Off to jail you go!
Published On: Nov 25, 2009
You may not know Alan Ralsky but, you may be familiar with his work. He was probably responsible for a good portion of junk emails you received in your inbox over the years.
Ralsky spammed inboxes everywhere from 1997-2007 and, at one point, was sending out 70,000,000 emails ... Read more...
How to deal with internet racism when you're Google
Published On: Nov 25, 2009
As much as I deplore racism, it's one of those facts of life in America and many other parts of the world.
If you're a company like Google, how do you deal with racism in your search results without doing something that gets you called out for censorship ... Read more...
The War is Over
Published On: Nov 12, 2009
At least when it comes to AMD vs. Intel, a truce has been brokered...to the tune of $1.25 billion.
Intel has agreed to pay this amount to rival AMD to settle antitrust claims. This ends all current legal actions between the two companies. Also, as part of the ... Read more...
1,000,000 Down
Published On: Nov 12, 2009
It's not the first time this has happened but, it may be the largest single occurrence of such an action. InformationWeek is reporting that Microsoft has banned 1,000,000 users from its Xbox Live service because the company believes that they are playing on "modded" consoles. Modified consoles ... Read more...
Google to Murdoch: Keep your stinkin' content
Published On: Nov 10, 2009
Okay, they didn't quite say that but in so many words, Google has said that News Corp, or any news organization for that manner, can ask to have their content pulled from Google News. According to Google, it's fairly easy to accomplish, technically-speaking.
This comes on the heels ... Read more...
Verizon vs. AT&T: It's getting ugly
Published On: Nov 10, 2009
I'm sorry, I had to laugh at this one. In its latest ad, Verizon is throwing some serious blows at AT&T's network coverage. This one caught me off-guard and had me laughing out loud.
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Fix this already, D-Link!
Published On: Nov 9, 2009
When it comes to some aspects of maintaining my computing hardware, I do take my sweet time in getting around to them. One of them is when I do firmware upgrades for my router. If you aren't familiar with firmware, it is the software that is used to handle ... Read more...
A virus that is beyond malicious
Published On: Nov 9, 2009
Whenever the issue of computer security comes up (at least with Windows), I can't stress enough how important it is to have good antivirus software. With that being said, there are going to be some viruses that get through. Unfortunately, there are some that are so malicious that they ... Read more...
This device is D.O.A.
Published On: Nov 4, 2009
File this under: Really?
With many smartphones already having apps that allow you to post messages to Twitter, what advantage does the Twitter Peek hold? For $100 (and a $7.95/month after the first 6 months), you get a device that lets you send and receive messages. Additionally, you ... Read more...
Oh, here they go with that bull again
Published On: Oct 20, 2009
You know, as a broadband subscriber, I am getting sick of providers trying to tell me that it's costing them too much to offer unlimited service. Case in point, Time Warner subscribers, like myself, might be interested to know that while they bellyache in the press about the cost ... Read more...
