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- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Why does Safari stink?
- Why does Safari stink?Safari on iPhone is even worseSafari on a Mac should work at least as well as Firefox. but on the iPhone it crashes regularly or locks up the iPhone. And it appears Apple's licensing is designed to preclude any competition:"Apple's software requirements for the device are too...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Channel management, Web technology, KHTML, Apple Safari, Safari stink, stink, Web, Web browser, Web site
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customersDemocracy versus politicsThank you for discussing the difference between spectator politics and participative democracy. It seems to me that technology can definitely be put to better use for enabling the latter. At the risk of rambling, perhaps that might be a role that the newspaper...
- Tags: Government, Attention Craig Newmark
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?
- What's in IE 8 for enterprise users?The biggest thing in IE8 for the enterprise: continued compatibilityproblems and continued foot dragging on the standards front. Also very slow JavaScript. Much slower than the already released version of FireFox, Opera, and Safari. Pretty sad . . . .RE: What's in IE 8...
- Tags: Web browsers, Quality, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, enterprise user, standards, Mozilla Firefox, IE8, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- The role of media in the Internet age
- The role of media in the Internet ageThe problem is simple and will never be correctedPrint media is dying because they are not much more than democrat-party house organs and people are tired of listening to "America sucks" stories that constitute their constant non-stop drivel.They'll never fix the problem because...
- Tags: Investment, Advertising & Promotion, stock price, stock, problem-I, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Dell XPS M1330-126B
- Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.While 13-inch laptops make up only a small part of the market, Apple's popular MacBook has made this form factor, which we call thin-and-light, a staple...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, XPS 1330, Apple MacBook, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-08-26
- Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit
- The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team CERT has issued a warning for what it calls "active attacks" against Linux-based computing infrastructures using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kernel exploits to...
- Tags: Linux, SSH, Attack, U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, Rootkits, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notifications
- Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine 'nagware' notificationsI don't know what difference it will makePeople who love Windows will still love Windows. People who hate Windows will still hate Windows. People who pirate Windows will still pirate Windows.RE: Microsoft to target Windows XP Pro users with Genuine...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Pro user, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Go ahead...bring in your laptop
- Go ahead...bring in your laptopWe allow people to use their ownso long as they allow me to install security software and updates and inspect the machines at my discretion. Those who do use their own see this as me doing them a favor, not the other way around.I use my...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Cyberthreats, network, Go-Ahead, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Vertical line issue also plagues some iMacs
- Vertical line issue also plagues some iMacsWhat part is breaking?The video chip on the mobo or the LCD?Good spooky story timingMy four year old Dell LCD monitor (1704FPTT) began displaying a vertical yellow line, or two, recently. Mine is still sporadic, but I'm sure it will stay or get...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, Apple Store, Dual-Core box, Apple Inc., line issue, monitor, LCD
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night
- To listen to health care debates raging in the U.S. and Canada is to hear ideology taken to extremes. Most Canadians can't get private health care at all, and the Canadian Medical Association CMA is fighting an uphill battle to build a private system. In the U.S.,...
- Tags: U.S., Health Care, Canada, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- I'm a Wii Fit believer
- I'm a Wii Fit believerthis is sadI might be old school sporter, but I find this sad. It is like going to a gym to run like a lab rat or a cage hamster. I promise you this: in 3 months they will not do it anymore, and the whole...
- Tags: Team management, Nintendo Wii, Wii Fit
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- News to know: RIP enterprise data center; Red Hat breach; Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dion Hinchcliffe: Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center? Joe McKendrick: Is SOA an elixir or real fix for 'medieval'...
- Tags: Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Palm Inc., Video, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Google and Sirius XM: Build my "Dream" Handheld
- The current rumor-mongering seems to indicate that HTC's "Dream" will soon be making landfall in the US. Based on the initially leaked specs of this device, it still sounds like it doesn't do what I really would want it to do in order to replace by Blackberry 8820. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Handheld, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Video, Sirius, Android, Mesh Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- Demanding users: good news for RIAs, bad for "tech pros"
- Demanding users: good news for RIAs, bad for "tech pros"IT is the problem not the employeeI love how IT keeps the worker down, as if they somehow have the final say in the purchase/use of software on a companies network. It's usually the department head or higher up that...
- Tags: Social networking, Instant messaging, IT IS, rich Internet application
- Discussion threads 2008-08-23
- Demanding users: good news for RIAs, bad for "tech pros"
- I've always taken two things as given. One, RIAs provide a far better experience for every day users and make them more productive. Two, that it was difficult to convince companies to spend money on that kind of prodictivitiy. That's why I was interested to read about the opinion of...
- Tags: Software, Rich Internet Application, Worker, Tools & Techniques, Management, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-08-23
- The iPhone 3G honeymoon seems to be over for some folks
- The iPhone 3G honeymoon seems to be over for some folksMy honeymoon is still going on....But it's probably more due to "technological ignorance is bliss". I don't own an iPhone, or any other type of smart phone, for that matter. I purchased a $20 Motorola GoPhone 2 years...
- Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple iPhone 3G, honeymoon, iPhone 3G honeymoon
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach
- Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachthis is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!this is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!RE: Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachLOL!! What have I been saying all along? That linux is NOT secure and is NOT suitable for any purpose....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Red Hat Inc., security, Linux, security breach, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Episode 61 - The Smelly Laptop
- If you haven't heard the news, Jerry Seinfeld has recently been hired to do an entire campaign of advertisements for Microsoft. When I learned of this, I thought of a classic Seinfeld episode that could be re-enacted, with only a few minor dialogue changes to bring it up to date....
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Computer, Elaine, GEORGE, Susan, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
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