The verification that a person initiated the transaction rather than a computer. See Captcha.
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- Blog posts 2008-08-20
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- Here's a paradox - a technology originally meant to verify the sender of an email message for the sake of preventing spoofed messages from reaching the network, still hasn't been embraced by the world's biggest companies despite being around for years, but is actively used by adaptive spammers increasingly abusing...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
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- Excel and Basic Accounting ErrorWe should go back to manual ledgers...VisiCalc was created to eliminate accounting errors. Now the spreadsheet is now being blamed for accounting errors. Perhaps the real problem is GIGO. Garbage in, Garbage out.The real culprit is slick sleaze ball corporate accountants and managers that are trying...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus (4GB)
- The 4GB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium ($50) is a new kind of flash drive that offers an automated online backup each time it's attached to a computer with an Internet connection. This model looks almost exactly the same as the original Sandisk Cruzer Titanium, but this one lets you perform automatic...
- Product reviews 2008-08-18
- Russia, Georgia and NASA
- Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- An Event Apart 2008: Day 1
- The antique Palace Hotel in San Francisco houses An Event Apart, a collaboration of interactive presentations about web standards, user experience design, and best practices. The two-day conference features well-known speakers from around the world, including AEA's hosts Jeffrey Zeldman and Eric Meyer. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coderAll makes senseIf I was running a large open source project with thousands if not millions of people all over the world depending on me to get it right, I think I'd do things in much the same way.Certainly it makes sense to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- IBM: The mainframe is back
- The company claims the mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and holding strong globally, despite a shortage of related skills among IT workers The mainframe is finding its way into emerging markets and is still holding strong globally, according to an IBM executive. ...
- News items 2008-08-18
- Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder
- The Linux project lead has said new contributors should 'start small' to avoid becoming frustrated with the Linux kernel development process Linux project lead Linus Torvalds has said it is not easy to become a major contributor to the Linux kernel. In an email interview with ZDNet.co.uk...
- News items 2008-08-18
- Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?
- Will we kill the ocean before the atmosphere kills us?.....Either way our arrogance will be our undoing. Nature will bounce back once we have been reduced to nothing more than a foot note in history. While I don't believe as a species we will be wiped out, that is not...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-16
- Wordcamp 2008
- In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...
- Blog posts 2008-08-16
- 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accounts
- 1.5m spam emails sent from compromised University accountsThere may be no such thing as ViagraThe combined Governments of the Earth can not stop hacking.No country escapes,all are victims.This is the invasion of our planet.One can expect to see that all forms of communication are hacked.Can you believe anything that is...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?Wow, a powerful question...Dana;Excellent question. A very thought-provoking question indeed.First, allow me to tell you a bit about myself and then I'll go from there. I suffered a nearly fatal motorcycle accident where I was left for dead. A hit and...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Just what's on Michael Phelps' iPod anyway?
- I don't know about you but I've been spending a lot of time enjoying the Michael Phelps Show, er, Summer Olympics this week. One thing that piqued my interested was the world's greatest athlete's choice in music player. In practically every shot of him at the pool...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- MB Numerology Suite I (exe)
- MB Numerology Suite I consists of Numerology reading, Astrology Numerology, Tantric Numerology, Tarot Numerology, Daily Numerology, and Runes Numerology. Numbers relate to a pattern of energies and vibrations. The bad, good and the information about previous birth and the effects of previous in present birth and every trait of a...
- Software downloads 2008-08-15
- Sunvoice Complete (Marie, English) (zip)
- Everyday a friendly voice in the tram reminds us of the next station. There are some alarm clocks with voice response that tells us at the touch of a button the time. Just this is now possible with your computer and mobile phone. Modern operating systems and countless applications have...
- Software downloads 2008-08-15
- Two flavors of software as a service: Intuit QuickBase and Etelos
- There are dozens of flavors of clever applications aimed at the office productivity market, often spawned as a result of the Web 2.0 explosion. Where the Web 2.0 application market is driven by eyeballs and their resulting advertising monetization, the enterprise 2.0...
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself
- Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, YourselfI think there is a balance to be struckI'm not happy with the proliferation of cameras you describe, and am opposed to fishing expeditions on principle. I'd much rather see more police on the street particularly in high crime areas, and more police officers who...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Get kids to touch type!
- Get kids to touch type!Two finger typing works.After years of it, one can attain a good speed. So long as the lights are not turned out. We are now in the interim before speech software is ready to replace the keyboard for many purposes. Though transcribing the...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Exclusive: A robot with a biological brain
- Exclusive: A robot with a biological brainThe begining of the Cylon race? nt:(probably meant "you're" funnyDoesnt' change my opinion at all.Well, if this isn't the most immoral thing ever...it's gotta be kinda close.Cool but. could open a can of worms later...Did anyone else get a chill up the back of...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
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