I don’t ordinarilly send out these types of things. (Goes the mantra from your friends who always send you junk.) It is true, I try not to be reactionary and alarmist. I try not to rile people up with bug fixes they need to install NOW. Most bug fixes can wait. They tend to not be […]
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http://www.news.com/Microsoft-Vista-feature-designed-to-annoy-users/2100-1016_3-6237191.html?tag=html.alert.hed
Yeah.. that’s about right…
Cross claimed it is a myth that users just turn UAC off, saying that Microsoft had collected opt-in information from users that showed that 88 percent were running UAC. Cross said it was also a myth that users blindly accept prompts without reading them.
“It’s a myth that users click ‘yes,’ ‘yes,’ […]
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Google is being sued by Northeastern and a company called Jarg out of Massachusetts. I actually had heard a bit about Jarg previously. Kenneth Baclawski was one of my professors at Northeastern. In fact he was one of the best professors I had when I studied at Northeastern University. I remember him telling me about Jarg way […]
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I’ve been seeing a large bump in spam lately. It is about the same as I saw last year right before November’s record breaking jump. I have a feeling that spam this Christmas season will be even worse than last year.
Oh and one more thing. I’m going to get blamed for all of it… as […]
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There is a problem with the International Space Station’s main computer. The computer that keeps the space station in orbit. The Russians are blaming the addition of a solar array by the Americans. That is a classic “It worked fine before you added this device” post-hoc theory. Sometimes that works.Â
 I just think its slightly humorous […]
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This credit card prank pulled off by Zug.com had me laughing hysterically. It is funny mainly because it is so true. I could see myself getting away with trying this. No one really ever looks at your credit card signature. The lazy store clerk just looks at you with a look of disgust that they even have […]
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Dell has announced they will be shipping Ubuntu 7.0.4 Feisty Fawn on their new Linux based PC’s
This could be a really good thing for the Linux, as well as the Open Source Communities. I’m very cautious, yet also somewhat excited about this news. I’m still not convinced that Linux is ready for the desktop arena. I’ve been skeptical about […]
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This article claims Google has 64 percent of the search market. It is not surprising that they have cornered the market on searches. Google has the brains to do not only the best quality searches, but also the services to go along with it. They are giving away many really good services. I do question […]
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I have wondered what it is like to not have the Internet. I have been ‘online’ in one way or another since I was 7 years old. This is no small feat considering I was 7 in 1984. My mother even uses a computer hooked up to the Internet. My father on the other hand […]
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This seems almost too over simplified. But the truth is, most of the techies I know don’t get spy ware or viruses. Why? Not because we are immune, but because we don’t go to the types of sites that will get you infected. It’s quite comical to see the faces, or hear the voices of […]
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