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Windows animated cursor attacks 150 sites

Windows animated cursor attacks 150 sitesWindows animated cursor attacks 150 sitesThanks to Microsoft's quick response to this issue a patch is coming out soon and this will all be a thing of the past. Problem detcted, identified, and resolved. Simple as that.Linux Left out once again :(it doesn't work...

Tags: attack, Happy April Fool, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Windows Animated Cursor, Windows animated cursor attack

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

Making America strong - one family at a time

Making America strong - one family at a timeHappy April Fool's DayHappy April Fool's Day

Tags: Happy April Fool, Making America

Discussion threads 2007-04-01

Additional Resources

GMail Autopilot: If Only.

GMail Autopilot: If Only.Have something else speak on my behalf? Bad idea.First of all, happy April Fool's. This is obviously a joke.Second - something speaking on my behalf?No thanks, because imagine all of the times it'll say the wrong thing and I'll have to recant something.I'd prefer to keep with...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, GMail Autopilot, Google Gmail

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Windows 7 includes anti-idiot feature

Windows 7 includes anti-idiot featureThis just proves one thing.With this new feature, I'd say Microsoft thinks their end users are idiots. No pun intended, but if APLE did something like this, I would definitely be looking into something different." In a world without walls & fences, Who needs windows &...

Tags: Operating systems, Construction, anti-idiot, anti-idiot feature, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the vote

OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the voteIt's capitalism, all right!A capital offense against mankind.And all the sheep bleat happily as they line up to be sheared.This is fantastic newsThis means that the man on the street can sponsor Penelope and Rupert's riches through their...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, OOXML, ISO, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

I've been fired!

I've been fired!He did say at the end :"I know this: yesterday wasn't April fool's - and tomorrow maybe somebody will think this is funny - but right now it's about 1:15 in the morning and come 8:30 - I'll be on the phone to the lawyers."Yes, smells fishy to...

Tags: April Fool, job, todays society

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

x86 Security

x86 SecurityWhere's the x86 connection?Misleading title...I was hoping for some technical details on how Sparc or Power enable a more secure OS...but no...just obvious statements about how it is in MS's financial best interest to remain insecure.Irrationality.Well, it is a well identified scenario, the corporate irrationality and ignorance.And also the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Tools & Techniques, Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, security, x86 Security, Intel x86, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-10

Google launches TiSP -- Free wireless broadband

Google launches TiSP -- Free wireless broadbandToday's dateYou do know that today is April 1st, right?What a lame April 1 item...wanted to throw up!Google April FoolsTiSP internet my arse.Ha ha!!And ...... A very happy April Fool's Day to you! ;)TSIPThat is silly!Sloof Lirpa Center: AdSense Code VulnerabilityThis is a funny...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Free Wireless Broadband, AdSense Code, Free Wireless, Google Launches, Google Inc., wireless broadband, broadband

Discussion threads 2007-04-01

Trojan masquerades as IE 7 downloads

Trojan masquerades as IE 7 downloadsRe: Trojan masquerades as IE 7 downloadsWasn't this always the case?[url=http://www.opera.com]http://www.opera.com[/url]I'd be scaredif I didn't get my software from known valid repositories.Translation : "The Endless Series Of Microsoft Exploits Continues Unabated"... just as we always knew it wouldExploits are exploitsno matter how you get it...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, phishing, Nothing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, IE 7 Download, trojan horse, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

HP outlines long-term strategy

HP outlines long-term strategyHP - inhouse/online salesI had to check the date when I read your article - ie, that it wasn't April Fool's day. I've been trying to buy, in the UK, either a HP hx2490 or hx2790 Handheld for the last 3 months. HP sales online tell me...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, strategy, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-01-23

Sun's Schwartz wants to fool you (but doesn't), Opera does, and phishing phools

Happy April Fools day. If you're up for a good gag, you won't get it from the most prolific public company executive blogger (Sun's Jonathan Schwartz). Indicating that his blog entries must pass muster with the company's legal eagles, Schwartz says in a blog entry entitled The Downside of Being...

Tags: David Berlind, Opera Software ASA, phishing, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Blog posts 2005-04-01

Microsoft patches win industry trust

Microsoft patches win industry trustApril Fools!NTMessage has been deleted.All operating systems use patchesThe only operating system that does not use patches is one that is not being used enough to find bugs.Microsoft has developed SP2 for WinXP and it shows they are dedicated to security.Ready for TRUSTED computingWe welcome the...

Tags: antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Patches, Microsoft Windows, patch management

Discussion threads 2004-04-01