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Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojo

Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojoOur coffee pots have a sign about trimethylxanthineSome joker posted official-looking signs on our coffee pots stating they had high levels of trimethylxanthine. Not high enough, in my opinion.RE: Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojoTake a look at the gmail...

Tags: OH NOES, April Fool

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

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Resurrecting E-voting

Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...

Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

House approves telecom immunity in 'compromise'

House approves telecom immunity in 'compromise'Bush finally managed to do in the Constitution and Bill of RightsIn one blow, done, gone, end of the representative republic that used to be the United States of America.Long live the Republic of Socialist Horrors I Totalitarianism.God Save the World Now.How exactly is this...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, telecom immunity, government, Shrub Administration

Discussion threads 2008-06-23

Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojo

I remember when April Fools rolled around, things remained in a state of normalcy, with the odd joke you really couldn't tell if it was real or not. Today, April Fools has taken a turn for the worse. Everybody and their dog at Google has spent the last...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Google Australia, Social Networking, Channel Management, Internet, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-04-01

iPhone 2.0 firmware hacked

iPhone 2.0 firmware hackedHilarious, isn't it? ntntGee . . .That certainly didn't take long . . . .Of course it has been...Did anyone expect anything different?What? Open to Anything? Do Anything? Get Out!Nokia: [url=http://nseries.com/open]Open to Anything[/url]Get an N95 and experience the way things should be--no hacking or jail breaking...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, firmware, Apple Inc., security, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

Microsoft to sync its future Windows client and server fixes and updates

Microsoft to sync its future Windows client and server fixes and updatesDoes this mean we get to wait even LONGER for fixes?It's bad enough as it is.OH NOES!!I bet Skype is trembling in their knees at this announcement. ;)Vista SP2 will equal Server 2008 SP2There will be no Server...

Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Corp., NT-kernel, server, future Windows client, Microsoft Windows Vista, kernel

Discussion threads 2007-09-06

(Photos: Nigerian students power up their laptops)

(Photos: Nigerian students power up their laptops)What an excellent programWhen you consider the committment these people make to education, it kind of saddens me because of educational complacency in the US. All of those dedicated to this program deserve kudos.great stuffhopefully just the startWonder how long it will takefor them...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Food & Beverage, laptop computer, computer, Nigerian student, food, photograph

Discussion threads 2007-04-11

Some pictures from MacWorld 2007

Some pictures from MacWorld 2007Oh NoesYou at MacWorld, I am surprised some of the Zealots didn't try to take your head off while you were there.Hope you had a good time, hopefully I will get to attend some year.Apples and orangesAs usual, you are comparing things that aren't related.If you...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Game players, Apple Inc., Macworld, TV, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Xbox, Apple TV, Microsoft Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs

Zombies continue to chase Windows PCsZombies continue to chase Windows PCs[i]Microsoft introduced the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool in January last year. An updated version of the program ships monthly with Microsoft's security updates. The tool aims to identify and remove prevalent malicious software from PCs.[/i]At least Microsoft is taking...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, MSFT, PC, zombie, Windows PC, Microsoft Corp., malware

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

Virtualizing Vista

Virtualizing VistaIronyAnd here only a few weeks ago you were torqued off because of the difficulties in getting Ubuntu to run as a VM.Stuff like that happens often enough to me to keep me wondering if the Universe isn't one big practical joke -- on us.RANT - conspiracy theories are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), computer people, RAM, Microsoft Windows Vista, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-11

In this order: Vonage "please don't leave us" promotion, analyst downgrade, stock below $10

In this order: Vonage "please don't leave us" promotion, analyst downgrade, stock below $10VonageVonage needs to find it's way to position itself different then the tradditonal ATA marketer. There is little to no diference then the 100 other companies out there.Neal SafersteinPLEASE! Biggest NON-STORY yet.If every company that offers...

Tags: stock, Vonage Holdings Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-17

IBM offers bounty for Exchange customers

IBM offers bounty for Exchange customersIBM offers bounty for Exchange customersROTFLMAO!! Is this what it has come down to? People have to get paid to use linux? BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Just goes to show its inferiority. You couldn't pay me enough to use that hacked up clone of...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Enterprise software, Servers, IBM Lotus Domino Server, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp., server, rep

Discussion threads 2006-03-30

Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemic

Top 10 tricks causing spyware epidemicWhat a year!Well, that was a fun old time, wasn't it? Can't wait for 2006.....No mention of WinFixer??I can't believe winfixer was not listed in your spyware epidemic. I have even heard there is a class action lawsuit over winfixer!nasty spywareYes, tis the end of...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, spyware, Sony Corp., RIAA

Discussion threads 2005-12-20

Tempted by blogs, spam becomes 'splog'

Tempted by blogs, spam becomes 'splog'The scum of the earth never rest :(NTTempted by blogs, spam becomes 'splog'And just what did they think was going to happen? Spam came on usenet, it came on emails, it came on web pages, it came on message boards.Googlewashing"People querying the well-known bloggers' names...

Tags: Blogging, Cyberthreats, Wiki, blog, API, spam

Discussion threads 2005-10-20

Serial typo-squatters target security firms

Serial typo-squatters target security firmsRelated to thishttp://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/07/28/domain_payperclick_services_growing_rapidly.htmlMike Cox . comhttp://mikecox.comIt may seem begnign for now...But this is exactly how drive-by spyware installs get started. Tricking people to a page that invisibly installs the spyware on their computer.Thanks IE. Thanks cyber-criminals.As Dennis Miller likes to say, "Screw it. ...

Tags: security firm, security

Discussion threads 2005-09-19