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- Yahoo said Friday that it will allow users to opt out of custom ads on its network. The move comes a day after Google provided a one-click opt-out as it integrates DoubleClick into its operations. Yahoo said in a statement that its policy change...
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Facebook and MySpace: Walking the security-social networking line
- Security--actually insecurity--is a very social thing. Get a cute malware infested email and forward it along to your contact list. See a site that's interesting--but is really just a phishing expedition--and you get hit with a virus/worm/rootkit. Social engineering makes the security world go around. So what do you do...
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- New technique IDs substances, not just fingerprints
- Law enforcement has a powerful new tool – mass spectrometry. The technique to measure the chemical composition of a sample isn't a new technology but, writing in Science, R. Graham Cooks has identified a variation that will allow crime labs to identify not only the identity of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- ClearCube VDI Suite
- ClearCube recently announced its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI Suite. The goal is to increase the power of previous ClearCube offerings and intice others to join the party. Here's how ClearCube describes its new offering: ClearCube Technology, the market leader in centralized desktop computing...
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Bright idea: Verdiem offers free energy-monitoring software
- I've written a fair amount about Verdiem, which sells enterprise power management software called Surveyor that happens to be loaded up onto some of Hewlett-Packard's green-er PC models. Well, this week the company is releasing a free consumer application called Edison that can be used to manage your desktop computer's...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- The Digg toolbar for Firefox 3
- Yesterday afternoon, Digg launched a new plugin for Firefox 3. I immediately installed it. Right away, you notice a new toolbar in your browser and a button next to the address bar to toggle it on or off. How does it work? It passes...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- More worries for Beijing visitors
- If you are headed to or already at the Olympic Games and you weren't worried by my Tech Tips for Beijing Visitors at the end of last month, maybe you should be now, In telling the Wall Street Journal's readers "Don't Forget About China's Dissidents," Ellen Bork...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- I went to Moscone Center and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt
- Where's the hot chicks? Yeah you heard it, Summer LinuxWorld Expo sucked. Again. No, I didn't go this year. In fact, I haven't gone in two years. So how can I say it sucked? Because everyone who I know...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- A look at risk-reward: Apple may nuke apps on your iPhone remotely
- Apple apparently can disable App Store software remotely on your iPhone 3G. The iPhone calls home and poof the application is nuked. Needless to say that this has caused a bit of a blog ruckus Techmeme. MacRumors notes that Apple has come under fire for removing App...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?
- Mozilla taps crowd for concepts: Will the browser usurp the OS?1997 called. It wants its article backAs a reader of News.com and ZDNet for years and years, I had to laugh when I saw the headline for this one. Sounds familiar, except it would have been about Netscape.Next maybe you...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plans
- Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plansWhere had you read that?[i]When it comes to new hardware, most makers charge you for Windows even if you don’t get it. They do this to maintain their relationship with Microsoft[/i]Actually, I hear that these companies charge you for FreeDos, (though they claim it...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- The social media corporate identity crisis
- The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Twitter being used to distribute malware
- Twitter being used to distribute malwareInterestingI'm wondering when a fully automated, "send a message to all your contacts pointing to a rogue URL" style attack (in the manner of an IM infection, say) is going to appear on Twitter. It happens to all the social networking sites eventually, from Orkut...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Paris for President: Energy crisis solved
- Paris for President: Energy crisis solvedActually...[i] "Only problem with Paris’s solution: any production from offshore drilling won’t kick in for five years..."[/i]Unfortunately, this shows an ignorance of how gas prices are arrived at. While production from those sources won't arrive in the markets for five years, the prices will...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- The data center cost conundrum
- The other day I stumbled across a BusinessWeek slide gallery that shows the comparative cost of the five lowest cost data center towns in the US. Not being an expert on these matters, I passed the baton to my Irregular friend Vinnie Mirchandani who understands these...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- CLEAR has a "Senior Moment"
- AP Newswire is reporting this morning that CLEAR has found a laptop also see CLEAR Press Release that had gone missing for over a week from one of its kiosk locations that contained the "personal data" of over 30,000 enrolled members at San Francisco International Airport,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Zoho's millions
- Â It's not often I get excited by adoption numbers but the fact Zoho has passed the million user landmark represents an outstanding achievement and a cause for celebration. Zoli Erdos, chief hand waver and Irregular chum has all the details. I was more interested in the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anything
- It's not good for everything, therefore it's not good for anythingScientific vs. Data Processing: Did you just switch sides?Even in a research institute, most of the people will use boring finance and word processing applications that are well supported on all the major computing platforms. On the other hand, niches...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Dell's 'Cloud Computing' and other strange stuff
- Â and When I took a wee poke at Dell the other day I could not possibly have known that labeling something Hybrid and expecting us to meekly gobble it up was only the tip of what can only be described as an ill-conceived marketing strategy iceberg....
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Bear Traxxx (zip)
- Coyotes Publishing brings to you a wonderful short poetry eBook called Bear Traxxx released while Kennie Kayoz was away in the wilderness releasing his emotions like the wild animals around him. This poetry ebook was once only available for sale now Coyotes Publishing brings it to you in 100% freeware...
- Software downloads 2008-08-06
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