Vista Discount for Beta Testers
I had to laugh at this. It seems that Microsoft is offering a discount to anyone that downloaded a beta test of Vista. The article suggests it's because no one really wants Vista and why should they?
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Microsoft, Windows VistaPentagon Dismantles Database of Peaceful Activits and Religious Groups
Talon, a Pentagon program that has been used to track and monitor peaceful group and members of some churches is now being dismantled.
Assuming there are protections in place to prevent this kind of thing from happening again and that whoever was responsible for this in the first place is disciplined, then this is a good thing.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Brother, Good StuffSpyware to be Legalized
Congress is now considering a bill similar to the CAN-SPAM act for spyware. Like the CAN-SPAM act, it doesn't actually stop anything, but rather legalizes it instead.
Let's sum up. If the Spy Act become law, hardware, software, and network vendors will be granted carte blanche to use spyware themselves to police their customers' use .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]French E-Voting is a “Catastrophe”
I had no idea Diebold sold to the French. But seriously:
Philippe de Villiers, a nationalist Catholic candidate in the election, called it a "cheating machine" as he voted in his home town of Herbiers in western France. Note that it doesn't actually say who makes the voting machines. Maybe it really was Diebold.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Evoting, FranceMicrosoft Claims Sender ID is Working Well
From the "consider the source" department, Microsoft is tooting their own horn about how well Sender ID prevents spam. The part about this that kills me is that if Microsoft made one stupidly obvious change to Hotmail, I would almost never open spam e-mails.
All they need to do is let me see the actual address of the .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Hotmail, Microsoft, SpamDell Offering XP Again
While Dell originally switched wholesale to Vista (as did most vendors), due to high demand, they will be offering XP preinstalled again. Of course, if Microsoft refuses to license them to do so, I wonder how that will work out…
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: DELL, Microsoft, Windows XPMontana Rejects REAL ID
While they aren't the first (even though they mysteriously claim to be).
"We also don't think that bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., ought to tell us that if we're going to get on a plane we have to carry their card, so when it's scanned through they know where you went, when you got there and .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]DNA Drive-By Accusations
This is just one more reason why we need to fight and fight to prevent any type of collection and storage of DNA information from innocent people. I know that targeting relatives doesn't initially require .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Brother, DNAHackers Invited to Break E-Voting – Too Bad It’s the Phillipines
In a smart move, the Phillipine government is asking hackers far and wide to break their system. In a move that's sure to provide a lot of free publicity and free security testing at worst, the Phillipines prove they can do the job much better then our guys.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Evoting, PhillipinesPolice “Book” Unruly 6 Year Olds
Tantrum turns to police record.
She flailed away at the teachers who tried to control her. She pulled one woman’s hair. She was kicking. Unless the kid has a knife or some other kind of weapon, nothing they can do could be counted as dangerous.
Tags: Families, Kids, Police, Security Theater, Utter Failure