal and regulatory points are arcane and bone dry, but the implications for the future of file sharing are staggering. A little rethinking goes a long way, it would appear – this is very clever: A former McAfee CEO appears to have found a way around the legal minefield …

Blogger has upgraded in an effort to stop the world from passing it by, and – who knows? – maybe the new version is a big step forward. Since I only used Blogger/Blogspot for about seven months back in ’02, I don’t have first-hand knowledge, but from what I have …

As usual I have mixed feelings. Today Microsoft came out with their new DRM, called Janus (who would have thought Microsoft would choose to identify one of its products as two-faced?), which will, in the short run give consumers more flexibility with digital content, specifically enabling “rented” material like music …