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If you have not run Windows Update in a while you may want to. Microsoft announced yesterday it had found some security issues with almost all flavors of Windows. As this is really no surprise as it seems they are finding something nearly every week. [The Inquirer]
In a utterly fascinating article a Jim Gray sits down and talks about where we are headed with Network Storage. This article should provide a lot of insight to both the geek and non geek. The disclaimer on the interview is you better clear your schedule as you will want to read the whole thing once your started. I agree
This observation is going to change a lot of theories of the universe.. "In new observations of a distant region of primitive stars, astronomers have found the oldest known planet, a huge gaseous object almost three times as old as Earth and nearly as old as the universe itself. The discovery, based on measurements by the Hubble Space Telescope, challenged
Tokyo already banned camera-phones in locker rooms for obvous reasons, but more and more trouble continues over-seas " Some people are secretly taking photos up women's skirts and down into bathroom stalls. Others are avoiding buying books and magazines by snapping free shots of desired pages. "The problem with a new technology is that society has yet to come up
I learned the very hard way about 5 years ago what it was like to not have a secure network. I came into the office with several machines with fatal errors. The disk had been slicked by a sick individual. Thank God for very diligent backup practices. But in todays world if you do not have a physical firewall more
Adam Curry admitted a few days ago to paying $10,000 dollars to get his website placed into the default aggreator list in Radio Userland. I have mixed feelings about this. ;( I will tell you this Geek News Central has been lucky, the site has been included in several stand alone aggreators default load list. We got there for free.
It is such a pain to have to fire the laptop up to find a WiFi signal but with a detector device from Kensington now solves that. [Kensington]
Fred Langa not only has a great newsletter he also comes up with some kick butt articles from time to time. Those of you that have ever had the ultimate screen of death that was unrecoverable and hung your head down and cursed Bill Gates and his minions. Well there is hope to recover from some of the worst disasters
There are many business managers out there that need to hire guys like Mike McBride this guy understands his job. If only I could get some of our IT to realize this. Technology and Software evolves those that sign on to the notion that they have to have the latest and greatest all of the time are going to find
Looks like people are getting pissed and will be taking the fight back to the RIAA. It's about time lets see if they can flood congressional offices and the RIAA with the letters of concern. [The Register]
This probably doesn't actually work, but SK Telecom in South Korea is offering its subscribers an anti-mosquito download for cellphones that tweaks handset so they'll emit the kinds of high-frequency sound waves that are supposed to annoy and repel mosquitos. [Gizmodo] [Hankooki.com]
After several delays the Mars Rover is in space and headed toward Mars. [NASA]
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