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...trail of Al Gore's e-mail from a campaign laptop PC to our inbox started with a terse phone message sent from the lobby of the Los Angeles Mondrian hotel - "Lehane? Tumulty. Call me about an e-mail" - and ended at a Gore rally in Hannibal, Mo., four days later when a guy named Mouse, sitting in a BBQ joint called Buddy's, clicked Send. In between, well...
Some of the stuff on the m100 doesn't appeal to me. While you can "beam" programs and other data to any other Palm user within sight, the hardware for synching the device with your computer is more downscale. Instead of a handy "cradle" that attaches to your PC or Macintosh--so you can just drop the thing in--the m100 comes with a serial cable. It does the job, of course, allowing you to back up your m100 to your computer, download programs and Web pages and all the rest. But it's not as elegant. Also, while...
EASY READER Speaking of obsolete formats, last week Microsoft offered up further competition to the old-fashioned paper book with a new version of its Microsoft Reader software for the PC. Microsoft Reader is a free e-book program; it displays downloadable digital books using special technology that makes the letters easy on the eyes and lets you bookmark and annotate as you go. Barnesandnoble.com is backing the release with 100 free "classic" (read: uncopyrighted) electronic books, including Jane Eyre and Candide. But why read a book on a computer? Paper is still the killer app for reading...
Investigator is the brainchild of WinWhatWhere Corp. in Kennewick, Wash. It monitors all PC activity, including programs running, and traces any files that are being copied and moved, deleted or renamed. Says creator Richard Eaton: "We're monitoring your off-line Solitaire game, things you've written in a chat room, documents you print on the company letterhead that you don't even save." Investigator retails for as little as $99 a copy and comes with an optional banner to notify anyone under surveillance of its presence. But the program will also do bizarre things to stay concealed, such...
...past few months have seen the launch of five voice portals: Audiopoint, BeVocal, TelSurf, Quack and Tellme. Tellme, which got the highest rating from PC Magazine, launched last week. Since the services are similar, I tested just the Top 3: Audiopoint, BeVocal and Tellme...