RealPlayer 10 has been released. Now, I have been successful in keeping RealOne off our network here at work, by using the language of our anti-spyware policy, since RealOne did a whole lot of tracking, advertising and other sneaky things. After reading this though, I might have to at least give version 10 and their…
The spyware that loved me, and excellent article about what happens when you let your guard down and allow spyware to be installed on your PC!
Since I couldn’t get past recreating that crash everytime I imported my OPML file into News Desk, I decided a change would do me good. So now I’m reading my news in Sharpreader, which has become a much nicer product in the time since I last tried, unsuccessfully, to use it! I was sort of…
It’s one thing to have to help people around the office with their PC issues, it’s quite another when it’s your PC having the problems. My news aggregator of choice is having some technical difficulties. Something in one of the feeds I’m subscribed to is making it crash on opening and the only fix is…
Ahh finally someone has come up with a service that will let you: “get an instant summary report on how likely it is that your marketing message or email newsletter will get stopped by the mail servers behind Sp@mAssassin and similar Bayesian-style filters.” I’m going to have to check out the ContentChecker and see if…
I was asked to “consult” with our VP of Legislative Affairs this afternoon in reference to an anti-spam bill. She showed me the current state law, the proposed state law and the latest Federal CAN-Spam Act. All 3 have a different definition of what an “access provider” is. Being an access provider gives you the…