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Avoiding tech traps for the unwary

congress should learn...the first paragraph says it all.And to that I say, "Well duh!"I don't understand why anything makes it to law that clearly is not totally understood by the old folks home on the hill.Somebody help me out here!

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Discussion threads 2007-02-02

Microsoft speeds up phishing shield for IE 7

more settings???it would be nice if there were settings to allow for by-passing the phishing check, for example on any Microsoft site. Why are we waiting for Microsoft Update to pass the phishing test??

Tags: windows, phishing, jdw242, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Discussion threads 2006-12-18

Bill would make sex offenders submit e-mail addresses

more stupidity from on highstupid because nobody can fake an email address. Yeah right. This is why politicians should NOT vote or talk about things they clearly don't understand.This bill will not make anyone safe; it will give a dangerous false sense of security, especially since it only requires the...

Tags: jdw242, offender, security, e-mail, e-mail address

Discussion threads 2006-12-08

Ripping DVDs may never be the same again

clue??It's about time the Movie Studios got the clue that consumers will continue to make movies fit on personal players; at least until the movies themselves are made more portable. That's just how it is; at least in my household.What about Wal-

Tags: off-topic, jdw242, permission, DVD

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

Cool or cruel? Screensaver that mimics Blue Screen of Death

BSOD: How cool is that!it's an old screen saver, but it's a good one to use in my IS environ; others in this building are constantly telling me my machine is broken; even though I keep music playing that you can hear from the hallway!Love it; wh

Tags: tech news, windows, BSOD, jdw242, McAfee Inc., screensaver, blue screen of death

Discussion threads 2006-11-15

Politicians: Clueless on technology?

understatment of the YEAR??I had an argument with my wife the other night about this very point.It is unthinkable that politicians make decisions affecting so many people on issues they know only some to less than nothing about. I know that lobbyi

Tags: C.H.I., C.I., career, computer, it management, jdw242, linux, windows

Discussion threads 2006-10-30

Google CEO: Techies must educate governments

only two things from mefirst, to say "There is a generational gap" between online netizens and the governments is a gigantic understatement. How many stupid laws would be non-existant if the government and the judges new 10% of what the lobbyists themselves purport to know.Second, "human-scale storage". The only road...

Tags: feedback, Google Inc., government, jdw242

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox

unfortunateit's unfortunate that these 'black hats' aren't doing anything legal with their communications networks, otherwise we'd all have secure browsers, and other products.Firefox users: How to protect yourself from thisThis article describes an apparent vulnerability that can be exploited by malicious JavaScript. I don't know any more about this vulnerability...

Tags: hacker, internet, JavaScript, jdw242, Mozilla Firefox, NOSCRIPT Firefox, NoScript Firefox Extension, security, vulnerability, Web site

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

Browser taps into Web privacy fears

IE Wrapper!so, given it uses IE, and the author claims that updates to IE will be used, that means it could be broken like IE; right?Wild stab in the dark hereLaunch IE. wait for it to finish.Call the APIS to clear cache and history, got to be more complex than...

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, misnomer, security, internet, jdw242, Web browser, Web

Discussion threads 2006-09-01

Infineon gets order for U.S. passport chips

dangerous ideasso, now I feel safer; nope, not at all.Especially with things like this: http://cq.cx/proxmark3.plAnyone else feel safer??Foiled protection....Oh gosh! I feel SO much safer! Especially now that they're thinking about making little foil wallets to keep the e-passports in. Like I'm supposed to rely on a...

Tags: chip, digitaL, security, rfid, jdw242, Infineon Technologies AG

Discussion threads 2006-08-21

Anticrime group calls for laws to curb 'cyberbullying'

confront issueI suppose if one is not brave enough to stand in front of another person and state their thoughts to that person then a big confront issue exists. As has always been, and apparently always will be, bullys will do their coercive chatting behind the backs of others, and...

Tags: bully, confront, harassment, it management, jdw242, weakness

Discussion threads 2006-08-18

Apple: iPod means our pod

I'm confuseddoes this mean that the PODs I was looking at to store my extra stuff is not made by Apple? Who will be there to fix any issues I may have?Honestly though, at what point will intelligence re-take control over greed? This is asinine, and is another attempt to...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple iPod, ipod, apple, stupidity, trademark, jdw242, networking, Trademark Law

Discussion threads 2006-08-16

Stopping fraud by blackballing PCs

not thought out fullyso, a savvy fraudster that really took the time to learn something in computer science couldn't run a virtual pc on their machine ( or 100 ) and set up these accounts?This is a prime example of lack luster research.Thus we see the first users of the...

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Discussion threads 2006-07-31

débile technique

blog root

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Blogging, jdw242, technique

Discussion threads 2005-05-20

Microsoft may restrict its workers' PC rights

uh, USB keys?I am sure that everyone knows that many other companies provide portable versions of software that any M$ user can still use on their 'locked down' pc.So, having admin rights or not, Firefox still works along with Opera-USB, Portable Thunderbird, etc.Why is this considered news again?Lock out USB...

Tags: jdw242, microsoft, insanity, oxymoron, security, Microsoft Corp., PC, worker

Discussion threads 2006-05-24

Smaller cable firms take aim at Net neutrality fans

only in the USonce again, the internet is global, and choking off the US pipes is so counter-productive it's borderline stupidity.Besides, Google pays their internet bill like everyone else, so what's the problem here?If this type of ignorance is passed, what's next? You can't cross my land without paying a...

Tags: Internet, stupidity, crazy, corporate ignorance, jdw242, it management, America Online Inc., Internet Service Provider, cable, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2006-05-09

The wrong way to further the spread of broadband Internet

The wrong way to further the spread of broadband Internetarticle rootonly in the USwould corporate greed start trying to make policy that allows double and triple dipping.Well PutThe web has become "the marketplace" that the founders were interested as preserving as a place of free speech (read equal access no...

Tags: Internet, stupidity, corporate greed, jdw242, networking, upload speed, local phone company, telephone company, broadband, broadband Internet, Web

Discussion threads 2006-05-04

Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill

Congress readies broad new digital copyright billarticle rootanticircumvention?I cannot "make, import, export, obtain control of, or possess" anticircumvention tools?How about circumvention tools?Is that a typo? If not, Congress is opening a gigantic hole for litigation; or I'm blind, or my dictionary is wrong; or it's Monday...They're congressso it's them that...

Tags: CD, digital-rights management, dmca, editor in need, jdw242, it management, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

Gonzales calls for mandatory Web labeling law

Gonzales calls for mandatory Web labeling lawarticle rootand off-shore servers?So, once this legislation is in place, intelligent site owners will move their collections to off-shore servers, outside the US Government's reach.Is this mandatory law really helping anyone?Nice segue editedfrom porn to child abuse.There you were just thinking of an objection...

Tags: over reaching government, Gonzales Calls, stupidity, jdw242, it management, Gonzales, Web

Discussion threads 2006-04-21

The Real ID rebellion

copy copy copywhat the federales clearly don't understand is that, first off, it's illogical to me to tack an unrelated bill on to a Tsunami aid bill. Maybe I am naive, but one bill per submission.Second, these people don't have a reality check going on as far as RFID goes....

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Discussion threads 2006-04-18