Archive for January, 2009
Monday, January 26th, 2009
I'm sure that by now a lot of people have heard about the latest bit of malware making the rounds called the 'Downadup' worm and popularly known as "Cornflicker". According to an article on Computerworld, it's spreading fast and has already infected anywhere from 6% to 30% of PC's.
According ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
I've seen this video before but ran into it again this morning on stumbleupon and it got me thinking. Weird as it may sound, I think maybe I can justify building one as part of my plan to lose weight. At least, I'm sure gonna try. :D
You ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
It seems like only a week or two ago when I heard about the RIAA deciding to walk away from one of their infamous "Discovery" cases. You know the kind, where they bring a lawsuit against a whole bunch of John Doe's and come in demanding that their real ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
In recent months I haven't seen nearly as much talk about network neutrality, what it means to average users, what telephone companies and large ISPs want to do with the Internet and perhaps most importantly, what Washington and our newly elected president intend to actually DO about it.
This does not ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
There's a report out from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) that claims that 95% of all music downloads are illegal.
Well of course the music industry would like us to believe that. I seem to recall hearing about an RIAA report that claims illegal downloads are up ...
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