Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Ding Dong the Emperor is Gone!

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Scott McNealy has stepped down as Sun’s CEO. All I can say is that it’s about time!
Hopefully they can now do something with the wonderful intellectual property they have socked away in the vault.
scott mcnealy, sun

If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Proving that the combination of pen and checkbook is mightier than the sword, RSA Security announced the acquisition of PassMark Security for approximately $45 million dollars (far less than RSA’s acquisition price for Cyota).
The acquisition will bring together the top two multi-factor and risk-based authentication vendors serving the financial services space. While both RSA/Cyota [...]

Free Personal Email Certificates

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

At last, one of the Certificate Authorities has come to the conclusion that the average Internet user is not going to spend anywhere from $50 to $100 per year to prove their identity online or sign and encrypt their email. Thawte, one of the more forward thinking CA’s, is now offering a free Personal [...]

MacBook Pro in Sheeps Clothing

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Does anyone else think that the MacBook Pro, in it’s current incarnation, is just a temporary bridge for PowerBook users to keep them from jumping to the Intel powered iBooks when released? What are we really going to see toward the end of this year for the silver toting laptop crowd?
It’s got to be [...]

Notes Regarding Apple Tech Support

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

When the message says that a rep will be with you in approximately 5 minutes, what they really mean is that they will be with you in less than 5 minutes!
The person who answers the phone speaks ENGLISH and has a CLUE regarding the technology they are supporting!
Steve Jobs exacts his revenge on users [...]

Ding, Dong, the Clown is Gone!

Friday, December 16th, 2005

From a CNN.com Story:
The last Howard Stern show to be broadcast over the public airwaves aired today. At last, I’ll be able to surf the radio dial in the morning and not be subject to his garbage. As a side benefit of being a loyal XM Radio subscriber (since its launch) . . [...]


Bad Behavior has blocked 194 access attempts in the last 7 days.