Amazon RSS Feeds If you want to stay on top of what’s available from Amazon here’s a great way to do it, courtesy of one of the best technology ‘news you can use’ sources out there: Lockergnome. Chris Pirillo, who runs Lockergnome, has set up Rich Site Summary (RSS) feeds — if you’re … Read more
The Sims Online takes an unexpected turn Interesting article from Wired about The Sims Online, reviewed by Loose Wire a few months back. The Sims Online takes Will Wright’s vision of artificial folk being guided by their creators to the Internet world, in what was supposed to be a huge money-making operation for … Read more
Plaxo respond to privacy and other issues Further to my column in this week’s FEER and WSJ editions about the contact updater Plaxo, here’s the company’s full responses to my questions about the product. 1. How exactly does Plaxo hope to make money from the venture? If this information is still private … Read more
Here’s yet another free anti-spam option, courtesy of reader Ross Judson:SpamBayes. SpamBayes uses the same kind of filters as POPFile. Ross reports 99%+ accuracy after two weeks, after ‘training’ the software on some 1,000 spam messages he keeps about the house.
Wireless Flash reports that the movie Finding Nemo, about a fish that escapes from its tank by getting flushed down a dentist’s spitoon, is inspiring some idealistic kids to flush their pets down the toilet. RotoRooter plumbers report their technicians in Los Angeles have “rooted out a whole zooyard of critters from American … Read more