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- Vista SP1 "tries to hide the Ultimate Extras shame"
- Vista SP1 "tries to hide the Ultimate Extras shame"Conned twice, shame on meAdrian writes: "you were conned, and being conned sucks"That's twice. The first time by releasing the most insecure operating system in history, Windows, and then conning consumer's into thinking that they too could use Windows at home...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Only Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, NoAxe, abuser, Adrian
- Discussion threads 2007-09-23
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- Watchdog wants global drive against online child abuse
- Watchdog wants global drive against online child abusecommentThe problem with online child abuse is that the identity of the abuser is so difficult to discern. It can be very dangerous.
- Tags: online child
- Discussion threads 2008-04-19
- Apple releases Safari 3.1.1 security update
- Apple releases Safari 3.1.1 security updateAnd they offered it to me, even though I said "ignore" Safari beforeThey also offered me a new iTunes+QuickTime, which I've "ignored" countless times before. (All I have is QuickTime installed.)They offered a new Apple Software Update, which I installed, so maybe the new...
- Tags: Security administration, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Digital music, security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Apple Software Update, Apple Software
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- Study+rejects+Internet+sex+predator+stereotype
- Study+rejects+Internet+sex+predator+stereotypeResearchers are asking for troubleThe public and law enforcement want to see lots of drama and mystery on this topic despite the findings. We are a nation of the boogie man. It makes for great news fodder, politician brownie point potential and great topic to raise taxes for police...
- Tags: Mommy, predator, Internet sex predator, Internet Sex, STD, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?Yes, the awards are completely outrageous.That would be like you inventing a 10 dollar switch an Ford comes along and not paying you for the idea and you get an infringing award of $100 on each car instead of the added value of...
- Tags: disincentive, inventor, Patent Reform, insanity, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Attack journalism: an iPhone example
- Attack journalism: an iPhone exampleZDNET is the worst abuser of attack journalismOver the last several months, I have watched ZDNET descend into simple attack journalism. As a matter of fact, journalism should not even be used in the same sentence with ZDNET since the two appear to be diametrically...
- Tags: journalism, iPhone example, attack journalism, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- Who should bear the burden of de-fanging botnets?
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest Editorial by Dr. Adam J. O'Donnell If you are even peripherally familiar with modern computer security issues, you have heard about the current struggle to identify and repair botnet drones. These botnet networks are the primary...
- Tags: Service Provider, Business Services, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- The Microsoft fact in Illinois
- The Microsoft fact in IllinoisIt all fits.Software from a single vendor known to work together well. Or, All Microsoft, all the time. No bits and pieces, and software "known" to be comfortable to users supplied without great difficulty to central IT.That's making the "problem" of IT go away.As...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Strategy, Novell Inc., IT IS, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- (Photos: The wooden car with a split personality)
- (Photos: The wooden car with a split personality)Good grief!!That's just stupid!RE: (Photos: The wooden car with a split personality)"Or at least, "modern" as it seems to be understood in the aftermath of the notoriously unstylish Soviet empire."Oh, come on, now! Have you taken a look at the idiotic styles...
- Tags: wooden car, split personality, photograph
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Gorillas and antitrust regulators
- Gorillas and antitrust regulatorsMicrosoft's biggest gain from the settlement...... is the recognition of conquered territory. Quoting an article from March, 2007:"According to Kroes, Microsoft held 35 to 40 percent of the workgroup server market in 1999, when the EU first began investigating claims that the software giant was abusing...
- Tags: Litigation, Desktops, antitrust, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Should the law deputize computer technicians into nabbing child abusers?
- The states of Connecticut and California are considering legislation that essentially deputizes comptuer technicians into joining war against child abuse and pornography. According to an Associated Press report:Computer technicians would be obligated to report child abuse just like doctors, teachers and others who work closely with children, under measures being...
- Tags: Security, Legal, Government, General
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Republicans propose last-minute spy bill
- Republicans propose last-minute spy billa handful of paragraphs...a couple hundred words....and the use of "lame duck" used twice. One might say it is overused in such a short article.But I like to think the writers biased opinion is getting in the way of pure journalism.How many times did the...
- Tags: Lame-Duck, American Civil Liberties Union, lame-duck, Bill Clinton
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
- Acer: Vista is an excuse for Microsoft price hikes
- Acer: Vista is an excuse for Microsoft price hikesThis guy must talk Taiwan marketXP media center, not XP home, is mainstream in western market.Acer: Vista is an excuse for Microsoft price hikesThis is no big deal..most people will be willing to shell out the $359 for the awesome experience of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS, Acer Inc., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Iran cuts Internet speeds to homes, cafes
- Iran cuts Internet speeds to homes, cafesWhat are they on, exactly?Don't they know that in this day and age, everything requires broadband -- fast broadband -- if you're doing more than just reading the news?And let me guess -- you'll have to pay the same old prices for a DECREASE...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, religion, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-10-18
- Dunn, Fiorina lash out at HP board
- Dunn, Fiorina lash out at HP boardIT Industry Male-dominated ??Well, THERE is a shocker worthy of a book ...Remember, it's always somebody else's fault.Especially when it's Carlykins telling people nobody has a right to a job.I can just hear it now..."Look what you made me do!"... sound familiar to any...
- Tags: Gender and diversity, Remember IT, Hewlett-Packard Co., board, corporate culture, Keyworth, Perkins
- Discussion threads 2006-10-09
- Dunn gave phone numbers to PIs
- Dunn gave phone numbers to PIs...saiid he hadn't heard the word "pretext" until recently...They used to use words like: lie, steal, scam, identity thief?Dunn's fake Innocent ActDunn's selective memory/innocent act's just not holding up. The email trails are too vivid and clear pointing out her faults in aggressively pursing people...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Financial accounting, email trail, Sun Microsystems Inc., JackPastor, phone, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-03
- U.K. supermarket to release own-brand software
- U.K. supermarket to release own-brand softwareME TOO!THESE BASTARDS WANT THEIR FINGERS IN ALL THE FOOKIN PIES! WANKERS!TescoConsidering that the company has just posted a stonking profit, made from the browsing consumer, I have no doubt that they will sell shedloads of these programmes.Whether the browsing consumer will be able to...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, supermarket, software
- Discussion threads 2006-10-03
- Google Reader: Google playing with your privacy
- Google Reader: Google playing with your privacyZDNet playing with my privacyDonna, were you hired specifically to find negative things to say about Google, or did you simply decide to make that your specialty?The thing that bugs me is that you keep complaining about things that Google COULD do wrong, rather...
- Tags: Google Inc., privacy, Google Reader
- Discussion threads 2006-09-30
- EU, Microsoft clash over Vista security features
- EU, Microsoft clash over Vista security featuresAre you stupid?So the EU is "protecting" their consumers by making Vista LESS secure?Fact is the versions of Windows that the EU made MS without the meida player and other stuff put out did not sell. The regular versions sold more when EU consumers...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Linus, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- The shameful destination of your music purchase dollars
- The shameful destination of your music purchase dollarsSo your complaint is that a theif was caught?hmmm... so what?Par for lawyer behaviorPlease, you act like lawyers have souls. It should be readily apparent to anyone who has dealt with lawyers that they are ready to chuck their humanity aside...
- Tags: Digital media, CD, MY-CD, Metallica, music
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
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