Hi All, Hyper over rated… This blog will be posting updates on the Conficker worm, the latest variant of which is set to be activated on April 1. 4:00 p.m. PDT: The Conficker worm is stirring on some infected computers in Asia where it’s April 1, but so far the activity is very tame, security [...]

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Hi All, Was “Encarta” another pay-for-view M$ (Microsoft) gimmick? I do that Google Earth Linux thing, and if need be do a Google. What was M$ thinking of here. March 31, 2009 (IDG News Service) Microsoft Corp. is shutting down its Encarta encyclopedia Web sites and will also discontinue its Student and Premium Encarta software [...]

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Hi All, Yeah, I run Linux, and am anti-M$ (Microsoft). March 30, 2009 (PC World) If Microsoft Corp. had invented the iPod, it would have been called the “Microsoft I-pod Pro 2005 Human Ear Professional Edition.” The cult-hit video that makes that assertion may have been a joke, but it rings true. And when word [...]

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Hi All, These open-source browsers, dev tools, mobile apps and more promise that ‘Oooh, cool!’ sense of discovery. March 31, 2009 (Computerworld) When big companies release new software, they launch it with lots of hoopla: press tours, technical conferences, free T-shirts. Open-source projects, even the well-known ones, generally release their major new versions with a [...]

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Hi All, This from Dagorret. Firefox users take note: You need to do this. Now. As in, this instant. More savvy users are probably already familiar with editing Firefox’s configuration file but whether you’re a computer rookie or a seasoned veteran, Gnoted has issued a handful of tweaks that really get Firefox cooking. As much [...]

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Hi All, Internet phone-calling service Skype will officially announce a free application for Apple’s iPhone at the CTIA Wireless convention Tuesday.  The app will allow iPhone owners to make Internet calls via Apple’s popular handset.  Skype calls do not count against regular cellphone minutes, so they can in some cases lower cellphone bills. I received [...]

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Hi All! Sue me when you can! Copyright And Libel Questions Hit The Twitterverse from the you-knew-this-was-coming… deptA few weeks back, someone pointed me to a Twitter message where one Twitter user was (jokingly) accusing another of copyright infringement for repeating a message. While the situation was amusing, you knew it was only a matter [...]

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Hi All, I spent a long time in Asia. I bought the entire Beatles collection on CD, not dvd, running .mp3 10 years ago. That cost me US$5.00. C’mon – let’s get serious.. BEIJING (Reuters) – Google on Monday launched free downloads of licensed songs in China, while sharing advertising revenue with major music labels [...]

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Hi All, There is this girl @ work. Struggling. But going to school. Nice girl. I am well educated and have worked in well over 80+ countries around the world. Where is she to get a education? Then I see those that pay 40K+ to send their kid to a school in Boston to study [...]

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Hi All, Let’s go hardcore… Oh, I run Linux. I’m listening to KAOSRadio right now. Free streaming radio is fantastic! I’ve already written about free TV. I Like Free! Streamripper and streamtuner are Linux applications that work in tandem, allowing you to listen and record streaming radio. Streamtuner is a basic application used primarily for [...]

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Hi All, I like free! I run Linux, and open source applications. There is nothing from Microsoft (M$) on my system. I love that freedom! Ok, I’m sort of a computing freak! But, I’m over 50 and am having fun. Kids, get your parents to go Hulu! The link (URL) is here. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) [...]

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Google Plans Fifth Birthday Present for Gmail Users Google will announce the next step in Gmail’s evolution, a new product with “a European multilingual angle,” on Monday. At an event in Brussels to mark Gmail’s fifth birthday, Google will look at the impact of cloud computing on how people manage their daily tasks, review Gmail’s [...]

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Hi All! As the Internet phone service makes its iPhone debut, can mobile phones add enough value to fatten up eBay’s lackluster division for sale? By Olga Kharif Technology Serious Threats to Sirius Radio EBay Wants to Put Skype in Your Pocket Meet the Open Cloud Manifesto Nokia Targets the U.S. Market No Green Light [...]

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Hi All, M$ seems to find it looking for a new ad campaign after the complete failure of that Seinfeld thing. Her name is “Lauren” and she’s making the Apple (AAPL) guys nuts. She’s the young, hip, Volkswagen-driving redhead who stars in the latest Microsoft’s (MSFT) TV campaign. Told that if she can find a [...]

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Hi All, I’m about to switch Linux my present Linux distribution from openSuSE11.1 to the newest Ubuntu – Jaunty Jackalope. Let’s do the countdown, and see what it offers. The latest Ubuntu is also called 9.04, get the CD or DVD. I’m interested in this: Cloud computing Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition makes it easy to [...]

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Hi All, I ran across this article. Spend, spend, spend – don’t try Linux. March 25, 2009 Is Using Linux Too Frugal? By Kenneth Hess When perusing my local dead tree Sunday newspaper’s Business section, I came across the headline, Frugality pays off: Avoiding debt looks smart for area firms and thought, “Hey, this looks [...]

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March 25th, 2009 by Stephan Miller According to Google Trends, it’s official. More people are are searching for “Magento” than “osCommerce”. And it didn’t take long. Less than two years. I noticed it a little over a year ago and kept watch. It was in beta at the time and I wasn’t about to switch [...]

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Hi All, Going green is important. I turn my PCs off every night. They generate to much heat here in Arizona! snydeq writes “Unused PCs — computers that are powered on but not in use — are expected to emit approximately 20 million tons of CO2 this year, roughly equivalent to the impact of 4 [...]

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Jive.ly is a new app in full beta, billing itself as a Twitter-like site for mobile. Created by UK-based developer Martin Buhr, the app is designed as a place to update your social network accounts with images and videos from a mobile without having to hook up third party services like Twitpic. It enables quick, [...]

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March 24, 2009 (IDG News Service) Enterprises increasingly worry that their employees may be more willing to steal data or sell insider knowledge because of the poor economy, according to an annual security survey conducted by KPMG International. Sixty-six percent of respondents felt that out-of-work IT staffers would be tempted to join the criminal underground, [...]

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