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A Manx tale
Comment Instead, his site (http://www.cheggersbedroom.com ) had succumbed to the Unix/Sadmind worm, meaning that if you had boldly gone where very few people had gone before, you'd have been greeted with this message: "f**k USA government f**k Poizon BOx. [18 May 2001]
'Putting a chastity belt on technology': Copyright law and technology
Comment Attempts to protect copyrighted material have strayed from their original purpose, say lawyers, technologists and academics - but few can agree on the solution. Speaking on Friday at a University of California at Berkeley conference on the law and... [03 Mar 2003]
Answer number two:
Comment See http://www.silicon.com/a44743 for the full article. [01 Jan 2001]
Leader: Stopping unnecessary emails...
Leader Far be it from silicon.com to get all 'it was us what won it' - but it wasn't that long ago we were complaining about the problem of false virus alert notifications created by antivirus software .and now one vendor has removed the function. [11 May 2004]
Leader: Can Tony close the digital divide?
Leader The UK government, with its new-found momentum on high-tech matters, is taking on the digital divide in its attempts to make the UK a connected nation. The digital divide is symptomatic of any government's greatest challenge - uniting the haves and... [01 Apr 2005]
Napster: A loud enough wake up call for media giants?
Comment Napster looks close to a deal that could save its bacon and EMI intends to develop a platform for legalising the burning of CDs from digital music on the net. Good news for music fans, but too late to raise the collective pulse rate. [05 Jun 2001]
SMS: The neglected mobile platform
Comment In the UK, ITV (with the aforementioned Popstars), Channel 5, and Channel 4 (through its E4 offshoot) are starting to integrate programmes with SMS messaging, using it to encourage viewer voting and to deliver permission-based advertising. [30 Jan 2001]
Hack attacks and soap boxes
Comment Bloom's soliloquy, the hypnotic cadence with its surreal message telling me to plunge my face into the torrent and drink. Not that we condone hacking of course. Or dodgy rhymes, come to that. Then came Oxfam, which was also hacked on Tuesday, when... [29 Aug 2000]
Model Management: Tighter belts, dented morale
Comment 'New' economy companies were exposed to ridicule when details of some of their more unusual staff perks started to get out. Aromatherapists on 24 hour call. Massage at the desk. Scooters, pinball machines and water pistols freely available. [17 Apr 2001]
Skills Survey 2002: All the commentary and analysis...
Comment Skills Survey 2002: Message to employers: Understand your current skills set - be prepared for the future http://www.silicon.com/a52132 silicon.com's Skills Survey just screams controversy. Here is the combined interpretation of this year's... [20 Jun 2002]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 24.01.03
Comment Message: hi there.it seems you were infected with Yaha.k. Thinking of writing a virus? Well think again - there are signs the authorities are beginning to take the matter seriously. Simon Vallor, a 22 year-old Welshman, was sentenced to two years... [24 Jan 2003]
iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP
Comment Via another route you can get to the ordering page but this then leads you back to the "out of stock" message. It seems seven days can't pass without the government giving our readers something to rant about… see why one reader thinks we're in... [15 Jul 2008]
The Bloor Perspective: Ballmer on Linux, IBM's dinosaur and SQL's future
Comment Ballmer went on to state that it was obvious that the advent of Linux and OSS means that Microsoft can no longer rely on the "we are cheaper to acquire" message to win and retain customers. IBM intends T-Rex to be a major vehicle for delivering its... [19 May 2003]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment Examples of hacks for SIP include registration hijacking, which allows a hacker to intercept incoming calls and reroute them; message tampering, which allows a hacker to modify data packets travelling between SIP addresses; and session tear-down... [09 Mar 2007]
Walter Hewlett vs HP-Compaq: this time it's personal
Comment The game involves searching Google's massive two-billion page database for two words that return a "Results 1 out of 1" message at the top of the page. When the merger was first announced last September a surprised industry exclaimed "Well slap my... [31 Jan 2002]
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