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Avoid WinME, Advises WinMag
Winmag.com says: Forget Windows ME. Also: Nero Burning ROM and Plextor. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

AAAS 2001: The State of Sciences (03/09/01)
What's new from the AAAS meeting. Plus: Ask Sam. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Microsoft Appealing in Court (03/02/01)
Analysis of the Microsoft antitrust appeal. Plus: Two Nutshell Books. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Digital Photography Update (02/23/01)
The latest in digital photography. Plus: Microtek Lab Scanmaker 4600 USB scanner. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Napster: The Court Rules (02/16/01)
What does the Napster ruling mean? Also: MicroLogic Version 6 Info Select. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

For Safe Data: It's a RAID! (02/09/01)
Why you should consider RAID disks. Also: Nolo Press Books. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Washington Update with Mary Mosquera (02/02/01)
Washington Update plus the latest from Comnet. Jerry's Product: Everquest (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

The Orchid & Onion Parade (01/26/01)
Jerry 's annual Onions and Orchids. Product of the Week: dBase DB2K. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Jerry's 2000 User's Choice Awards (01/19/01)
Jerry 's annual User's Choice Awards. Product of the Week: Intel D815EEA ("Easton") motherboard. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Washington Update w/Mary Mosquera (01/12/01)
Internet issues that the new Congress will be looking at. Also: the book "Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Server" (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Broadband's Still Not Home (01/05/01)
Jerry talks about his pursuit of a bigger/faster pipe -- why he's looking into a T1 line. Product of the Week: Micro Logic's Disk Mapper Version 2. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Looking Ahead: 2001 Predictions (12/22/00)
Predictions for 2001. Jerry's Product of the Year Ahead: Software That Takes Advantage Of The Pentium IV. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Looking Back -- The Year In Review (12/15/00)
Jerry, Paul and Daniel take a look at the past year in technology news. Jerry's Product of the Week: Roxio Easy CD Creator 4 Deluxe (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Unionizing IT: Yes or No? (12/08/00)
Can unions succeeed in the computer industry? Also, Jerry's Product of the Week: Micro Solutions Backpack CD Rewriter. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Jerry & Daniel's Comdex Finds (12/01/00)
Comdex Report: What we saw and liked. Also Jerry's Product of the Week: Microsoft Visio 2000. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Comdex Update (11/17/00)
A Comdex update: portables and graphics from Daniel Dern and David Em. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Mary Mosquera's Washington Update (11/10/00)
Mary Mosquera's Washington Update. Plus: Product of the Week: Adaptec GoBack. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Comdex Memories from Jerry (11/03/00)
Jerry Pournelle offers a quick look back at Comdexes past, Product of the Week: Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Do PDAs Need Color Displays? (10/27/00)
Will color displays succeed in the palm-size computer market? Also, Jerry's Product of the Week: Advansys IEEE 1394 Card Bus host adapter. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

DC Update With Mary Mosquera (10/20/00)
The Washington Update with Mary Mosquera: Presidential Policies. Also, Jerry's Product of the Week: Compaq MP1800 Microportable Projector. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Networld+Interop Atlanta Report (10/13/00)
Byte.com columnist Tom Henderson reports on the recent Networld+Interop show in Atlanta. Jerry's Product of the Week: The book "DO IT YOURSELF Microsoft Windows ME". (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

MS's Anti-Enterprise Licensing (10/06/00)
Microsoft's enterprise licensing policies seem to be making cloning harder/more expensive than it should be. Jerry's Product of the Week: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Windows. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Microsoft Wins A Round (09/29/00)
Mary Mosquera's Washington Update covers the Microsoft decision and online privacy. Jerry's Product of the Week: The book "How Computer Programming Works"(Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

For Backup, Get Me Rewrite! (09/22/00)
Are rewriteable CD-ROMs affordable and reliable enough yet for backup? Also, Jerry's Product of the Week: Windows Millenium Edition.(Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Privada Promotes Privacy (09/15/00)
Glee Harrah Cady of Privada.com, will talk about Internet users' desires to exercise more control over what information about them is provided when they surf. Jerry Pournelle's Product of the Week: DataVIZ Conversions PLUS Suite.(Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Ian Shoales O-pines on E-books (09/08/00)
Merle Kessler, aka Ian Shoales, offers some thoughts on e-books and e-publishing, with which Jerry Pournelle disagrees. Jerry's Product of the Week: The COMPAQ Dual Pentium III SP750 MhZ Professional Workstation.(Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Games for Windows, Segas (09/01/00)
Computer gaming has arguably driven much of the development in computer video and many consumer systems... so this week, we discuss the issues surrounding PCs vs game platforms. Jerry's Product of the Week: V Communications' System Commander and Partition Commander.(Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Migration Woes and Advice (08/25/00)
Moving to a new computer, or migrating to a new operating system, can be painful, frustrating, time-consuming and otherwise unpleasant. Also: Jerry's Product of the Week: Maxtor DiamondMax 80 hard drive. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Summer Bugfest = Log off? (08/18/00)
Fred Langa discusses the "Summer Bugfest" which includes new security vulnerabilities in Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Office. Product of the week: Nvidia's new GeForce2 Ultra video card. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Intel's CA810 Means SuperMotherboards (08/11/00)
Jerry talks about integrated Video and Audio motherboards, specifically Intel's Desktop Board CA810. Good for customers, bad for competitors. Product of the Week: NERO (Burning ROM) CD recording software. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Media Adapters - "Sneakernet of the New Millenium" (08/04/00)
SmartMedia to PC Card Type II adapters, FlashPath SmartMedia Floppy-disk adapters and a discussion of the use of USB. Also: The Compaq iPAC legacy free desktop is the product of the week. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Washington Update (07/28/00)
The Microsoft Supreme Court brief and foreign telco ownership on the Washington Update. Also: Outlook 2000 In A Nutshell is the product of the week. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Our Mid-Year Review and Predictions (07/21/00)
A look back at the first half of 2000, and a look ahead at the second half. Also: Intel's PC Camera webcam is the product of the week. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

