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The majority of us that have cable or a dish have the capability to do pay for view. I have always been very disappointed with pay for view offerings, thus we rent video's on a regular basis. The wife also gets them from the library which is the best deal in town. But now Tivo and Netflix are proposing a
Those of you running Winzip should visit the Winzip site and download a security patch they have released. They have discovered a security flaw and it is imperative those of you using Winzip to obtain the patch. [Winzip] [ZDNet]
The Kennedy Space Center weathered the storm very well and the shuttles where not damaged. [NASA]
Your doorbell rings you barely get to the door before the police are knocking your door in. They hand you a search warrant and seize all of your computer gear and haul you in for questioning. Imagine your horror when they start asking you why you have been sending kiddie porn from your Internet account. If you are running your
Parents are finding out that kids need more than textbooks to go to college these days. Check out what parents are having to purchase these days. [Yahoo]
This is experimental software that will automatically download content to your iPod. Looks like a great program for getting content sent to your iPod while you sleep. [iPodder.org]
How sure are you that your security policy is effective. Let's say that it is, so how effective is it? What costs are incurred by the policy, and I don't mean just monetary. One way to answer these questions and ensure the policy is not only effective, but also efficient, is to apply the Six Sigma approach.
Students, faculty, and staff at seven campuses of the California State University (CSU) system are at risk for identity theft after a hardware technician improperly disposed of a computer hard drive with unencrypted database tables that included Social Security numbers and other personal details. The CSU is required, under California law, to notify all affected parties.
I have made it a policy here to make a disclaimer when writing about companies I have a personal interest in. So here it is I own stock in Intel. That being said I am quite happy to see that they are following closely on AMD's heals the demonstration of dual core technology at the upcoming Intel Developers Forum. I
Apparently BMI is pretty proud that they have been paying record royalties to their artist. This is at the same time that the RIAA and others are complaining that P2P is costing them Billions. Bunch of hypocrites [Techdirt] Even more amazing links and contradictions. [Arstechnica]
Techdirt has a great article with a lot of links to the message being put forth by Dan Glickman. He is yet another idiot in the food chain that does not understand today's technical based marketplace. As soon as they figure out how to satisfy consumers and assure fair use rights remain in place the better. I have no problem
I think the wife has a few of these laying around from returns. I wonder if Walmart is going to be honoring them now with the report that the cards have been hacked and hackers are cashing out other peoples balances. [Engadget]
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