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Seems I am not the only one that has been dealing with more PC's inundated with Spyware and Adware. I explained in earlier articles that my kids computers are loaded with all the software to fight the intruders. Unfortunately I usually have to slick the drive every 90 days or so because they click on something that gets through the
My wife and I went to a work related party last night which turned out to be pretty boring. So much for the $70.00 spent on tickets. We left early and knew that the sitter was good to go decided to drop in on a friend of hers. We get to her house and I am admiring her house and
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced, in a public report, that a system of monetary rewards would help improve the enforcement of the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2002 (CAN-SPAM Act.) That Act, which became effective on January 1, 2004, required the FTC to conduct a study and provide a report to Congress on a CAN-SPAM "bounty system." While the fact that bounties may be offered to those who help authorities in nabbing spammers doesn't unusual, what is very much out of the ordinary is the projected bounty amounts necessary to make them effective.
The linked audio clip hits a major home run in my book. If you work in an organization that controls your work PC to the point that it easier to take work home and then transfer it back to your work PC once your finished this will strike a nerve. I can relate several major horror stories but the audio
Six Apart the company behind Movable Type have announced a new website that will serve as a entry point for developers and IT professionals. Looks like a great resource and they already have some articles available that will help the general user of Movable Type. [www.sixapart.com/pronet]
The wires are running red hot over at the Firefox download sites. People have downloaded Firefox 1.0, 1 million times in 100 hours. The number of downloads has gotten everyones attention. [spreadfirefox.com]
The Scobleizer pointed us to a Blog by Adam Barr which should prove to be a great read. "Adam Barr, the guy who wrote the book about Microsoft titled "Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters" is now back at Microsoft again and also just started an interesting blog. Does he really have a set of DOS 1.0 disks? That's cool." [Scobleizer]
Hi folks had a bad case of the flu and was out of action for a couple of days. So much for the flu shot I got last week probably is what caused me to be sick. I am beginning to realize that these flu shots are not what they are chalked up to be.
A multi-state ring of software pirates was apprehended by U.S. law enforcement authorities, resulting in a seizure of possibly $87 million worth of pirated software. The raid followed a two-year investigation of 11 people from California, Texas, and Washington. The 11 defendants are charged with conspiring to distribute counterfeit computer software and documentation with a retail value of well over $30 million. according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.
I am awaiting a Perl upgrade on this server before allowing trackbacks again as the spammers where hitting us pretty hard. As soon as the perl upgrade is finished we will have a new tool protecting the comments and the trackbacks.. [Online Journalism Review]
Gosh I wish I could claim the scoop but it seems Robert Scoble found out the answer when he asked the Gmail Project Manager why the project has not been rolled out to everyone. Seems they do not have enough servers and only as they add servers do they allow existing users to hand-out more invites. "First session I attended?
The Free Standards Group announced this morning the availability of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) 2.0, an essential component for the long-term market success of Linux. By ensuring a common, agreed-upon standard from which Linux applications may be developed, the LSB supports Linux developer's competition with Microsoft and its Windows operating system.
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