Comment Could be worse (Score 5, Funny) 199
I'm just glad we never got raided when I was storing data on the Vax 6000 tape drives.
Comment Yes (Score 1) 521
Privacy is an illusion.
Internet Privacy doubly so.
Avoiding a technology doesn't preserve privacy, it just makes you feel like you are immune.
Even if you don't have a Facebook account, people who know you are posting pictures of you.
Facebook Master Password Was "Chuck Norris" 319
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A Facebook employee has given a tell-all interview with some very interesting things about Facebook's internals. Especially interesting are all the things relating to Facebook privacy. Basically, you don't have any. Nearly everything you've ever done on the site is recorded into a database. While they fire employees for snooping, more than a few have done it. There's an internal system to let them log into anyone's profile, though they have to be able to defend their reason for doing so. And they used to have a master password that could log into any Facebook profile: 'Chuck Norris.' Bruce Schneier might be jealous of that one."
Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? 221
Arvisp writes "According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product's first year. If Lee's blog post is to be believed, Apple plans to sell nearly twice as many tablets as it did iPhones in the product's first year."
Comment Lock it down (Score 1) 932
I think that it all depends on the details of your situation.
1. Macs. Yes, switching them to Macs will eliminate your support time, but it isn't a cheap solution.
2. Linux. It's fine for some people, but switching to Linux to reduce support time is like switching to Zima to reduce your bar tab. People who don't want to learn about tech won't like any flavor of Linux.
3. Windows. If you stick with Windows, install Firefox with Adblock Plus. Delete all IE icons. Move them to web mail. Make a disk image of each machine. Disk imaging software will save you a ton of time on the occasions where a reformat is needed.
Submission + - Gmail finally leaves beta
Merenth writes: Google announced today on their official blog that Gmail has finally left beta.
They have added an option under Google Labs to re-enable the beta tag if you miss it.
Google Docs, Google Talk and Google Calendar are also leaving beta status.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-apps-is-out-of-beta-yes-really.html
They have added an option under Google Labs to re-enable the beta tag if you miss it.
Google Docs, Google Talk and Google Calendar are also leaving beta status.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-apps-is-out-of-beta-yes-really.html
Comment Re:I really exist (Score 1) 310
How many people are going to Bing Badda for their first search?
Sophos Releases Klingon Language Version 94
Bantu1 writes to mention an attention grab by anti-virus company Sophos, which is now offering a Klingon language version of their popular anti-virus software. Now Qo'nos too can be completely safe from the storm. If only we could see a Sophos logo in the next Paramount endeavor, the cycle would be complete.
Microsoft Ending Mainstream Support For XP 580
Slatterz writes "Come next week, Microsoft will be in the unusual position of no longer offering mainstream support for its most widely used product. Windows XP will pass another milestone next week on the road to retirement when mainstream support ends on 14 April 2009, over seven years after the OS originally shipped. While the company said that it will continue to provide free security fixes for XP until 2014, any future bugs found in the platform will not be fixed unless customers pay. Windows XP accounts for about 63 percent of all Internet-connected computers, according to March 2009 statistics from Hitslink, while Windows Vista makes up about 24 percent."
Comment Fooling 25% is nothing (Score 1) 580
I could convince 25% on AIM that I'm an elf.
