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Comment Password Tracker Deluxe (Score 1) 1007

by mlippert on Wednesday November 11, 2009 @08:11PM (#30067734) Attached to: Best Tool For Remembering Passwords?

I bought a copy of Password Tracker Deluxe years ago, and it's been a great tool on Windows, so I wanted to give it a mention.

I'm currently trying to replace Windows for my daily needs with Linux (I'm currently trying Linux Mint KDE), and so I had to find another option (although it does mostly work under wine).

What I found was KeePassX, which has done a pretty good job as a replacement. And because KeePassX is cross-platform, I can access on Windows as well.

I saw others mentioning KeePassX above, and they mentioned features I haven't even discovered yet.

Amazon Culls "Offensive" Books From Search System 470

Posted by timothy on Sunday April 12, 2009 @07:53PM from the streisand-effect dept.

Miracle Jones writes "Amazon has instituted an overnight policy that removes books that may be deemed offensive from their search system, despite the sales rank of the book and also irrespective of any complaints. Bloggers such as Ed Champion are calling for a 'link and book boycott,' asking people to remove links to Amazon from their web pages and stop buying books from them until the policy is reversed. Will this be bad business for Amazon, or will their new policies keep them out of trouble as they continue to grow and replace bookstores?"

Comment Re:Only to some (Score 1) 746

by mlippert on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @03:48PM (#26550617) Attached to: Is Microsoft Improving Its Image?

Here here!!

I'm 100% in your camp. I don't want DRM capabilities in my OS!

And I also agree with your assessment of the whining and complaining and the breaking rank to make money.

Comment Re:New! with 50% less stink! (Score 1) 746

by mlippert on Wednesday January 21, 2009 @03:43PM (#26550541) Attached to: Is Microsoft Improving Its Image?

I'm glad to hear you say this. My #1 question about Windows 7 is: Did they remove the DRM built into the OS which removes my control of my computer?

(Which is really about not being able to install drivers to access my peripherals as I'd like, so that I can install a driver which doesn't degrade my image just because it came from a bluray disk and my monitor isn't connected w/ an HDCP cable.)

Submission + - Digital 'smiley face' turns 25 (yahoo.com)

Submitted by

mytrip

on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @05:21PM

mytrip writes: "PITTSBURGH — It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. :-) Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes — a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis — as a horizontal "smiley face" in a computer message.

Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on Sept. 19, 1982, during a discussion about the limits of online humor and how to denote comments meant to be taken lightly.

"I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-)," wrote Fahlman. "Read it sideways."

The suggestion gave computer users a way to convey humor or positive feelings with a smile — or the opposite sentiments by reversing the parenthesis to form a frown.

To mark the anniversary Wednesday, Fahlman and his colleagues are starting an annual student contest for innovation in technology-assisted, person-to-person communication. The Smiley Award, sponsored by Yahoo Inc., carries a $500 cash prize."

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