Feb 27, 2007
Apple allegedly falsified stock documents to guarantee maximum profits for certain executives. I am certainly not a stock market expert, but I do know...
Are You Kiddin' Me?, dell laptop, General, Technology
Feb 24, 2007
You may remember the report last summer about the pickup truck that was burned to a crisp courtesy of an exploding Dell laptop. The pickup truck owner...
Feb 19, 2007
Peter found an alarming post on Nicholas Carr’s Rough Type blog which displays a list of several North Carolina newspapers that are blasting the...
Feb 3, 2007
When I first read this, I thought is was old news. However, upon further examination, it is a NEW report. Department of Veterans Affairs is reporting ...
Are You Kiddin' Me?, General, Security
Jan 25, 2007
I have been called “paranoid” when it comes to computer security. Usually, it is after I have refused to send some sensitive data via emai...
Jan 24, 2007
Last year, there was a lawsuit (maybe more than one, I am not sure) alleging that the Motorola Bluetooth headset causes hearing loss (here is a link t...
Jan 11, 2007
According to Network World, an independent investigator is facing Federal charges of conspiracy and aggravated identity theft stemming from HP’s...
Jan 9, 2007
The Wall Street Journal (requires login) is reporting that more laptops containing sensitive information have been stolen. This time, the thieves appa...
Are You Kiddin' Me?, Security, Software
Dec 15, 2006
If reports by Raimund Genes, Trend Micro’s CTO, are correct, hackers are selling a Zero-day exploit for Microsoft Vista for a cool $50,000. Evid...
Dec 14, 2006
Here is a rant, sort of. With the recent revelations of ID theft by illegal U.S. workers, one would think that the FTC would not have time to mess wit...
Dec 14, 2006
This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spearheaded a big, concentrated crackdown on illegal immigrants in Swift meatpacking plants. They arres...
Are You Kiddin' Me?, Browsers, Firefox, General
Dec 13, 2006
I have noticed that Firefox seems to be running slow for me lately, painfully slow in some cases. The only thing that I have done differently (that co...
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