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2008 June 13

Targeting Malware by Prediction – Is This A Good Idea?

Visiting TechSpot today, I cam across this little jewel, which has made me wonder if AVG has a good idea or simply a way to waste CPU time and network bandwidth.
When software chews up website bandwidth for reasons other than people actually viewing content, the owners of those sites get a little upset. Many companies [...]

‘Meet The Press’ Host Russert Passes

One of the few journalists on television that cut through the garbage of political speak, rather than added to it, Tim Russert died today. He will be missed.
His level of integrity was hard to see immediately, but over time was the thing that made me a big fan. Few know the meaning of the [...]

About That Last Minute XP Purchase

All around, there is much consternation and trepidation about the end-of-retail life of Windows XP. Like no revision before, the public wishes to hold on to the operating system they have come to love, warts and all.
Windows XP has become a darling because it works, better than anything before it, and to date, anything [...]

U.S. Still #1 in R&D… So What?

In an article lost in centrism, Ars Technica has shed light on a study by the RAND corporation, indicating that the United States is still number one in Research and Development.
Never mind what you’ve heard, the US is still far and away the world’s leader in science and technology. That’s the conclusion of a [...]

Web Metering & Why It Won’t Work

The idea of the limitation of a service that has previously been unlimited is anathema to me. Not only do I feel this way on principle, I also feel that the reasons typically given for it are partially or completely wrong.
John Dvorak is someone I agree with more often than anyone else who writes on [...]

Autism and Information Technology – A Design For Living

A very informative article on ComputerWorld talks about the high degree of possibility that the average IT worker is also autistic to some degree. Actually, the article uses the term Asperger’s Syndrome, which is a degree of autism, meaning high functioning.
For those familiar with the Dustin Hoffman character in the movie ‘Rain Man’, that character [...]

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