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16.01.2008 DNS Zone Transfers now illegal in North Dakota
Ever been prosecuted for tracking spam? Running a traceroute? Doing a zone transfer? Asking a public internet server for public information that it is configured to provide upon demand?
No? Well, David Ritz has. And amazingly, he lost the case. |
09.10.2007 Good-bye NetWare, hello Linux: Novell Open Enterprise 2.0
Novell's long journey from NetWare to Linux is finally complete. On Oct. 8, Novell released Open Enterprise Server 2 to its customers worldwide. |
01.10.2007 Intel SpeedStep on Windows XP
And excellent insider's view of Intel SpeedStep, Windows XP, and confusing Power Profiles |
25.09.2007 Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug
Several researchers have reported a serious multiplication bug in Excel 2007, which has been reported to Microsoft. The example that first came to light is '=850*77.1' — which gives a result of 100,000 instead of the correct 65,535. It seems that any formula that should evaluate to 65,535 will act strangely. |
20.09.2007 Sask. court certifies class-action cellphone suit
A Saskatchewan court certified the lawsuit against Canada's cellphone providers on Tuesday.
The suit, first launched in 2004, alleges Canada's cellphone users are owed $12 billion plus interest for unfair "system access" fees collected over the years.
The lawyer at the head of a massive class-action lawsuit against Canadian cellphone companies said the service providers have become "addicted" to collecting unnecessary fees from customers. |
18.09.2007 Misleading RCMP Data Undermines Counterfeiting Claims
Michael Geist examines the RCMP's crooked claims on counterfeiting and piracy. Geist demonstrates that the copyright lobby in Canada is alive and well, and willing to distort all kinds of data to achieve the same kinds of draconian IP laws in Canada that the Americans are trying to install everywhere. |
11.09.2007 Does 802.11n spell the 'end of Ethernet'?
Senior analyst Paul DeBeasi of the Burton Group believes that the combination of mobility, speed and ease of deployment will lead the new IEEE 802.11n Wireless Ethernet standard to displace traditional wired network deployments for many enterprises beginning in 2008. |
18.07.2007 Sun: Upgrading from Linux to Solaris
Sun's EVP for Software Rich Green espouses his views on why Linux is not really good enough, and why Solaris has what it takes to beat out it's open source competition. |
13.06.2007 Torvalds vs Schwartz GPL Wars
Excerpt from Slashdot on Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux) and Jonathan Schwartz (CEO & President of Sun Microsystems) facing off on Sun's continued reluctance to fully embrace the GPL and Open Source software. |
11.06.2007 A visit to the Creation Museum
Ars Technica takes a field trip to the Creation Museum |
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16.01.2009 Conficker worm spikes, infects 1.1 million PCs in <24 hours
It has been over a month since we heard much about Conficker, but the worm has reappeared with a vengeance over the past seven days. According to Finnish security company F-Secure, more than one million PCs have been infected with the worm (also known as Kido or Downadup) in the past 24 hours, with a total of 3.52 million machines infected worldwide. According to F-Secure, that 3.52 million is a conservative estimate. |
12.11.2008 Host of Internet Spam Groups Is Cut Off
The volume of junk e-mail sent worldwide dropped drastically today after a Web hosting firm identified by the computer security community as a major host of organizations allegedy engaged in spam activity was taken offline, according to security firms that monitor spam distribution online. |
08.10.2008 Windows XP Gets Reprieve, Yet Again
With Vista struggling, Microsoft has extended the period in which it will make XP available for PC makers' downgrade programs. Microsoft originally planned to stop distributing Windows XP media to large OEMs on Jan. 31, 2009, but this week said it would move the deadline to July 31 of next year. |
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