What does it take to Patch a security issue
Ever wonder what happens to a security issue when it is reported to Microsoft and what it takes to patch products. A reporter at Ziff Davis was given a inside look. [ZDNet]
From the archive
June 2004
81 posts
Mainstream Technology Companies support challenge to copyright law
OK here is some good news from the digital divide that puts some of the tech industries biggest players on the side of consumers in supporting the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act which is also referred to HR 107 which I have been advocating that you support. I am continuing to encourage you to write to your Congressional Representative to
Spammer tells all!
How much money would you have to make a month to become a troll and become a spammer. Rego Zenger has an interesting article on how much money a spammer actually made as the spammer explains the process on the trials and tribulations of sending spam to 100's of thousands of people. [rejo.zenger.nl]
Why most open source projects fail
Some people have questioned my motives when I make the following statement. Commercially supported software products normally out development of open-source projects. There are several reasons for my saying this and I will lay them out. 1. Dedicated Team of Paid Programmers lead by a lead developers. 2. Product vision for development. 3. Financially driven to make sure product succeeds.
Are you a Domain Name Junkie
I am always on the lookout for certain domains and luckily some owners have either quit using them or forget to renew and they become available again. Their are several commercial software packages out there that search for you. But by far the best I have found is the free site [www.deleteddomains.com] be sure to check them out when searching
Weblogging about your job and career
I do not talk about my regular job on this or my private website as I know my employer would not be real happy about it. But I have been thinking about writing on a particular facet of my Job that my employer probably would not have any issue with. I have had a domain for a couple of years
Comment Spam
I noticed upon my return to the blog after not posting for 12 days that the amount of Spam that was put on the site while I was away was staggering. I had nearly 500 comments that where purely spam. What is interesting is as soon as I put my blacklist tool to work cleaning up that mess the spam
The Mojave Spaceport
One of our associate writers covered the Spaceship One coverage today but I could not help but make a comment. I sat the alarm for a 3am wake-up here in Hawaii and the wife nudged me out of bed after my body was more inclined to stay in bed. I quickly turned on CNN and watched the proceedings. My only
Modern Medicine
Since my accident I have been to the x-ray room 7 times to catscan three times and one MRI. I am sure my insurance company will be happy with the bill these have been invaluable in evaluating the before and after results of my surgery and to track the healing progress. Today while on a non-standard follow up to try
I have some Gmail Invites to give away
Google has given me a number of Gmail invites to give away and I thought I would offer them up here. Being this is a technical site I am looking for technical resources so the person that suggest to me the best resource will get an account. I will give everyone 3 days to come up with suggestions and you
MT Skin Developers moved to WordPress
I have been helping my daughter get her weblog going and we opted to purchase her a premade skin for her site. We spent several hours going through different developers that design for MT. We found a nice skin that fit her personality and looked like it would be the cat's meow. I paid for the skin and asked that
Will Gmail support International Languages?
My wife has a Hotmail account that is defaulted to Japanese. She got tired of Outlook acting weird and sometimes not converting the incoming message correctly or when she would send a e-mail and the receiver getting junk characters. So I set her up a Hotmail account and she now has no issues getting or sending Japanese e-mail. Well I
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