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Seems that IBM finally got a clue and is pulling all support for OS/2. I had some friends running it back 5-6 years ago. It was a decent OS but never took off. Kinda like the Apple :) but I do know some people are using it on older hardware to run some legacy applications primarily BBS software and some
The spammer king that has been signed up for every mailing list known to man along with a host of other actions may have turned the heat up on a person photographing his house. If you are unfamiliar with the story here is part 2 of a Detroit Free Press Article. Then here is a follow up story of a
My oldest child spends a lot of supervised time on the net. She fully understands that tracking software is installed and subject to my oversight. She also understands that when using Internet sources as references the proper way to give credit and reference the source. Well it seems some kids and some parents just don't get it. According to a
I have been attempting over the past few months to ensure that software that gets installed on my PC's increase my productivity. As I spend a great deal of time on the web and tend to go down roads that mortals fear to tread in order to get all the juicy stuff we put on this site. Well that opens
Seems a spammer who had a court injunction to not spam AOL users decided his scam messages need to be sent to AOL again. Well the company got slapped with a 7 million dollar fine. [News.Com]
You want to read the story of the week and say HMMMMM well it seems that the recording/radio industry has realized they have lost. I wonder if this is why the new Whitney Houston CD was priced at $8.95? Jeez at $8.95 I might be willing to buy the CD. We have the power now to say publish a CD
I was one of the early purchasers of this program. My worry was that the MPAA or the RIAA would file suit to halt it's shipment. I have it hot in my hands but now surprisingly 321Studios has filed suit against the people we expected to attack the program, in a pre-emptive lawsuit. They wish to validate that you and
A very informative article got the old gears spinning in my head today. When the Internet was invented without restrictions so long as you could connect to it and you could communicate with TCP/IP you could bring the full resources of your company to bear and bring programs, tools, content and innovation to life. All of us want it to
I travel a great deal and last week while in a hotel room the dial-up connection was terrible. I could only stay on-line 30 seconds which really sucked. I had left my Wi-Fi card home by mistake and kicked myself real hard the full 3 days as I knew were some public Wi-Fi spots were in town. But a article
There are many credit protection services out there I have been reviewing Privacy Guard plans and what they have to offer. Seems like a decent plan, but I really want a service that watches for action on my credit account and flags it and lets me know by e-mail anytime someone hits it for information. I think in this day
I did this experiment at home and you all can do the same. "Hey Honey come here, Yes Dear, Hey babe can you do me a favor and count the number of CD-R Decks in the computer, Sure honey let's see 1-2 I see 2 CD-R Decks in your computer, Ahh yep thats the same amount I counted thanks for
Those true geeks out there will remember when DirecTV did there Black Tuesday assault on hacked DirecTV boxes. Seems since then the pirates have kept on hacking boxes and DirecTV has been fighting the war on many fronts. It seems they may have bit of more than they wanted to and users are fighting back in court. A great article
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