SpyBot S&D (for "Search & Destroy") is a great little utility that will help you find adware, tracking cookies, and other little nasties. I had been using an earlier version for a while (more to keep an eye on what cookies are being used for than anything else), and now v1.3 is out. SpyBot...
I've posted several rants about bad customer service, and these caught the eye of Adam Bailine who calls himself "a bad customer service junkie". He e-mailed me to tell me about his book "Service this: Winning the war against Customer Disservice". I have not seen the book yet, so no reviews, but...
I recently installed a great little firewall appliance. Or rather, I tried to. HotBrick (http://www.hotbrick.com/) is a relative newcomer to the space, but their devices are appealing. I tried the VPN 600/2 (the smaller of the two devices). It features 2 WAN ports (offering load-balancing and...
A video report from Intel Research Center shows an app that will report free parking spaces based on your specified criteria. Unfortunately, it also will help meter-maids write tickets more efficiently! See http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2-5209834.html.
What a shocker. ZDNet is reporting that parts of Longhorn won't be fully in place until 2009. Who would have thought?!?! http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5212077.html
I don't know how I feel about this one. "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" is my favorite series (I'll confess to rereading the full 5 volume trilogy every year or so). But a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie? I guess it was inevitable, but honestly, I am not sure that I want to see what some...
Google Blog is the official blog of Google itself. As per the tag line: "Insight into the news, technology, and culture of Google. Get the latest word direct from the Googleplex about new technology, hot issues, and the wide world of search." See http://www.google.com/googleblog/.
Life is good in CF land. We're working hard on what will be one of the most exciting ColdFusion upgrades ever. ColdFusion sales continue to climb. ColdFusion team members have been making a point of visiting (and posting to) the forums and major discussion list. We've been sending speakers to...
I don't know how this one slipped past me, but ... Sony has announced a 17" LCD monitor that receives video via Bluetooth (using a special USB adapter). I don't think I'll rush out and buy one (even if it were available in the US), but I do believe that this serves to show what Bluetooth is capable...
Macromedia today announced the immediate availability of solution accelerators for Macromedia Breeze that enable enterprise developers to fully leverage Breeze as an integral part of their existing IT infrastructure. The accelerators consist of sample code and documentation that allow developers to...