
Low End PC Archive. November 2001Links Low End PC- Protect your
computer with a firewall, Michelle Klein-Häss,
Geek Speak, 11.19. Why you need a firewall to protect
your computer from the Internet.
- My First PC, Dan
Knight, The Knight Line, 11.13. Our publisher shares his
journey through Apples, Commodores, Zeniths, and
more.
- Strolling down
memory lane, Michelle Klein-Häss, Geek Speak,
11.12. A PC book from 1987 brings back memories of the
way things were - and how far we've come.
- Standard, Enhanced, and
Real Mode, Gregg Eshelman, Tales From the Trailing
Edge, 11.06. An introduction to Standard, Enhanced, and
Real Modes, which CPUs use them, and how to kill a hard
drive.
Around the Web- Rights. Music
industry quietly unveiling copy-proof CDs, D. Ian
Hopper, Associated Press, 11.30. One person notes copy
protection critics "probably pirates themselves."
Slashdot
suggests buying the CD, testing it, and returning it to
voice your displeasure.
- Benchmarks. Western
Digital 100 GB hard drive with 8 MB cache, Tom's
Hardware Guide, 11.20. Does the bigger cache make a big
difference?
- Rights. Message
boards are opinions, not facts, Slashdot, 11.28.
Court rules that messages posted in public forums should
generally be taken as statements of opinion, not
fact.
- Rights. US
court ruling nixe software EULA sales restrictions,
Andrew Orlowski, The Register, 11.28. "The judge
. . . has ruled that consumers can resell
bundled software, no matter what the EULA, or End User
License Agreement, stipulates."
- Opinion. State
of the art. Digital photography, David Em, Byte.com,
11.26. "I'm a strong proponent of digital photography,
but I don't believe we've attained Nirvana yet."
- Opinion. Playing
the keyboard, Jerry Pournelle, Byte.com, 11.26. A
writer's thoughts on keyboards - and that darned caps
lock key.
- Virus. Internet
worm that tracks typing still spreading,
Yahoo/Reuters, 11.27. "Badtrans" has already surpassed
SirCam for new infections in November, spreads via
Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express, infects when
message is read or previewed - no need to run an
attachment.
- Analysis. The
Digital Lifestyle. Pictures, Jonathan Ploudre, Back
& Forth, Low End Mac, 11.28. The advantages and
disadvantages of dealing with digital cameras and digital
pictures.
- News. UK
gov agency threatens to dump 50,000 Windows desktops,
John Lettice, The Register, 11.24.
- Virus. Aliz
worm turns, bites Windows users, John Leyden, The
Register, 11.23. Email worm infects Windows PCs - even
if it's only previewed.
- Rights. Calif.
court sets hearing on Russian programmer,
Yahoo/Reuters, 11.21. Dmitry Sklyarov still can't go
home.
- Spam. Toll
free numbers of spammers, Jeffery Goldberg
[/.].
Tired wasting your time deleting spam? Waste their time
by calling them on their toll-free lines.
- Dark Side. Deal
may put Microsoft at head of the class, Michael
Kanellos, c|net, 11.20. Microsoft to grow education share
by donating $500 million to put Windows PCs in
disadvantaged schools? Only in America would we settle an
antitrust suit by giving the loser a bigger share of the
market.
- Opinion. The
Digital Lifestyle. Text, Jonathan Ploudre, Back &
Forth, 11.20. The advantages and disadvantages of dealing
with digital text.
- Opinion. Stop
the upgrade insanity, Kevin Webb, The Mac Webb, Low
End Mac, 11.20. Slow down - you don't need a new
computer every six month or two years.
- Benchmarks. Duron
1200 vs. the rest, Tom's Hardware Guide, 11.16. Wow,
Duron 1200 not only smokes Celeron 1200 in most tests, it
also beats P4 1500 in several comparisons! Opinion.
The
future of free Web content, Dan Knight, Mac Musings,
Low End Mac, 11.16. Ads and affiliate fees are no longer
adequate to keep the Web afloat. Where next?
- Oops. Itanium
flunking Compaq server tests, c|net, 11.14. Intel's
next gen server CPU "fails to perform as expected." No
wonder we christened it Itanic
in 1999!
- Advice. Technical
aspects of network privacy and security for business,
Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, Low End Mac, 11.13.
Tips on picking a firewall, mail server, Web server, and
antivirus program.
- Oops. WinXP
bug ate my data, vnunet.com, 11.12. "Microsoft has
admitted that a bug in Windows XP may result in data loss
if users reinstall, repair or upgrade the operating
system."
- Benchmarks. FreeBSD
vs. Linux revisited, Moshe Bar, Byte.com, 11.12.
Overall similar performance between rival free Unix-like
operating systems.
- Humor. Justice
to break up Apple for turning Microsoft into
monopoly, SatireWire. "...both sides agreed Apple's
history of "self-inflicted, anti-competitive" management
practices is primarily to blame for turning Microsoft
into an illegal monopoly."
- Advice. Legal
aspects of network privacy and security for business,
Steve Watkins, The Practical Mac, Low End Mac, 11.06. The
importance of establishing company network and internet
use policy.
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