The FBI’s Computer Crime Survey 2005 has been released. Thanks to BeSpacific for the link. At the time of this writing the survey itself is not accessible, but the summary of the findings can be found from the above link. In relevant part, the important findings are as follows: Frequency of attacks. Nearly nine out…
Top Ten Sources and RSS®
The concern over the copyright a website/blog owner has in the RSS feed she publishes isn’t new, but the debate lately has focused on one particular RSS aggregator, called Top Ten Sources. Top Ten Sources is an editor-selected list of ten feeds on a particular topic. When the editor revises the list, he sends an…
Truly Anonymous Web Surfing: Realized on a CD?
In Wired News, Quinn Norton has an interesting article on an open source CD that contains a self-contained operating system. The purpose is to never actually use the hard drive of the machine while still allowing internet access, thereby leaving no fingerprints that the machine was used. The CD runs OpenBSD, but it disguises the…
Review of One Week with the Travelmate C200
My tablet arrived last Friday, and ever since then my computing life has not been the same. Out of the box the experience was good. For you true geeks, the specific model I chose is the C203etci. The C200 is a convertible tablet, the screen slides up to discover a nice sized keyboard underneath. It’s…
Backups? Choose something other than CD’s
While you can get a bulk package of CD-R’s really cheap at local stores or online, they are not the best for backup purposes. The physical material degrades over time, and some types degrade faster than others. An IBM expert indicates that a 2-5 year lifespan is typical for most self-recorded CD’s. (Link courtesy of…
Participatory Panopticon
Jamais Cascio’s talk from Mesh Forum 2005 entitled “participatory panopticon” is very interesting, it regards the societal changes that come from mobile phones with digital cameras and other always on mobile networked tools. The Panopticon was Jeremy Bentham’s proposed prison where the inmates could be watched all the time. Mr. Cascio’s idea is that we…
Out of the Box with Wireless
I’m writing this now on OpenOffice 2.01 with my new Acer Travelmate C200. Opening the box was cool, I was up and running within minutes. The only big hiccup came with the built-in power management software misinterpreting tablet mode as being the standard “Lid’s closed, let’s power down” mode. Luckily I was able to diagnose…
YABHTU? In the new year!
Happy New Year to all my loyal readers! You know who you are, and how much I appreciate your comments. I’ve truly enjoyed keeping up the blog and the interesting people I’ve met along the way. I hope to become YABHTU in the new year, my tablet should arrive next week. I’ll post about my…
Will I become YABHTU?
I am looking forward to the new year, in which I plan to get a laptop to replace my older, luggable device. The question is, will I become Yet Another Blissfully Happy Tablet User (“YABHTU“)? Whenever I get together with other bloggers, I am always impressed with the additional functionality of the tablet design and…
BMG v. Gonzalez: 7th Circuit weighs in on fair use for filesharing
The Seventh Circuit ruled yesterday in the case BMG Music v. Gonzalez, which involves a claim of fair use for songs downloaded from the peer to peer file sharing system, KaZaA. The district court had granted summary judgment to BMG, awarding $22,500 in statutory damages and an injunction against further infringement. Gonzalez then appealed to…