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It's nice to see a company stand up and fight the RIAA. When a organization like the RIAA can send lawyers and lobbyist to Washington DC along with contributing to politicians re-election war-chest on one front and churn out subpoenas against 12 yr old girls and grandfathers on the other the battle against the RIAA needs all the help it
If you have not already purchased a third party firewall then at the very least you should go to the Microsoft web site and follow there security instructions to help eliminate any chance your system is compromised. [Microsoft]
It's nice to see that more and more sites are getting exposed for what they truly are. Ars Technica has penned the phrase "journo-lobbying". Talk about the ultimate scam this is another way that companies are able to influence markets, politics & fund raising etc. [Ars Technica]
Carnegie Mellon Campus has a cool tool that allows you to see all WiFi users on there network and where they are located. Kinda makes me wonder if a college can track users locations thru there WiFi devices makes me wonder what else there tracking. [Carnegie Mellon]
Yes you read that correctly. Seems some music labels are starting to see the light. Great commentary on the subject at [Techdirt]
This is a essential guide that will help you prepare for an Internet failure ;) [The Toque]
Interesting article on the register apparently there is a cybercrime treaty in work that if Congress buys into could allow foreign countries easy access to personal information. "The Treaty, designed to streamline cooperation between signatory countries, will significant expand the power of investigators to access data and prosecute offenses ranging from copyright infringement to "hate speech"." The Registers fears are
I run a spyware cleaner on my computers 3 times a week but I suspect some of you have never run one. A British Credit Card company is claiming that a e-mail that was sent to the company earlier in the year carried a payload that allowed desktops to be monitored and calling home to mama. This is the first
I have never been a fan of AOL and have always given friends of mine the dickens when I find out there using AOL. I think AOL success in the past was based upon consumers not having a clue and AOL making it easy for users to get on the net. The majority of consumers where happy to stick a
Seems the telephone industry is worried that changing dynamics of how people talk to each other could hurt there industry when people are allowed to take there home phone numbers with them and move them to there cell phones. [ZDNet]
How would you like to wake up one morning load your web browser and the domain you have worked so hard to build branding and user following has been hijacked! Seems this is still going on when will it end. [TechWorld]
I will be in San Diego tomorrow/today Tuesday the 18th thru mid-day on the 20th and after the success of the dinner we had with the folks in Chicago will put out a invitation to any Southern California bloggers. Was thinking about Japengos at the Hyatt in La Jolla Wednesday evening. I really like the food there and have not
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