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We all know computers that have no firewall protection and plugged directly into a broadband connection are highly likely to have been infiltrated. But I think it is irresponsible for news agencies to make announcements without giving details to the user on how to regain control of there computer. Sure they referenced getting a firewall, but that does not good
Wired has a review of the coolest gadgets thus far this year. Lot's of items to cause damage to your credit card bill. [Wired]
You can only put up with living in a hotel so long. I have been here nearly 50 days and talk about stir crazy. But I have some airline reservations in my hands and I will be headed back to Hawaii in about 10 days or so. So here I am in the middle of the night reading the news.
I personally don't know how Apple is going to do this, but they are trying to patent the technique as its own. On the other hand, I hope they adopt this cool feature to Panther OS X 10.3 "Apple has filed for a patent that suggests the company is working on a new mobile device capable of supporting multiple users.
Now this is cool. Developers from Monah University are trying to create a program that will recognize your laughter. That's awesome. "The office may start to sound like a fun place with the development by an Australian university of laughter-recognition software. SoundHunter was developed by computer scientists at Monah University in Melbourne to make it easier for employees to log
You don't have to be a rocket science to figure this one out. The majority of computer users use Windows; hackers go for the majority. Easy as that. News.com has a great article (obvously more in-depth) about this issue "A class of attacks that allows a user to take control of any PC or server could leave computer systems in
Guess what Ad-Aware finds when I do a scan? DoubleClick. Yes, DoubleClick puts adware on your system, which I hate. They should be in this "legal spat" "Net marketing company DoubleClick plans to sue MaxWorldwide for about $10 million over the sale last year of its Internet ad-sales business, according to a securities filing. In response, New York-based MaxWorldwide notified
From my experience with digital camera's and I have used a bunch of them. I think the only reason I would every upgrade beyond what I have now is if my 35mm camera with changeable lenses ever breaks. I still carry 2 cameras from time to time. When you need a Zoom lense the 35mm is the camera of choice
Everyone likes freebies well our friends over at PC World have just came up with a pretty awesome list of resource sites, software, newsletters and a whole lot more great article. [PC World]
This news is a couple of days old and I have not been able to find any new information out on this topic. It seems someone was or is jamming a satellite channels that carries primarily Iranian broadcasting originating in the United States. The Jamming is not being done by the Iranian Government but by some outside group which the
Seems AOL is using a personalization engine that suggest things for you to do, see, watch and hear. But you have to give up some personal information first. Thus in reality you build your own personality profile and they use that to determine things that may interest you. If your willing to let them keep a profile on you then
Well like duhhhh seems to me this is pretty obvious those that swap music do it because they like music and have a particular interest in acquiring music. So why should it come as a surprise the buy more than the average consumer. This just proves that the RIAA will be stepping on a land-mine by going after file-swappers it
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