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- Fake Microsoft patch malware campaign makes a comeback
- Fake Microsoft patch malware campaign makes a comebackHacked Linux servers often are botnet mastersand many linux machines are, oblivious to the user, participants in botnets. http://lwn.net/Articles/222153/http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=10251Oh, sure. If you say so.ntirresponsible users (or admins, in this case) regardless of OSA desktop user to clicks on a web link to...
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, OK Here, Linux, malware, desktop user, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical Support
- My Experience with Dell's Namastechnical SupportMy experience has always been positiveI've always had a great experience with Dell technical support. I've had to use them on several occasions to support my Latitude XT. I've never actually had an indian support rep though.1) The digitizer on my tablet stopped working. I...
- Tags: Notebooks, OK Here, Dell Computer Corp., Namastechnical Support
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Gauging the Palm Pre's success: It'll take time
- Gauging the Palm Pre's success: It'll take timePlan BSince WebOS is Linux-based, it seem conceivable that, if app developers don't flock to it, Palm could extend WebOS to run Android applications as well.PAlm has the apps, especially with the support for PalmOS.Personally, I'm sold. The Pre looks like it has...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Operating systems, OK Here, Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, Palm OS
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?
- Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?TPC-H numbers, not TPC-C numbersTPC-C is an OLTP benchmark, while TPC-H is a DSS/DW benchmark. myKickAsSQL PlanOracle proposes to buy Kickfire, lock stock and Query Processing Barrel.Invites entire company to expenses-paid weekend to discuss the plan ...1. Customers...
- Tags: Databases, OPEN SOURCE, Kickfire, Oracle Corp., MySQL, database
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?
- Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?I agreeWhile I like most believe the cost of text messaging is too high, surely there are other areas in which the service providers can be scrutinized. Unless collusion can be shown, I don't see anything the companies could be doing...
- Tags: Government, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, OK Here, Kohl, phone, Text message pricing, SIM card, cell phone service
- Discussion threads 2008-09-10
- (Photos: Grand dams of the South)
- (Photos: Grand dams of the South)damn tourHow can you do a writeup of a damn tour without stealing lines from National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation movie?!! Ok, here's a quote from the tour guide..."Welcome everyone, I'm your dam tour guide Arnie. Im about to take you through at fully functional...
- Tags: photograph, OK Here
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Year-round school
- Year-round schoolyes short breaks are acceptablewell i do agreee that short breaks are better option well i'm a tech too who implement CAE Computer Aided Educationin schools, wat i realize that after installing & implementing the sw the teachers come up with many suggestion and correction so they wouldn't wait...
- Tags: OK Here, school year, Year-Round, Year-round school
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Firefox 3 beta 4 code freeze tonight, beta 5 release looks likely
- Firefox 3 beta 4 code freeze tonight, beta 5 release looks likelyFantastique!ntRE: Firefox 3 beta 4 code freeze tonight, beta 5 release looks likelyI hope they fix the bugs that cause FF3 to crash on a consistent basis for me. Sadly, I doubt they will as most of the...
- Tags: Web browsers, OK Here, beta, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3 beta 4, FF3, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio scores
- How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio scoresFrank SSony provides both static (which they call on-screen) and dynamic contrast ratios in their specs. But I notice retailers aren't as forthcoming when they advertise them--you're less likely to see the static contrast ration in a newspaper ad.Kind of, sort of, like...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Digital rights management (DRM), Sony Corp., OK Here, LCD, contrast ratio, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services
- Discussion threads 2007-12-23
- S60 touch technology announced, watch out Apple
- S60 touch technology announced, watch out Apple"Watch Out Apple"I don't think they need to worry too much. After all, the majority of times we see something like this it falls up short in some way.To Wit: Zune. The "iPod Killer"RE: S60 touch technology announced, watch out AppleMatt it...
- Tags: Bluetooth Stereo, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows NT, Nokia Corp., S60, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- ATEN experimenting with nanocoated KVM switches
- OK, here's a bit of a switch literally. KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) switch vendor ATEN Technology in Irvine, Calif., has introduced a bunch of products that feature antimicrobial nanocoating. Its theory is that some of the most germ-contaminated items in the average work environment include the...
