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- 'Tis the season to send spam
- 'Tis the season to send spamTime to revisit a famous Bill Gates quote:"Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time."BBC News (24 January 2004)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3426367.stmPriceless from the oracle;-)Need 'Smart Users' to stop Spam.As long as the existence of users with low intelligence prevail, [i]some[/i] of the spam...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, communist ideology, spam problem, spam, spammer, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
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- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?
- I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a room full of many smart people, Mr Ito is one of the smartest. Here is a clip...
- Tags: Mr., Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- U.S. health care not getting better
- U.S. health care not getting betterThe study has predetermined the result[Michael Cannon, the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, summed up what's wrong with the study: "The report does nothing more than reveal which nation does the worst job of satisfying the subjective preferences of the people who conducted...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, U.S. Health, medical care, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- European telcos squeal: should we care?
- European telcos squeal: should we care?Dennis is a true European!His blog makes it perfectly clear. He talks about the "charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators" sic when traveling internationally. That verbiage could have come right out of Brussels. Who is forcing Dennis to pay those charges? Nobody! If...
- Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Regulations, Dennis, telecommunications company
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Enterprises still not getting full benefits of open source
- Enterprises still not getting full benefits of open sourceQuestionYou say:"The real problem, it seems to me, is they don’t understand the nature of support in an open source world. It’s a mutual process, a matrix, combining your own efforts, those of vendors, and those of communities which may include competitors.The...
- Tags: Blogging, Self-Reliance, open source, communism, benefit
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Europe seeks to brand open source quality
- Europe seeks to brand open source qualitySounds more like a effort at securing EU funding, not exclusionLooks like a reasonable idea. It does not seem like a very active project though. Their www.sqo-oss.eu site has not had any news for a year.To me it seems to be claiming it is...
- Tags: Branding, Ohloh, open source, brand open-source quality, open-source quality, software, brand
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4
- Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- 300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers
- A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance
- Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade danceCorporate Communism!This is an example of what I call Corportate Communism. Microsoft is showing it's anti-capitalist leanings. When companies like Microsoft can't compete in the market, they buy the competitor. Some argue that's capitalism. I...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- A world ruled by Apple
- A world ruled by AppleGood post[i]I am perfectly willing to praise Apple or Linux when I feel they are doing something right, and do so on a regular basis in this blog. That’s why I have a hard time understanding the need to believe that Gates did nothing right, in...
- Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group
- ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking groupWindows is to blameI hear that the Internet is basically run on Windows servers so it is hardly surprising that this happened. If ICANN would only switch to OS X I'm sure that no hacker would ever be able to break in.As...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Domain names, ICANN, IANA, hacking group, Turkish, hacker, hacking, IP, domain
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Russian hackers planning attacks against Baltic countries and Ukraine
- Recent Tweets on Twitter are pointing to grumblings in the blogosphere around suspicion of a planned attack against Baltic countries and the Ukraine. An article posted at The Baltic Course describes the planned attacks, as originally reported by Estonian television channel ETV24: Recently, there have been multiple appeals in Russian Internet forums, calling for...
- Tags: Hacker, Ukraine, Attack, Russian Hacker, Hacking, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Global warming is a security issue say American spies
- Global warming is a security issue say American spiesDead on[i]If global warming is real and it's consequences are as serious as some say which I doubt it will case major instability across the globe[/i]I think we've seen it repeated many times in history: Everyone's content and willing to lend a...
- Tags: security, global warming
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.
- First scientist to warn Congress on Global Warming: It's certain and we're certainly out of time.It's the sun, stupid.The earth has been cooling for the last 10 years. If the current low solar activity keeps up, we could be in deep doodoo.RE: First scientist to warn Congress on Global...
- Tags: U.S. Congress, Hansen, data set, global warming
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Carriers delay Google Android launch
- Carriers delay Google Android launchGovernment would be even worseActually, we would still have all the above problems you mentioned plus the delays caused by these added layers:1. Political posturing by a bunch of lawmakers who know little about technology2. Lobbyist working for big business who are going to do anything...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Vertical industries, WIRELESS, Google Android launch, Google Inc., Google Android, Dana, government, IEEE 802.11, carrier
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Cell phone as desktop computer
- Cell phone as desktop computerGood stuffThat is a really good idea and if Microsoft doesn't implement it, someone will like meS. Jobs said something similar not too long agoIn a WSJ interview he said that he thought we'd see most big advances come from "devices" rather than normal computers.The conversation...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, phone, computer, cell phone, desktop, desktop computer, docking station, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Good Microsoft wins one
- Good Microsoft wins oneA more economical solution?Just the maintenance part of this program will cost a lot of money, such as it already has. Maybe you with your network of contacts should convince them it might be more economical, free up resources and maybe in PR if they did...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Corp., Good Cop, Good Microsoft, RIAA, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Chinese antitrust and Microsoft
- Chinese antitrust and MicrosoftTo the previous poster...Truer words have never been spoken posted this at the wrong levelIrony...Chinese Government is the biggest monopoly of all.RE: Chinese antitrust and Microsoftwhy would China care about the retail price of microsoft products in light of such cheery articles as these: "only 244...
- Tags: Corporate law, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., Chinese antitrust, antitrust, Chinese Government
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for Microsoft
- China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for MicrosoftI wonder how much marketshare MS would loseI wonder how much Chinese marketshare MS would lose if they pulled out of China? If leaving China leads to the loss of [url=http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/only_244_copies_of_genuine_windows_vista_sold_in_china.php] 244 sales[/url], maybe China would actually be doing MS a favor! :)They...
- Tags: Linux, Corporate law, SECURITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Communism, Microsoft Corp., new antitrust battleground, antitrust battleground, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
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