November 22, 2002 -
How I'm trying to escape from dial-up hell
- David Coursey, Executive Editor,
AnchorDesk, Today's column comes to
you courtesy of a dial-up modem connected
to AOL at a whopping 28.8kbps. A recent,
informal survey of AnchorDesk readers
indicates that a majority of you are also
connected via a dial-up account, many via
AOL. So, AnchorDesk readers, I feel your
pain--and it looks like I'll go on feeling
it for some time to come...
November
25, 2002 -
Is Microsoft Truly 'Trustworthy'? - By Lauren Weinstein, WiredNews,
Be afraid.
Microsoft thinks it knows what's best for you. Microsoft Senior Vice
President Craig Mundie recently suggested that in the name of security,
it may be appropriate to force you to install Microsoft patches or
updates, and if that breaks your existing applications, well, it's for
your own good...
November 14, 2002 -
Why spam could destroy the
Internet - ZDNet, By
David Berlind, Imagine an
Internet with no e-mail. As
ludicrous as it sounds, it could
happen. And it won't take some
new virus or worm to render the
Internet useless. All it will
take is unsolicited commercial
e-mail, otherwise known as
spam...
November 08, 2002 -
Scared Chipless - By
Larry Lange, Updated Friday, Mad as hell? You bet.
But I'm also afraid. And you should be too. That's because the
foreboding, futuristic notion of implanting ID chips in human beings is
part of the present. And it poses a serious threat to privacy rights
"guaranteed" by the Fourth Amendment...
