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		Molly Wood Senior editor

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02/10/2005
A half-hearted defense of Fiorina 
It's not like Carly Fiorina is some persecuted heroine who was eaten alive in the shark tank of corporate America. But really, this tabloidlike treatment of her rise and fall has to stop. It's business, people.

02/08/2005
Isn't "rights management" an oxymoron? 
Molly doesn't buy clothes she can wear only at Safeway, and she doesn't buy shoes that protect her feet only on Tuesdays. She doesn't buy food that she's allowed to cook only in a KitchenAid, either. So why is she still buying music that'll play on only one MP3 player? Why are you?

02/04/2005
The best and worst convergence gadgets 
With the Sony PlayStation Portable making a stir, and possibly adding a whole mess of features in the future, Molly's been considering the idea of Swiss Army-like gadgets. On that note, here's a list of the best and worst combinations.

02/03/2005
E-mail apocalypse: now 
Spammers are enlisting innocent PCs, thanks to Trojan horses, to help them deliver an unstoppable river of unsolicited e-mail, and no one has any solution to the problem. Can a hero on a whitelist horse save us all?

02/01/2005
The consumer is always the target 
California once had a Public Utilities Commission that protected its residents from unfair business practices, sneaky dealings, and unsatisfactory telecommunications service. Now, the PUC has thrown California cell phone users to the wolves. Are you next?

Archive

01/28/2005  The great wide-screen DVD caper  
01/27/2005  3G killed the Bluetooth star  
01/25/2005  Eulogy for Usenet  
01/21/2005  Batten down the Wi-Fi hatches  
01/20/2005  Narrowcasting: reining in the stream  
01/20/2005  Special edition: What's happening with AnchorDesk  
01/18/2005  May the best technology win  
01/13/2005  One computer to rule them  
01/11/2005  The art of the keynote