China closes 17,488 Net cafes
China closes 17,488 Net cafes This is the sort of thing that happens when the government tells you what you can and can’t read, and what is appropriate for you to be informed about and what is “subversive”. .
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Busy holiday weekend
This is going to be a busy holiday weekend. Not so much because of the holiday, although we will be doing Thanksgiving dinner with my family, but because of all of the projects I have lined up to do! Assuming the UPS delivery date is correct and I get it today, I’ll be installing a…
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Users are the weakest link, security experts warn
Users are the weakest link, security experts warn | Computerworld News & Features Story This is pretty good stuff. This article really shows the things you need your senior management folks to know and buy into. It took me a long time to get folks here to buy into security, and since it’s still in…
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Are you Vulnerable? Wireless, Worms & CyberThreats
Sort of a slow day today, which is ok, since I forgot to write about the seminar I was at yesterday! It was Are you Vulnerable? Wireless, Worms & CyberThreats put on by ISS . This turned out to actually be pretty good. I was expecting a big scare tactic followed by a sales pitch…
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Comedy site has plug pulled
BBC News | UK | Comedy site has plug pulled Freeserve pulled the plug because it ” was likely to cause “offence and anxiety”. Given the current legal conditions and ISP’s willingness to shutdown a site rather than deal with the complaints, I vote that we start to complain to ISP’s about stupid websites. No…
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Microsoft expands tech training programs
Microsoft expands tech training programs Joe Wilcox, dude could you get any more anti-MS bias into your story? Not that I’m saying MS doesn’t deserve some bashing, but are you really trying to say that Microsoft is only implementing this program to influence High School kids to use Windows instead of Linux or Mac? Do…