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Coder serves up poetry with newest Bagle

Coder serves up poetry with newest BagleAdd that to TCOone virus, 40 hours overtime for IT staff to clean up.TCO, meet reality..Reporting this doesn't help...Does anyone, except perhaps for the virus author's themselves, care? IMO all you're doing with this type of "news" is giving them additional incentive to...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, UNIX, coder, Coder, virus infection, Bagle virus, virus, Linux, window, ignorant, idiot user

Discussion threads 2004-04-26

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Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?

Harry, please ignore the deniersThey will try to quash any voice of reason. I believe they hope to maneuver themselves into a position where they can argue that they should not be affected by the consequences because they don't believe in man-made climate change. Pure selfishness.Keep it coming. We are...

Tags: Food & Beverage, food, oil

Discussion threads 2009-11-26

Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance

Scare tactics against Chrome OSI can see Microsoft really did the 'safety dance' with Windows it has been so successful...Chrome_OS is an entirely different modular approach plus they are using Open_Source with NO limitation of how high they can reach. I find it amazing anyone with a straight face say...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome, Chrome OS, ChromeOS, security, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

The medical home is reform without objections, so far

Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

ScienceHow many people really know that you don?t throw up with the flu...Actually, according to Merck, nausea and vomiting are flu symptoms, particularly in children. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch198/ch198d.html How many people realize that H1N1 vaccines are prepared in the same way as we always prepare flu vaccine?Actually this vaccine was...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, evolutionary theory, theory

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

FCC to review regulatory and legal impacts to cloud services and identity management

FCC Overstepping its authority againWhy do we as a society, blindly ignore when the government overreaches its authority?The FCC only has authority to regulate the airwaves.The Internet and related technologies have nothing to do with the FCC, and they have no authority in this area.We need to wake up, people....

Tags: Federal government, Big Government, identity management, FCC, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Reid promises 60 on Saturday

promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Cheaply made partsWell, look at the parts they all are stampedwith 'Made in CHINA'...Quantity over Quality.People are now geared towards a Wal_Mart mentality they do not want to pay for quality and they do NOT care where it is made.Therefore, you will see a lower standard of living because the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Policies and procedures, notebook, netbook, accident, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

OpenSUSE Education announces Li-f-e 11.2

Its still linux and still has the same issues and the same lacking software you would want in an education environment. But you don't care about that because your agenda is to push linux, not educate.Bow before the manLoverock Davidson is a skilled worker, he holds several M$ certifications...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Loverock Davidson, Linux, Li-f-e 11.2, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE Education

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC

My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

The emergency room myth busted

ok Dana 1 troll 0 This is a real sucker punch that i never saw coming ....Dana you are getting nastier by each post what next chomsky on the reading list :)thx for they excellent link well its hurt Racism at the heart of healhcare reform opposition.Who are more likely...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, health care, emergency room myth, Odds Ratio

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Samsung launches Google Android-powered Galaxy Spica i5700

It's funny how many people snickeredwhen it was stated that there would be 19 Android devices on the market by year's end. I wonder how many we are at right now.Is this.....Apple iPhone vs MS Android all over again? It will be interesting to watch.MS Android ? WTF? ntntthat would...

Tags: Smart phones, Strategy, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Google Android, Android Devices, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., gloves off, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Friday Challenge: What's your take on OS/browser market share trends?

Firefox is taking over...With Firefox the days of vendor lock-in withIE required are over, like banking sites theyare cross-platform as they should be.I use CentOS/Fedora/RHEL and use I am able todo all of my job functions and use any applicationI want without the fear of security holes andthreats from a...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Other Countries, Web browser, Friday Challenge, operating system, Mozilla Firefox, browser market share, security hole, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Hyrbids not the only greener cars

One crackpot referencing another one. Great ntntPaid for by the Environmentalist movementhttp://www.climatechangefraud.com/The entire CO2 is such a farce, it is the biggestlie on the planet.Enough already, this is about Operating Systems/Databases and Systems NOT the environment.Meanwhile browse this site...Actually, do some reading - and thinking - before you post.Now you...

Tags: global warming, General Motors Corp., blog, car

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?

Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole

I hope Jeremy got some sleep last nightbecause he probably won't be getting much in the near future.first of many zillionsis there anything worse than being MS security programmer?poor bastards.YesYeah, being a mindless repetitive troll.yeah, being a poor Mac user. yeah, being a poor Mac user....

Tags: Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, zero-day hole, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, firewall

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

A flip of the on switch: Utah wind project goes online

Seems wasteful to send the energy 2 states away...Very cool to see a big wind farm come online, but most of that energy is going to be wasted on transmission line leakage by the time it gets to California. We really need to get to the point of highly-localized power...

Tags: power generation

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

New open source monitoring company pledges to bring power to the people

Wrong linkThe link to People Power is wrong. It should be:http://www.pplpwr.org/Thanks, Heather!For a post directly related to TECHNOLOGY. I'm still reeling that an entire 24-hour period has gone by without an ignorant climate change rant from Harry. You go, girl!

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Antarctic science denies global warming deniers

Oh now, oh my!Attention all people who pass gas you maypass your gas now.Plus, don't forget to tell Al Gore he isliving the good life selling carbon creditsand he is on his way of being a billionaire!If you want to walk to work, eat vegetables,stop using toilet paper and worship...

Tags: climate change, carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Pre-Copenhagen climate talks end in Barcelona

Who could he be talking about?How about the 57% of people in America who don't buy carbon emissions causing global warming?Looks like the other "vested interests" needs to step up their re-education regime, er, I mean, need to do more "raising awareness."Lies told to control populationOh yeah, look at Al...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Kevin Rudd

Discussion threads 2009-11-06