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Mozilla Foundation Releases Firefox 1.0

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox 1.0, the long-awaited competitor of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. Developing a loyal following during beta testing, Firefox was released at 1 A.M. PST today and users from around the world quickly brought the mozilla.org servers to a grinding halt.

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Todd Cochrane
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Do not use a News Aggreator or iPodder in a Hilton Hotel

Seems Hilton Hotel chains are using a ISP service by a company called Greentree. They watch the outbound traffic of all guest connected computers. I have had intermittent problems with my connection just locking up. Turns out their monitor watches…

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Todd Cochrane
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Google Desktop has privacy advocates worried!

Seems privacy advocates are really worried that Google’s desktop will be open people up for privacy invasion. It is true if your PC is compromised a hacker could get into your system and load a webpage and search for financial,…

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Todd Cochrane
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Ridiculous way of combating unsecured WiFi access

I just read a article and I swear I looked at the date to make sure it wasn’t an April fools joke. Seems some idiot over ZDNet want to equip police cars with WiFi detectors that will pinpoint unsecured wireless…

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Todd Cochrane
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Windows Update Confusion

Last week one of my co-workers was bitching up a storm about all of the Windows updates he was having to download. Then we he had spent several hours on dial-up and the update asked him for his Windows 2000…

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Todd Cochrane