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slfisher in a Nutshell

People thought it was weird enough that I was both a writer and a computer geek. So then I went and started getting involved in government to pull that in, too. And, y'know, there's a heck of a lot more connections than one might think! (Read Blog)

The Failure of the Municipal WiFi Service Model

It had such promise -- a wifi network, treated like a city utility such as water or sewer, providing broadband Internet to everyone in the city, anywhere in the city, for a low monthly price. Yet vendors in cities such as Portland, and even the municipal wireless flagship Philadelphia are telling...

Spam swings from Viagra to Versace

Spam is annoying, resource consuming, malware driven and often offensive. It is also nothing if not responsive to market needs. This can be seen in the market driven swing from pharmaceutical and health related spam which has pretty much dominated the landscape during the last couple of years, to...

Read More | May 16th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: May 27th, 2008

The botnet stripped naked and exposed

Have you ever wondered exactly how a botnet works? A wotnet, you ask? A botnet, I say. You know, the thing that your computer might well be a part of, without your knowledge or approval, which is used to launch distributed denial of service attacks, send spam, distribute malware and above all else...

Is Google an open relay spammer?

A report entitled "Exploiting the Trust Hierarchy among Email Servers" published by Pablo Ximenes from the University of PR at Mayaguez, USA and Andre dos Santos at the State University of Ceara, Brazil suggests that Google Mail is flawed in such a way so as to turn it into massive spam machine....

Chinese Army of Hackers attack Belgium

It has emerged that Belgium is the latest country to feel the force of the Chinese cyber-super-power, with Belgian ministers claiming that state sponsored hackers have been targeting Federal Government computers. The Justice Minister in Belgium, Jo Vandeurzen, has claimed that the spate of hacking...

Chinese quake should not threaten Intel chip supply

PC Pro is reporting that Intel hopes that its Chinese manufacturing plant is back in production by next week, but following the earthquake disaster has to admit that the situation could best be described as being 'dynamic.' The chip packaging plant in Chengdu, some 60 miles away from the...

Fedora 9: All That and a Bag O' Chips

The highly-anticipated release of Fedora 9 is here! It has the new KDE4 desktop that I reviewed on LinuxPlanet which makes some big improvements in user experience and speed. It also includes the hot new FireFox 3 web browser with some new security features that are sure to impress even the most...

What Does the Future Hold for the OS?

I’ve found myself using online apps more and more lately. Whether it’s Google Reader, the Daniweb blogging tool, my online calendar or Facebook, I’m spending more time in my browser and less time using desktop applications. This got me thinking if more and more of our work is moving online,...

Read More | May 12th, 2008 | Comments: 5 | Last Comment: May 12th, 2008

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EddieC's News & Views

EddieC in a Nutshell

My first computer was an Atari 800, with which I played Zork and other adventure/fantasy games and dabbled with BASIC programs; circa 1980. After 1984, I moved on to PCs, clones and NetWare, and then to Apple IIs and Macs until 1990. In July of that year I got my first job at a publishing company,... (Read Blog)

Is Sun Setting Sights on Linux?

Sun Microsystems on Monday was giving away packaged copies of OpenSolaris in an effort to seed the development community with a Linux alternative and boost the number of available applications for the platform. The news came at CommunityOne, Sun’s free developer conference collocated with...

Outlook Gets Help from the Facebook Generation

There’s a better-than-even chance that you’re using Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. And if you’re like me, you’re not too happy about it. But there’s a free plug-in available today that brings some much needed relief from some of what ails the world’s most popular e-mail client. I tried...

Read More | May 5th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: May 6th, 2008

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