PC Expo Show Recap & Awards (07/14/00)
Jerry Pournelle, Daniel Dern and Paul Schindler discuss the Editor's Choice awards from this week's PC Expo. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Washington Update (07/07/00)
Mary Mosquera leads a discussion of the planned firstgov.gov government portal website. Jerry Pournelle's product of the week is the PlexWriter 12/10/32A (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

PC Expo (06/30/00)
Jerry Pournelle joins Paul Schindler and Daniel Dern in a look at the highlights of PC Expo, live on tape from New York City. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Washington Update (06/23/00)
Mary Mosquera leads a discussion of the sudden influx of technology money into politics on the Washington Update. Also, a look at the Winmag.com Win 100 best product of the last year. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Can We Protect Our Intellectual Property (06/16/00)
A discussion of the protection -- or dis-protection -- of intellectual property, through Internet facilities like Napster, Gnutella, Freenet, and DVD decoders for Linux. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Buffy And VTech (06/09/00)
Jerry Pournelle, Daniel Dern and guest Nancy Hanger schmooze about the popular TV show, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Product of the week: VTech Helio, now with Linux. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Washington Update With Mary Mosquera (06/02/00)
FTC Privacy Moves, the China Trade bill. Product of the Week: NoteTab Pro. (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Security, Privacy & Monopolies (05/26/00)
Between Microsoft/government legal wranglings, email viruses, and MP3/Napster copyright concerns, it's been a busy week for security, privacy and monopoly watchers. Jerry, Paul and Daniel talk about it all. Plus, Jerry's Product of the week: the LandWare GoType! (Hear in either MP3 or RealAudio)

Evil Empires in a Nutshell (05/12/00)
Tom LaSusa tells us the viruses that follow the Love Bug. J.D. "Illiad" Frazer talks about User Friendly, his internet cartoon. Jerry Pournelle's product of the week: the Olympus C-2500 SLR digital camera (Hear in RealAudio)

Washington Update (05/05/00)
Mary Mosquera's discusses digital signatures and Microsoft remedies with Jerry Pournelle. Also: a digital recorder and digital camera are Product(s) of the Week (Hear in RealAudio)

Washington Update (04/21/00)
As both sides prepare to file their proposed remedies in the Microsoft antitrust case, TechWeb's Washington correspondent Mary Mosquera leads our panel in a discussion of this and other upcoming events in the nation's capital. In our Product of the Week Segment, Jerry Pournelle will tell you why he likes the Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical. (Hear in RealAudio)

Censor-proofing content with Freenet (04/14/00)
Special guest Robert Raisch joins Daniel Dern and Jerry Pournelle to discuss Freenet - an alternative to distributed Internet file distribution via Napster or Gnutella (Hear in RealAudio)

What's next in your computer? (04/07/00)
What's next in your computer? The editors discuss. (Hear in RealAudio)

April Fool! (03/31/00)
April Fool's day is right around the corner, so we'll be speculating on announcements and deliveries we DON'T expect any time soon. For example, Windows Millenium Edition to run on 16 megabytes, Bill Gates quitting to start a garage band with Stephen King and a vow from Microsoft that the summer will bring "bug fixes, but no new features." Also, Jerry Pournelle's Product of the Week: some products you won't see in the coming year. A vaporware roundup (Hear in RealAudio)

E-signature Legislation (03/24/00)
A look at the e-signature legislation in Congress and a discussion of the failure of the e-commerce commission to make any official recommendations. Plus, the Microsoft antitrust case. Plus, Jerry Pournelle's Product of the Week: the Franklin-Covey Planner System for Microsoft Outlook. (Hear in RealAudio)

Recabling Your Computer (03/17/00)
Get the lowdown on using KVM switches to control multiple systems on the Byte.com Audio Review. Also: The 2CoolPC is Product of the Week. (Hear in RealAudio)

Washington Update: online privacy. (03/10/00)
Doubleclick attempted to connect names to its database of anonymous information. The Federal Trade Commission is going to be looking into the practice. (Hear in RealAudio )

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