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Straight dope from Fake Steve Jobs

Straight dope from Fake Steve JobsHa - Great Article; Pirates of Silicon ValleyPirates of Silicon Valley may be shown at the Lincoln Square Cinema in Belleview Washington, complements of IBM at around 6 PM on July 10th. What a great post I-phone film. I do not remember IBM being portrayed...

Tags: Piracy, Straight Dope, Fake Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2007-07-05

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Ballmer: Microsoft's open to more Linux deals

Ballmer: Microsoft's open to more Linux dealsLike Loverock doesn't create FUD?Which is what he does quite often, a little too often which is why no one listens. Everyone with sense is sick of the Loverock BS.The FUD on both sides is deafening ...and you, Loverock, contribute a good deal more...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Loverock, Linux, Steve Ballmer, FUD, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-11-09

Chinese firms get hold of Microsoft tech

Chinese firms get hold of Microsoft techUse Linux if you are patrioticMicrosoft is slowly moving both its technology (e.g. give Windows source code) and investment to China to help the communism out there. I recommend every patriotic fellow American to boycott Microsoft, as did by European Union.China is the super...

Tags: Linux, Government, Operating systems, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., CHINA IS, Chinese firm

Discussion threads 2006-10-31

Oct 3 (tomorrow): DRM lovers' day of reckoning?

Oct 3 tomorrow: DRM lovers' day of reckoning?Simple oneWebsite designers can thanks to MS detect whether clients connecting to them support some of the greasier DRMfoolishness such as remote attestation.Those infected get redirected to a "security fault detected" page with removal/repair instructions.It ain't free to make - it ain't free...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, DefectiveByDesign.org

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

OSX.Leap.A: a near miss for Mac users

OSX.Leap.A: a near miss for Mac usersOh so true!User ignorance can run the whole security thing off the rails. I think Apple, experienced users and Mac-based journalists should get the word out -- pronto and loud. The OS is very solid, but it just takes one naive user a second...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, OSX, operating system, Nothing, virus

Discussion threads 2006-02-17

Motorola to pump music into outerwear

Motorola to pump music into outerwearWhat I'm interested in seeing....is a jacket that could pump liquor into me veins. Think of how popular that would be in Russia. All cold and miserable outside but suddenly you have some delicious Stoli seeping into your lifeline superhighway. Or how about a hat...

Tags: Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-01-04

Security firm justifies virus writer's job

Security firm justifies virus writer's jobThe company is named!!SecurePoint has been added to my blacklist of companies, permanantly.Oh puh-leeze>> "Under consideration of the underlying relations, it was right to give him a job. The kid was just an immature boy with mindless intent, nothing more," So as long the...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Recruitment & Selection, Viruses and worms, virus, job, Securepoint, security

Discussion threads 2004-09-24