IN THE LOOP

Lately we’ve been getting lots of link requests from people using the LinkedIn.com business networking service. And no wonder: there are over… Read more

HIGH TECH SPAM FILTERS

What’s different about OnlyMyEmail.com is that it’s a spam filtering service that obliterates the spam. Unlike other spam filters, the entire… Read more

INTERNUTS

WhereIveBeen.com is a web site that lets you click on places in a world map and add that graphic to your FaceBook  or MySpace profile as well as… Read more

KID GAMES

We looked at Net Jet, a new $25 game device from toy maker Hasbro and Tiger Electronics. It’s a hand-held game controller that plugs into any USB… Read more

FREE SPYCATCHER

SpyBot Search and Destroy is out in a new version that adds a spy shield to block incoming bad guys and keep the decks clear. And as before, it’s… Read more

ONE MOVIE, ONE TAKE

The new Canon camcorder that comes out in October will contain a 40-gigabyte hard drive, letting the shooter store 15 hours of standard video or 5.5… Read more

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

There is a truncated free version of the best-selling game Peggle at the maker’s Web site, PopCap.com or MSN.com. It’s an action-filled pinball… Read more

MEET THE PLAYERS

Most computer game players are not teenagers, but are, in fact, well into their adult years. Here are some of the numbers: Information Solutions… Read more

BOOKS

“FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual” by Susan Prosser and Geoff Coffey; $35 from MissingManuals.com. FileMaker Pro is an insanely popular database… Read more

DOUBLE MONITORS

We’ve become quite taken with using two monitors. We mean two at once. Using a small DualHead2Go box from Matrox (Matrox.com), we connected two… Read more