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- New airport scanning tech might be a little too revealing
- New airport scanning tech might be a little too revealingWe've got one of thoseAt Schiphol airport. You can still choose whether you want to use conventional means like searching by hand or just walk in to the machine and get scanned. People scanning are in another part of the building...
- Tags: Transportation Security Administration, same people
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- Wanted: Cyberbandits, dead or alive
- Wanted: Cyberbandits, dead or aliveCompanies are the real problemMany companies want to sell your data, put in on disks, notebook computers, transfer millions of records to other sites, and the worst part is banks and cable companies sell your information to other companies too... hackers? what a joke. ...
- Tags: Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, American Party, Lincoln, same people, government
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
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- Fake H1N1 (Swine Flu) alerts lead to malware
- How stupid are People?Very much so, I guess.Is there a Mac version?This is useless for me1. No link to fake CDC site.2. No Mac version.Very, and no.[b] [/b]If you're that bummed out.. try Boot Camp.Or WINE...
- Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Operating systems, malware, vulnerability, H1N1 flu, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- Acer announces first Google Chrome OS netbook
- ChromeOS as dual-boot optionAlthough not Google's plan, I think ChromeOS would be a great dual-boot option, for existing Windows & Ubuntu netbooks.When you want an instant on, fast, secure & no maintenance OS, for internet access, boot into ChromeOS. When you need a specific desktop application, boot into Windows or...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Google Inc., Google Chrome, Acer Inc., netbook, ChromeOS, Ubuntu Netbooks, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- EFF sues CIA, DOJ, others over Facebook surveillance
- Did Facebook sell users'information to them?[nt]ntShouting on a street cornerPeople need to get over the illusion of privacy and anonymity on the internet. Its always been an illusion. Posing your personal information on Facebook or other social networking sites is the digital equivalent of standing on a street corner...
- Tags: INTERNET, SECURITY, U.S. Department of Justice, CIA, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Facebook, privacy
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- Are you using Joomla! yet? Why the heck not?
- And how does Google Sites compare with this?Google Sites is available to both Gmail and Google Apps users.Good work!! And of course you should pay somebody to host it, so as to not waste tax payer money hosting it yourself.And, of course, you can run Joomla on a reliable platform!...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, cloud computing, Joomla, Google Inc., Google Sites, Joomla!
- Discussion threads 2009-12-02
- Consumer Reports ranks AT&T last among U.S. wireless carriers
- More salt on the woundEven AT&T's latest commercials seem to echo the very same perceptions everyone has of them. And they seem to do little to help their own image.I think one commercial boasts they can reach something like 98% of the US population, which is great if you...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., VZW, Apple iPhone, LTE, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., wireless carrier, carrier, Consumer Reports, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Amazon CTO Vogels: Cloud computing an option for disaster recovery
- RE:Amazon CTO Vogels: Cloud computing an option for disaster recoveryAgree with Vogels. OpSourcecloud.net has been having the same conversations about DR in the clouds. Many of the attractive features of Cloud Computing lend themselves to DR. The elastic nature to only use what you need when needed is nice, but...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., disaster recovery, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Does God read Facebook? Religion and business on social networks may not mix
- Isn't this a universal problem...People have put various signs and markings on their lawns and cars for years and this is merely putting that on-line in the same way, IMO. It may work well for some and backfire for others. This is a classic, "Damned if you do"...
- Tags: social networking, network, Facebook
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season
- X ThisThanks for the info Dancho and Happy X Year everyone! Did everyone have a good Xgiving day?Not enough space for 'Christmas'?Wow.Seriously, who cares?It seemsyou don't.Good luck when watching YouTube videos, if you ever do.MarkXmas has like, been used forever...as an accepted shortening of the term. Get over it!History excerpt...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Koobface Botnet, Christ, Jesus, Xmas
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Comcast keeps promise, launches data usage meter
- THERE SHOULD BE NOOOO CAP.PERIOD. If less than 1% are using that much bandwidth... WHO CARES?They are just trying to impose a limit on "UNLIMITED" service. They should be forced to stop calling it "UNLIMITED" if there is a 250GB cap and they should have had this in place...
- Tags: Backups, Cable, Comcast Corp., bandwidth user, data usage
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Exploit published for FreeBSD local root vulnerability
- But I thoughtthat Unix was impenetrable, that the superior design would prevent vulnerabilities, and that if a vulnerability was discovered that the same superior design would make it impossible to exploit?Isn't that was the Unix zealots tell us all the time?The fact is that this bug highlights one of the...
- Tags: Operating systems, FreeBSD, Unix, ACL, security, setuid
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Nokia sues Samsung, LG over LCD price fixing
- Poor Nokia... unable to gain market tractionFirst go after Apple and then hardware suppliers... cry us a river.Or maybe just make something innovative that people will want to buy.You missed the point@crobertsIt has nothing to do with gaining traction. I'm certain Nokia does not make their own LCD displays (and...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Nokia Corp., LCD, LCD Price, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'
- RE: Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'Here we go...it's Vista all over again.It could...I don't know if this has happened in safe mode, it would be hard to test. But I don't believe there is anythign you can turn off or change to fix it either. From what I've seen,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Win 7, black screen, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- XP's usage share down, Win 7, Firefox & IE8 up
- Now, if only ....the original Amazon.com $50 price comes back CRITICAL MASS will be achieved (IE: more than 4%).Way to goCongrats Win 7, and Firefox!Hopefully we can put XP to rest for good now and move on with our lives.DOWN WITH XP DOWN WITH XPHopefully XP will see its death...
- Tags: Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Vista STILL, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows 8, Microsoft Corp., Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Why Microsoft pulled the plug on the Win 7/Family Guy promo - Because it was lame
- I was VERY surprised when I learned that MS would be using Family Guy in their commercials. I never watched the show, but I was always amazed, when flipping channels, at how the guy's chin looked like testicles. I guess MS never looked at it that way. ;-) When...
- Tags: Family Guy, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- New ransomware attack blocks Internet access
- If the user accepted the EULA then I guess it's all legal, right?If the EULA says the software demands payment then the user has no option but pay.Wait, a virus blocks itself from transmitting?LOL, and I thought only ISPs blocked your network access if you were infected.Not trueKaspersky and Mcaffee...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Internet access, attack, Linux, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- $300 CrunchPad is no more, legal mess all that remains
- Cold blooded Fusion Garage - boycott timeI have followed the CrunchPad development from very early on, long before Fusion Garage got involved. I can't imagine that there is ANY way they can justify coming onto a project long after it started and then stealing it to produce on their own....
- Tags: Financial accounting, CrunchPad, legal mess, Arrington
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Can Chrome OS save us from racket ware?
- Open Source / Repositories vs. Windows Closed SourceThe idea of having GPG-protected repositories which contain open source apps is central to the notion that these apps' source code is viewed by 'many eyes' and as such, vetted.Get your app outside of your designated O/S approved repos and you 'tempt fate'.In...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Open source is not about Wall Street
- only M$ ia about wall street greedand yet it failed to deliver because of its flawed business model.The answer to the Golden Rule"My way or the highway," may work for proprietary, closed code, but with Open Source there is always a FORK in the road.MySQL can easily become OurSQL. Larry...
- Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
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