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BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar

BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czarThere is no such thing as piracy...Piracy is what happens to ships on the high seas.Un-licensed software is NOT piracy! Useing the word "piracy" to denote un-licensed software is just a form of propaganda.With product activation, Draconian DRM and EULAs that...

Tags: Well Let, Business Software Alliance, piracy, IP Czar, Cyber Mafia, IP

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

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Fraud abroad remains 'uphill battle' for eBay

Fraud abroad remains 'uphill battle' for eBayCry me a River!This ebay guy is a hypocrit! I appreciate they are looking into the cyber crime overseas, but how about the gigantic problem we have in USA sales. As a buyer, you have so much phoney junk to weed through... people selling...

Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, eBay Inc., PayPal

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

Will the Feds take down a big hacker group in 2008?

This is the season for predictions and Websense is out with its top 10 predictions and a couple of them are quite interesting. One of the more interesting ones is the prediction more like hope that the government nabs a big hacking group in 2008. Here's the...

Tags: Websense Inc., Hacker, Prediction, Attack, Hacking, Security, Government, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Feds: Details of ISP snooping haven't been decided

Feds: Details of ISP snooping haven't been decidedPrivacy...Ever heard of Anonymizer? They've got great ID privacy stuff. Check them out.Are they going to pay ISPs to buy the storage?That's the real question. DO they have the right to tell EVERY ISP in the country to spend a few thousand...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, Internet, Cyber-Crime, Internet Service Provider, government

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

Microsoft walks the Vista-projection tightrope

Microsoft walks the Vista-projection tightropeNice but short analysisYou never mentioned that many Win XP users are still wondering why they might want or need to upgrade. Also, while large corporate customers may upgrade up to one third of their desktop base every yrear, they rarely include a new OS until...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Now IT, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2006-12-08

Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each other

Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each otherVirus, malware in generalRecently something appeared to have gotten into my news, mail and music system and was stealing ids and passwords. I recently retired after working for 40 years in the computer business. If I can't keep the 7 systems that I...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, antivirus, IBM OS/2

Discussion threads 2006-04-04

Microsoft warns Asian governments of Linux lawsuits

Microsoft warns Asian governments of Linux lawsuitsWowOverall I happen to like Microsoft, but Ballmer, Steve (let's just call him BS from now on) spewed some serious FUD...at least based on this article.I don't see how he can honestly state that Windows is more secure than Linux. That's just plain...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Asian Governments, Microsoft Corp., Linux, patent, Linux lawsuit

Discussion threads 2004-11-18