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Why do I bother?
So towards the end of last week, I wrote out and fully explained, in great detail, how MyDoom worked and what it meant when you got “bounce” messages claiming that you sent out a virus. (Or, in fact, what it didn’t mean, since they have no point.) This is at least the third time I…
Discount on Sandisk iXpand
Via my lovely wife and her watchful eye for things that would help me be a better traveler/techie/photographer, you can currently get $50 off a Sandisk iXpand device. We’ve all been there. We’re on a trip and taking tons of photos with our iPhones. Then, all of a sudden, you get that dreaded message that…
Weekend pondering
For all you user-support folks out there, here’s a question for discussion. We all know that keeping the lines of communication open between users and IT staff is an important part of any tech support operation. If people are afraid to come to you with questions, that’s bad for everyone involved. Sometimes that means saying…
I agree with the Doc, but not the Dr.
Looks like Dr. Pepper is trying to use not only it’s own blog to market it’s new product, but it’s also trying to buy influence with bloggers in exchange for positive feedback and linkage. I would have to agree with the quote from Doc in the article. Now that the cat is out of the…
I’m not trying to say anything bad about my readers…
Since I announced that extra $$ from the Amazon links would be going to Prevent Child Abuse, I’ve had 47 people click through to Amazon from here, which is quite higher than normal, but not a single one of them actually ordered anything. You do all realize that you have to actually buy something for…
Hotels Want to Block WiFi devices
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/25/technology/marriott-wifi/index.html In its petition to the FCC, Marriott and the hotel lobby argued that guests can use their smartphones or Mi-Fi devices to launch an attack against a hotel’s Wi-Fi network or threaten other guests’ privacy (by stealing their credit card data or other personal information). They also said that those gadgets can interfere with…