Agreed. I've been running AV free (that is without av) for at least 2 years on my XP Pro home workstation. I periodically scan my system with ClamAV portable or similar and I've found no evidence of infection. I just practice safe computing. Running as a non admin account and safe surfing with Firefox. I'm not suggesting that others should do this, but it just goes to show that simple basic measures can remove most risk of virus/spyware infection.

Here is a state by state guide.
http://www.rcfp.org/taping/states.html

Delaware has both a law that says you can and another law that says you can't. However, a federal court has upheld the right to record as long as one of the parties knows about it.

http://www.rcfp.org/taping/states/delaware.html

Oops. I meant to say: I've only been able to get this to work against Vista Ultimate SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. I've not gotten this to work on Windows 7 RTM and Windows 2008 R2 RTM yet... and yes, I disable the firewalls to be sure.

I've only been able to get this to work against Vista Ultimate SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2. I've not gotten this to work on Windows 7 RTM and Windows 2008 RTM yet... and yes, I disable the firewalls to be sure.

I hope that Microsoft changes their product so Macs won't work with Exchange the same way that Apple changed iTunes to break compatibility with the Pre.

should have used spell check... duped

Maybe something similar to the toll system called ezpass. http://www.ezpass.com/

Instead call it e-zpark or whatever. After being in your parking spot for X amount of time, charge your account for it. That way, you don't pay for time not used and you also don't have to waste time feeding the meter. You also won't be dupped into feeding the meter when they're free (such as on the weekend or after hours). For spots with a time limit, they could increase the rate after you've reached the time limit and/or send you a txt message telling you that you're time was about up.

I personally use a Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) port, port mirroring or monitor port. Different manufacturers call it different things but they all have the same purpose. It's been a LONG time since I've used a hub. Managed switches are far better because they don't degrade performance on the network and you can sniff all you want. In a home environment, it won't matter much, but you don't want to dumb down a multi-gigabit network in a corporate environment with a hub!

Snort can do a pretty darn good job at detecting this type of traffic unless it's encrypted. Emerging Threats keeps rulesets just for this purpose!

It doesn't, I have some web advertisements blocked using our corporate ProxySG from bluecoat.

Home users can use K9 free of charge. After all, it's all about protecting the kids!

K9

I've actually had to do this several times. I've "bought" new albums using the Zune marketplace. Then I went to try to burn it to a CD to listen to in the car, Zune wouldn't allow me to burn it. It said I didn't have the license and I had to buy it. When I went to my purchase history, it was right there in the list. I ended up just downloading via bittorrent and burning that way. Hopefully my marketplace purchase history will be valid in court if I ever get sued by the RIAA.

I was recently in a similar situation and I was the one who had to figure it all out due to lack of documentation. The main things that I did were to map the network and create updated diagrams. I did this by using a bunch of utilities both commercial and open source.

Create a list of UIDs and PWDs and maintain them in a program like PasswordSafe. http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/

Map all the switches using a program like netdisco. Depending on your equipment, it can find the uplinks and map the network for you. Otherwise, fill in the neighbor information on your own. http://netdisco.org/

Setup monitoring with Nagios and set the parent/child relationships using nagios. Make sure the map is accurate. Monitor all critical network services such as routers, dns, wins, email, proxy, fw, etc. http://www.nagios.org/

If you're not going to graph service data with Nagios, do it with Cacti. That will provide historical/trending data that is important for future network related decisions. http://www.cacti.net/

Create high level network overviews using Visio. Solarwinds LANsurveyor Express is very useful for automating network maps. http://www.solarwinds.com/products/LANsurveyorExpress/

Make sure you have good backup configs of all devices. A tool like Kiwi CatTools will automatically backup the configs for your devices and even alert you to when configs have been changed. It's great for change management purposes. http://www.kiwisyslog.com/kiwi-cattools-overview/

I'm tired of not being able to bring my cell phone into the strip club... I don't wear a watch and rely on the phone for time as well as coordination. The last bachelor party we went to ran WAY over because nobody knew the time and where to meet the limo.

Why not just teather your cell phone's connection via bluetooth like you can do with many of the GPS devices out there? Then you're not tied to which ever provider the car company has struck a deal with. Let alone coverage...

Also, I'd rather see WIFI built into something like this so when I get home, I can push out updated music/maps/etc. to the car's computer. Anything else I need could be downloaded to the car when away from WIFI via the phone link.

I certainly don't want to pay for two mobile plans and my home internet connection. Then again... if I have enough $ to get this car, I have enough to flush another cell phone bill.

They've also had a Mail Goggles feature for a while. It makes you do some simple math problem to determine if you're sober enough to send the email. This might be useful for those who drunk mail now instead of drunk dial. http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html