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Searcher articles from November 2005
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Searcher archives from November 2005
RSS shopping.(use of really simple syndication)
November 1, 2005... "Morning Mrs Gorilla."
"Morning Mrs Non-Gorilla."
"Have you been shopping?"
"No... been shopping."
That, of course, is from Monty Python. It's a sketch called "Piston Engine (A Bargin)," and you can read the entire thing at...
Hardware.(BEST BUYS)(Buyers Guide)
November 1, 2005... Best Multimedia Computers:
Velocity Micro Inc.'s Vision64 X2 ($5,375).
Source: Joel Santodomingo, "Dual-Core Shootout," PCMagazine, September 6, 2005, pp. 32-5.
Best Laptop Computers:
Panasonic's ToughBook Y2 ($2,599);...
Software.(BEST BUYS)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
November 1, 2005... Best Anti-Spyware:
PC Tools' Spyware Doctor 3.2 ($29.95)
Source: Nell j. Rubenking, "Catching Spies," PC Magazine, August 8, 2005, pp. 113-6, I 18-9.
Best Back-Up Software:
EMC Dantz' Retrospect 7 for Windows Professional ($90...
Miscellaneous.(BEST BUYS)(Brief Article)(Buyers Guide)
November 1, 2005... Best Online Back-Up Service: Connected Corporation's DataProtector ($14.95 a month)
Source: Robert P. Lipschutz, "Backup or Else!," PC Magazine, September 6, 2005, pp. 120-4, 126-30, 132.
Best VolP Service: Skype Technologies' Skype...
Another phine kettle of phish: identity theft prevention.
November 1, 2005... you read the headlines every day: 40-plus million Americans have fallen victim to identity crimes. In fact, one out of every 23 adults will become a victim of identity fraud this year alone. And the stories keep coming about the growing number...
Let's get personal: customized searching.(use of search engines)
November 1, 2005... These days, people expect everything to be personalized; generic is no longer acceptable. We want the ability to customize just about anything, from the way we order food in a restaurant (I'11 have the sauteed filet of sole, broiled, not...
Virtual adventures: holiday shopping for video games and consoles.(INTERNET EXPRESS)
November 1, 2005... Behold the middle-aged librarian with a 10-year-old son. Guess what he wants for Christmas? The latest video games and the machines to play them on. If you are like me, not only do you know next to nothing about video games, you have no room in...
Education searches beyond ERIC: government policies, teaching, and technology.(Education Resources Information Center)
November 1, 2005... Information Resources Management Consultant
No article could comprehensively review all aspects of education as the Web intersects it or even all the resources available to educators, parents, children, and other concerned individuals....
Black and white and dead all over: are newspapers headed 6 feet under?(PUBLISHING TRENDS)
November 1, 2005... In June of this year, a group of about 250 reporters and media executives gathered in London's Fleet Street, home of British journalism for the last 300 years, to read the last rites. With the last holdout, Reuters, heading for new digs, the...
Contacts.(Directory)
November 1, 2005... Actiontec Electronics Inc.
(54 Mbps Wireless Game Adapter)
760 North Mary Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 752-7700
(800) 797-7001
(408) 541-9003
URL: http://www.actiontec.com
Alera Technologies Inc.
...