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What a motley list! CNBC selects 10 hot jobs in 2012 and somehow "space tour guide" gets on the list! this is apparently based on the following statement: "With about 200 reservations already, SpaceAdventures plans on hiring about 10 space tour guides to [...]
Posted by groups • 3 years ago • View comments
Net Switzerland in Danger Switzerland is famous for cheese, chocolate, numbered bank accounts, and for being a neutral country, which probably enabled those numbered accounts in the first place. High worth individuals felt comfortable stashing their well- [...]
Posted by groups • 5 years ago • View comments
Four years ago, SNS ran an issue about what to do after a hacker attack called You’re Hit! What Next? It focused on what to do immediately after you’ve been attacked. A recent unfortunate attack by a disgruntled former employee of one of my clients br [...]
Posted by groups • 5 years ago • View comments
AOL Taxing Email? One of the persistent urban myths that continues to circulate around the Internet concerns various forms of taxes: a tax on modems, a tax on email, and so on. Despite being thoroughly debunked, such legends have a life of their own and p [...]
Posted by groups • 6 years ago • View comments
High Tech Food, Low Tech Science As the boomers enter their silver years, they're going to be watching what they eat much more carefully, according to research from my old employer, ACNielsen. ACNielsen compiles data on consumer purchases in grocery, drug [...]
Posted by groups • 6 years ago • View comments
REAL Pen Computing You may have heard about pen-based computing, but I guarantee you haven’t heard about pens-based computing. Yes, pens, plural. Your old pocket protector will never be the same again. I’m not talking about toys like the Fly Pentop Co [...]
Posted by groups • 6 years ago • View comments
A couple of issues ago, I asked the question, “Why Do We Have Personal Computers?” The article dealt with the frustrations of dealing with Windows-based computers (yes, now all you superior Mac users can stand and jeer and claim you never have any pro [...]
Posted by groups • 6 years ago • View comments
With the release of the oddly titled Google Base, Google promises to dominate yet another market: online classifieds. Not content with trying to index the world’s Websites, the new beta service allows people to create even more content, including “all [...]
Posted by groups • 6 years ago • View comments
The News – 10/14/05 Why Do We Have Personal Computers? I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t do without my personal computer, although I realize this is not a universal feeling. However, I know that if people like my technophobic wife can’t do wi [...]
Posted by groups • 6 years ago • View comments
What’s Google Up To? As you know, I am now a Google business partner, having taken their coin to the tune of a righteous $9.47 since I started offering AdSense ads on the Website version of this newsletter. As part of the deal, I had to agree not to “ [...]
Posted by groups • 6 years ago • View comments


