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- Buy an ASUS Eee Box mini PC, get free malware!
- Buy an ASUS Eee Box mini PC, get free malware!This is VERY interesting! eeePC Laptop users beware too!When I was downloading all the updates from ASUS's web site for my newly received eeePC, NOD32 stopped the Bluetooth update with the following:http://dlsvr04.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePC/EeePC1000H/Bluetooth_XP_080630.zip probably a variant of Win32/Genetik trojan connection terminated - quarantinedRE:...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Poker sites fight to get domain names back from Kentucky
- Poker sites fight to get domain names back from KentuckyHypocrites and anti-competitionWhat exactly is Kentucky's problem with online gambling? It must not be the gambling part because these same people admit to trying to get casinos into Kentucky. So it must be an effort to do away with the competition...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Internet Speed Up, Bandwidth Saver & Offline Proxy (zip)
- Internet Speed Up, Bandwidth Saver & Offline Proxy tool speed-Up browsing Internet because it's use cache, save your Internet cost, save Internet bandwidth, can block trojan like "Murlo" by block it's source. U can make Virtual internet from site that u was visited. Very useful and valuable for u. Version...
- Software downloads 2008-10-02
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accounts
- Palin had '10 to 15' secret email accountsWhy...Why are you people so hard on Palin? She can't help it. She suffers from Palinitis: You open your mouth, out pops a lie.I mean, she is only running for Vice President of the United States, with the additional possibility...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- India's outsourcing bubble is bursting
- India's outsourcing bubble is burstingIndia's outsourcing bubble is burstingProbably because outsourcing doesn't work.Long overdueIt's about time. It never should have gained traction in the first place. It makes me cringe everytime I hear out political leaders saying how "education" is how we must compete in the global economy....
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- CIOs not taking a shine to Chrome
- CIOs not taking a shine to ChromeHalf of Google is in betaIncluding Gmail, which has been beta for 5 years now. I think it's their way of avoiding having to support the products in any real and meaningful way.Which is whyyou are down here, and they are up there making...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Blu-ray ix-nay?
- Blu-ray ix-nay?$ony screwed us again$ony killed HDDVD that was cheaper at the same performance, and they keep trying to peddle their ultra expensive Blue ray crapware on us.The plain, old DVD looks better every day.RE: Blu-ray ix-nay?It's unfortunate that Blu-ray won the format war, because it is too far of...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Gauging the ThinkPad: Before (IBM) and after (Lenovo)
- Gauging the ThinkPad: Before IBM and after LenovoI'm deeply dissapointedI've bought a business Thinkpad T61 for a premium price one year ago, hoping for the best of their product line. A few weeks ago their update tool pushed a BIOS and graphics card update to fix the famous overheating issue...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Appistry targets cloud computing
- If we consider suppliers that have embraced the cloud computing concept and have offered something to help organizations use this approach to gain additional scalability, performance or reliability as needed, they are, for the most part, suppliers of processing virtualization software, virtual access software and management software for virtualized environments....
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Ballmer's quest to compete with Google
- Ballmer's quest to compete with GoogleUgh.Thought I was getting an article, not a video. Didn't watch.To the point: Ballmer says to succeed at competing with GOOG, M$ has to "change the experience and economics of search". Translated: since GOOG has done exceptionally well at the search...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- Intelinet (exe)
- Intelinet is an award winning spyware remover and provides real-time protection against spyware, adware, Trojan horses, keyloggers, spyware cookies, adbots, spybots, browser hijackers, and phishing attacks. Intelinet is easy to use and requires few PC resources.Intelinet Spyware Remover delivers spyware detection, blocking and removal, with 360 degrees of protection. Dangerous...
- Software downloads 2008-09-26
- IP Laboratorium (zip)
- Six operations about IP address. First: know the IP Address of a given web site. Second: Scan your own pc for opened ports to know if your PC is a victim of Trojan. Third: scan ports of a given site web or his IP address. Fourth: Find you IP local....
- Software downloads 2008-09-26
- Horse Racing Predictor USA (exe)
- With the help of advanced algorithms based on neural networks this revolutionary software will give recommendations for USA horse racing thoroughbreds. Horse Racing Predictor USA will automatically handicap all USA horse races for you, every single race, and everyday. Supports all USA horse racing tracks. Incredibly simple to use. 100%...
- Software downloads 2008-09-25
- Comcast really does care (aka how Twitter helped save Nick at Nite)
- Comcast really does care aka how Twitter helped save Nick at NiteYou are not the only one...Fresh Prince is still cool and funny. I did the same as you, but once I started making use of my media center in vista I was watching recorded shows of Inuyasha and Angel...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- California algebra rule highlights basic math difficulties
- California algebra rule highlights basic math difficultiesYou are wrong.I teach Algebra, Geography, and 1 computer maintenance class. I have 65 Algebra students a day, and my budget for that is a share of the $500 the math department is alloted, so I get about $85. My Geography numbers...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Search 2.0: compromising privacy for better results?
- Google has given us access to anything we'd like to find on the Web - so long as we know how to search for it. We have to use keywords - and plenty of them - to submit our searches with enough information to narrow the results into something manageable....
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Wingnuts scare easy
- Wingnuts scare easyTotal Horse Pucky! nt.This idiot got it backwards.Protection of social groups is a liberal agenda.But it's in Science Magazine!And Karl Rove uses it.Of course.Everyone knows that anarchists are VERY conservative.Groups, not institutionsProtecting others, bringing others inside your protection, is different from protecting existing social structures from outside attack.Interesting...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- Hey, Microsoft. About those ads... Yeah, like that.
- I used to be a PC. But I'm pretty much a Mac guy now - not that there's anything wrong with that. (Sorry - just a little tribute to Jerry.) What a cool club of nerds and jocks and teachers and models and artists...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Virus & Spyware Security Shield (exe)
- Virus & Spyware Security Shield offers complete protection against viruses, worms, Trojans and dialers. Set it, forget it, and get on with more vital stuff. It protects against viruses, worms, Trojan horses and dialers and includes sophisticated heuristic-analysis algorithms that can recognize as-yet unknown threats on the basis of their...
- Software downloads 2008-09-19
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