Marc Perton

And it’ll even run Ubuntu.

Now that I’m back to using Outlook again after a hiatus of a few years, I’m reacquainting myself with its pros and cons. In general, I’m a fan of the program, though there are a few things I’ve always found frustrating, including its spam filtering capabilities (where’s Bayesian logic when you need it?), and the [...]

Given that I’m a southpaw, I’ve long been frustrated with typical computer pointing devices, which are often—in the name of ergonomics—curved to support the palm of a right-handed user. I know many lefties who have thrown in the towel, and now mouse with their right hands. I’ve refused to do this, and have been on [...]

After months of hard work, my old boss Jason has finally launched his “digg killer” on AOL’s Netscape.com. And it looks like he’s off to a good start. While the site may borrow its basic premise of allowing users to create and prioritize news items from digg, it goes far beyond its progenitor in functionality [...]

I don’t usually get my political news from Popular Photography, but this month’s issue (not yet available online) is an exception. The mag, better known for reviews of cameras, lenses and other gear, has an excellent feature entitled “The War on Photographers,” which outlines how, in the name of fighting terrorism, law enforcement officials at [...]

Are bloggers journalists? While a recent California court ruling extended the state’s shield law to bloggers, with the judge saying that “we can see no sustainable basis to distinguish petitioners [the online journalists] from the reporters, editors, and publishers who provide news to the public through traditional print and broadcast media,” many bloggers still don’t [...]