Technology Corner 2006.11.05: FreeFind is free and functional, Backup time, Hell freezes over, and Nerdly News

Published: Nov. 5, 2006, 12:30 p.m.

FreeFind is a website indexing service. Despite the fact that it's free, it's easy to use and efficient. Maxell says it's time to back up your computer. If you do, they'd like you to use their media -- but the important thing is to DO the backup. Sweetness and light from Microsoft. It might be the Summer of Love, except the Sixties are long gone and winter is on the way. In Nerdly News, E-mail turns out to be IM for old people and the FCC smacks down the airport authority in Boston.