Storm Worm Botnet More Powerful Than Top Supercomputers

Posted in September 10th, 2007

from Information Week.
The growing Storm Worm botnet has enough distributed power to launch a damaging attack.
The Storm worm botnet has grown so massive and far-reaching that it easily overpowers the world’s top supercomputers.
That’s the latest word from security researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of Microsoft Windows machines that have been compromised by […]

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iPhone drops $200, Apple offers $100 Rebate for Early Adopters

Douglas

Posted in September 7th, 2007

Published in Cell Phones, Apple, Fun, iPhone

Here’s the link to (Real) Steve Jobs Open iPhone Letter announcing the rebate.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/
I guess Steve really does want an iPhone in every pot. I suspect he sees a barrage of imitators and copycats and improvements so he wants to get the iPhone in as many hands as possible before his brand and this marketspace […]

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Your Choice: Serve Society, or Sell Out

Douglas

Posted in September 4th, 2007

Published in Social Issues, Economy, Corporate Evil

In The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat in Winner-Take-All America (Times Books), Author Daniel Brook argues that while small luxuries from sangria to Ikea may come cheap these days, the ballooning costs of education, housing and health care are likely to drive talented twentysomethings into a Faustian bargain with corporate America. Or as Brook […]

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