Sony Using Rootkits Again

A line of USB drives sold by Sony Electronics installs files in a hidden folder that can be accessed and used by hackers, a Finnish security company says.

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free incoming text messages

I knew it would come: wireless phone spam.

I recieved a text message from "Kermit Lambe" about "stock fdke...fredericks entertainment"...

It's why I only pay for wireless services that provide FREE or UNLIMITED incoming messages: one prepaid service I had provided free incoming calls...another provided free incoming text messages (I would rarely answer that one).

AT&T and net neutrality

"...if you can do it for one group, you can do it to any group and say, 'Well, it's not intentional'...nobody should have that power to do that and then be able to exercise distributive control over the distribution and control over the content too"...AT&T has set up secret rooms...that let the NSA snoop the nation's network traffic...

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Is there a radio DJ in the house?

"Some stations have no live voices at all. Technology has resulted in far fewer DJs at radio stations. How to tell...some signs the DJ is not live or works in another time zone..."

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(I've caught many...it's not very difficult to...)

"plugins" plug-in more than expected

When is a "plugin" not a "plugin"? I'm VERY dissappointed in Firefox...

At a website, I clicked on an audio file...Firefox said I needed a "plugin": I chose to install the "plugin"...which was the full version of realPlayer!

Shame on you both. Since this is what I can expect, I am reconsidering the amount of time I have used Firefox over Internet Explorer.

don't buy DRM

I never purchased anything from Google Video. I did suck down a lot drinks at 7-Eleven, and buy meals at Burger King, so I could get some free tunes...

I tried to play a couple of WMA files in my collection: Windows Media Player said a license is required. I found a note file I had created with "codes" for songs I had received from http://bkmusic.aol.com/music/downloadManager.htm

The link now forwards to Burger King's main website.

This is why I purchase CDs (and non-DRMed product).

my fantasy computer

The Dell XPS Inspiron M2010

a 20.1-inch widescreen SXGA+ display with TrueLifeTM technology...1680 x 1050 resolution...256MB ATI® MobilityTM RADEONTM X1800 graphics card

4GB of dual-channel memory

Cost at my preferred configuration: $3,687

Who loves me?...

AOL Mail storage limit

It states that AOL Mail and AIM Mail will have unlimited storage by the end of June...but I know of someone's mail being bounced because their inbox was "full"...

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UK ISPs might limit BBC streams

Streaming content might take a toll on the current infrastructure...

(I knew we all might need to face this one day.)

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