- Tags: Theory, Green Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- Apple bumper patch vindicates MOAB, MOKB hackers
- Apple bumper patch vindicates MOAB, MOKB hackersSo you admit you are a zealot?From your post above:[i]Well played shoot the messenger fallacy. Now anyone who disagrees with the author can be smeared as a denier, liar and zealot.[/i]Looks like Scrat was right! Zealot.Ohhh...NicerestI thought it was the "strawman argument". Your...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, OK Here, Apple Inc., Apple Users, TPM, TPM DRM, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2007-03-14
- BlackBerry patent would ease content transfer from other mobile devices
- BlackBerry patent would ease content transfer from other mobile devicesThis sounds surprisingly likea device currently on the market today for many electronic devices: it is known as an [i]adapter[/i].All patents must die [nt].I thought STANDARDS eased content transfer?Microsoft has shown that their standard makes content transfer fairly easy... especially...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, OK Here, mobile, patent, RIM BlackBerry, mobile device
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- Tech manufacturers rally against Net neutrality
- Tech manufacturers rally against Net neutralityMoney, Money, Money..Sure, because they are drooling at the thought of flogging loads of new networking gear with traffic analysis linked to complex billing systems.Article title is hyperbolicAs the article itself says, these people were there supporting the bill, trying to get it passed. They...
- Tags: Socialism, Net Neutrality, AT&T Corp., Internet, OK Here
- Discussion threads 2006-09-19
- Reed Hundt says, make the Internet a top priority
- Reed Hundt says, make the Internet a top priorityIs he right? Ha.When have collectivists ever been right?Ok, here's a suggestion. Go back and ask the citizens of Munster whether collectivism works. Or ask the French who starved during the time of the Colbert-Mercantile fiasco. Or ask...
- Tags: OK Here, for-profit, Reed Hundt
- Discussion threads 2006-04-04
- Trolling for page hits
- Trolling for page hitsTrolling for page hits...ClickNo comment.Paul, Paul, Paul, Paul, Paul...Have you read the responses that George Ou typically gets? The vast majority of them are from zealots of the platform he is criticizing, and of course the responses are all negative. Ever read the Talkbacks that John Carrol...
- Tags: Blogging, PRODUCTIVITY, RSS, Apple Intel Mac Mini, OK Here, Paul, George Ou, Murph
- Discussion threads 2006-02-21
- Baffled on backup
- Baffled on backupSuggesting a backup and archive process.OK, here's what you need to do. This process backs up the data in duplicate, creates a long term archive, and allows for some additional protection against system failure.Open the case and pop in a secondary IDE hard disk, ghost the entire...
- Tags: Backups, Consumer electronics, OK Here, DVD, backup, hard drive, Microsoft Windows 98
- Discussion threads 2005-09-20
- Recording, movie groups join Internet2
- Recording, movie groups join Internet2Too many clampdowns?We use Internet2 in our university for multimedia testing and research. Its very fast compared to the Internet. My two cents to the MPAA and RIAA sinec I watch TV.I call BS"Internet2 will serve as a test site for the MPAA and...
- Tags: movie, Internet2, OK Here
- Discussion threads 2005-09-09
- So where are they?
- So where are they?A difficult quandryIn order to understand the answer to Fermi's question, you need a working model of the human mind. The search for a mind model is problematic - the closer you get to defining human thought - the more resistance you get from so-called experts. Its...
- Tags: OK Here, genius, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
- Discussion threads 2005-07-12
- Xten joins the Yahoo! Messenger arsenal: now what? OK, here's what
- Xten joins the Yahoo! Messenger arsenal: now what? OK, here's whatNo, What Will Happen IsThat someone will find a way to charge money for what had been a free pc-to-pc phone to begin with. You have an IM ID, your friends have them, you all have webcams with microphones....
- Tags: Network technology, XTen, OK Here, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-16
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