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Submission + - GFI Software Enhances its Security Product Offerin (sunbeltsoftware.com) 1

Submitted by ibsteve2u on Tuesday July 13, 2010 @05:24PM

ibsteve2u writes: I got the prerequisite email, and here is the scoop: Sunbelt has been "acquired". Does this mean the transformation of the rather lean Vipre antivirus into bloatware, and the eventual stratospheric repricing of one of the few cost-effective solutions that will run on Microsoft's server platforms? I hope not...

Submission + - The saga of net neutrality continues.... (freepress.net)

Submitted by ibsteve2u on Tuesday June 01, 2010 @01:29PM

ibsteve2u writes: Our Cash'n'Carry Congress is attempting to force the FCC to permit Comcast et al to "shape" traffic as they see fit...needless to say, the members who are petitioning the FCC are fiscal favorites of the big ISPs. To quote the source:

Seventy-four members of Congress have just signed an industry-drafted letter urging the FCC to abandon efforts to protect Net Neutrality and promote universal broadband access. By signing this letter, these members have sold you out to Comcast, Verizon and AT&T.

Submission + - M$oft strikes...

Submitted by ibsteve2u on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @04:14PM

ibsteve2u writes: I see this on my my.live.com homepage today:

Thank you for using My.live.com. On March 15, 2010, My.live.com will be discontinued and all users redirected to My MSN. Please note that your settings, feeds and gadgets will not be migrated to MyMSN. To make MyMSN your homepage today, click here.

Fat chance. Were it not for certain of my software's dependency upon Microsoft...a situation I will now have to investigate correcting; unbridled arrogance irks me.

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