The University of Michigan has become the only professional school in the country to offer Podcasts of their material to students. In a pilot project with Apple Computers, the U of M School of Dentistry plans to offer certain materials to registered practitioners in continuing dental education courses. Unfortunately, students must use a […]
According to Dr Klaus Brunnstein, president of the International Federation for Information Processing, unless complexity in software design (OSI architectural model) is eliminated, computing will remain insecure in the future. He singled out Microsoft’s Bill Gates. “We must force him to pay for the damage he has caused”, says Klaus.
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Russell Beattie, a Yahoo employee has never been known as a cheerleader for Windows. However, he lists 33 complaints about Macs: reason enough, in his mind, to switch to back to Microsoft.
Reason #1:
Anyone who says that Macs are more stable than Windows are smoking dope. I have two brand new Macs and they regularly […]
This is just ridiculous. A California senator (who I’m sure has had healthy donations from the entertainment industry) has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down.
From Techdirt:
Her opinion is that she needs to put forth legislation to outlaw these “peer to peers.” Considering what appears to […]
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The Eolas patent on browser plugins was upheld in court. It covers “a system allowing a user of a browser program on a computer connected to an open distributed hypermedia system to access and execute an embedded program object” — basically, a browser plugin. This is a perfect example of ridiculous patents […]
Office workers are baffled by computer jargon and make serious business blunders because they see ‘IT speak’ as a foreign language, a survey has revealed.
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Does your bank give you 4% back? No? It’s time to switch your savings account to EmigrantDirect. They offer 4% APY. It’s FDIC insured, no fees, no minimums, no kidding!
It’s easy to open an account and transfer money back and forth from your normal checking account (and also at no charge). […]
Wireless hotspots are great. They do have one drawback though in the fact that your web traffic is not encrypted (for the most part). Someone with minimal knowledge can capture all those packets flying through the air, and potentially get your passwords, etc. Google to the rescue! Google has announced they’re […]
Now that summer’s almost over, how many of you have great tans? As it turns out, a tan is simply a sign that your skin is damaged. Want to avoid old-looking skin with wrinkles, liver spots, scaly patches and a mottled, uneven tone? Avoid sun exposure. A base tan wont help […]
Write down all of your passwords on a small piece of paper and stick it in your wallet. Sound crazy? Some security experts actually think this might be a good idea. Why? By not allowing people to write down their passwords, they tend to choose poor passwords. Obviously, never put […]