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- Five April Fools' Day-esque headlines I wish were true
- Today, in case you need reminding, is April Fools' Day. If someone hasn't already tried to ensnare you in some practical joke or hoax, keep looking over your shoulder, because it's a-coming. The web is a breeding ground for gags, and I expect that many of the...
- Tags: Gag, Fool, Linux Market Share, Linux, Digital Rights Management (DRM), UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Digital Media, Processors, Software, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- iPhone lawsuit doesn't stand a chance
- iPhone lawsuit doesn't stand a chanceThats your take, not the courtsThat's your take. Now lets see what a real judge has to say. Apple was negligent in NOT at any point telling customers that a NORMALLY user replaceable items such as the battery was sealed inside the device. Let me...
- Tags: Engineering, Apple Inc., battery, fool, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
- Unix vs. Windows or: sometimes a fool is just a fool
- Unix vs. Windows or: sometimes a fool is just a foolPut down the crack pipe"a part timer babysitting two small Sun systems could deliver the same or better services in-house."Your laughably simplistic view casts doubts on your sobriety.There's no way that the babysitter of this mythical system could create a...
- Tags: E-mail providers, E-mail, Operating systems, Academic, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., fool, Unix
- Discussion threads 2007-01-03
- Unix vs. Windows or: sometimes a fool is just a fool
- Unix vs. Windows or: sometimes a fool is just a foolno one has a problem when you call yourself a fool"I can only conclude that he has a Wintel organization with Wintel staff " Any evidence to back up your claim. As usual you only blabber but have nothing to...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, fool, Unix, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-01-03
- Fiddling while Rome burned
- Fiddling while Rome burnedRome made slaves of its own tooMaybe the corporate elite have no care for themselves, just as much as they have no care for anyone else. :(A frightening thought. I miss the days when people could look up to whatever authority was in power (and...
- Tags: Strategy, Quality, fool, information technology, Rome
- Discussion threads 2006-09-06
- Gateway receives offer for retail unit
- Gateway receives offer for retail unitWhen two fools meet...The buyer is a fool for paying that much and Gateway is a fool for not jumping at the offer.The smart money says wait a year or so, Gateway stock will be de-listed...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., fool
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
- Some companies helped the NSA, but who?
- Some companies helped the NSA, but who?actually YESBecause then at least I know that Clinton REALLY would be looking for porn, and not helping the NSA turn the US into a police state..;-)If you are going to throw arround quotes ...... try to at least get them right!"They that can...
- Tags: fool, NSA
- Discussion threads 2006-02-06
- Outsourcing backlash targets India
- Outsourcing backlash targets IndiaThere is a difference.Toyota and Honda came and built auto plants in America. And this was befor American car companines were setting up plants in foriegn countries. Indian companies will never set up shop in America and hire Americans. Why would they? Ya...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, cluelessness, job, outsourcing, fool
- Discussion threads 2004-05-06
- RIM, Good Technology settle suits
- RIM, Good Technology settle suitsJust the start of thisGet ready, linux will be hit hard in the future.Imagine linux lawsuits that are waitingI hope you have a good lawyer...Do you really think you're fooling anyone?With your multiple alias' and tired rhetoric? Get some help, souther_pride, IT Christian, Anti-Globalism, and whatever...
- Tags: fool, Good Technology Inc., Linux, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-03-26
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- Say it ain't so AVG, say it ain't so: AVG LinkScanner = Badware?
- The Register covered a very interesting story about AVG. Apparently AVG is spamming the Internet with traffic that looks to be coming from Internet Explorer. AVG software pre-crawls search results to try to protect users, but uses a user agent that makes the software appear to be Internet Explorer. This pre-crawling is flooding websites with...
- Tags: Webmaster, Traffic, Malware, Register, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Scanners, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Multiple Facebook vulnerabilities reported on Full-Disclosure
- Jouko Pynnonen posted a message to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today, citing multiple "script injection" vulnerabilities within Facebook. I'm not sure if this is a surprise to anybody out there, it's certainly not to me, as numerous web applications have major problems with Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities, but I think this...
- Tags: Facebook, Vulnerability, XSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sandbox, JS, Canvas Page, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- (Linux's dirty little secret)
- (Linux's dirty little secret)Possible workaroundI am also new to Ubuntu, although I have used early RedHat versions on a server. But Ubuntu is based on the Debian Linux release which uses a different package manager aptitude than Redhat's RPM. If you cannot find an apt-get compatible package, you may be...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass
- Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the passEasier SolutionAn easier solution to the problem is to get rid of destructive, insidious software patents completely. Software should never have become patentable.Software patents == utter corruption of our market and will be a major cause of the US losing...
- Tags: Tech Giants, patent troll, patent, software patent, software
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- 200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's hosting the most
- Yesterday, the Stopbadware.org initiative released a report entitled "May 2008 Badware Websites Report" summarizing the findings out of analyzing over 200,000 sites spreading malware. With recent data for malicious sites provided by Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Stopbadware.org also received responses from affected parties such as Google itself, The Planet, SoftLayer...
- Tags: Web, Search Engine, Malware, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30
- No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30But why?Surely if Microsoft remove Windows XP then lazy software developers who don't want to make their apps Vista compatible will be be forced to pull their fingers out!Windows Vista doesn't include many new changes to the software standards that Microsoft introduced with Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- What works, what doesn't
- What works, what doesn'tYou forgot an important pointThat is, once any software base finally stabilizes, force an upgrade to a new super shiny alpha implementation down everybody's throats. This is called the bullsiht baffles brains scenario.Rough figures that I've come across are that 80% of people aren't really capable of...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Asterisk PBX, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- 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
- Study: Early gadget adopters 'conceited' and 'arrogant'
- Study: Early gadget adopters 'conceited' and 'arrogant'Arrogant?So I'm told, but I don't really give a damn what people think.:-)I think it's trueJust check the iPhone buyers. ;)RE: Study: Early gadget adopters 'conceited' and 'arrogant'So "qualities of a modern leader" includes being takers and not givers? There's no leadership in consumerism,...
- Tags: Leadership, gadget adopter
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Plagiarism detection style software identify authors of terrorist propaganda
- Universities around the world have been using plagiarism software for a good few years now, to crack down on the amount of copied work. This, after all, is defrauding a university for the purpose of gaining a qualification, which can and has been classed as a criminal offence at...
- Tags: Software, Web, Analysis, Tools & Techniques, Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Microsoft warns Web site owners to prep for IE 8
- Microsoft warns Web site owners to prep for IE 8They should publicly ignore the catcalling.The louder people complain, and the louder MS doesn't care and simply push developers for more and more compliance, the more respect they will garner. I like this early warning they gave. No matter...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Web technology, Quality, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, Web site, standards, Mozilla Firefox, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
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