Prudery in the cause of cyber-censorship? Hardly
December 28, 2008
The Guardian claims we don’t have the guts to call things by their name because we’re a bunch of prudes. Au contraire, Baudelaire.
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2008 Intel converts: Bigger flock than Apple
December 28, 2008
In 2008, Intel not only won the PC processor war against AMD but walked away with a new PC market that it now virtually owns.
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Yahoo to anonymize user data after 90 days
December 28, 2008
Clearly, the race is on to the bottom on data retention policies. In particular, Google and Yahoo have been playing a game of privacy leapfrog.
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Year in review: Scams up, but big Net attack averted
December 28, 2008
The bad news: cybercriminals stepped up efforts to separate consumers from their money. The good news: a major flaw in Internet protocol got fixed.
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We need to monitor information security grifters, too
December 28, 2008
People who try to capitalize on a false sense of insecurity only further damage the state of Internet security.
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IE8 'Super-Standards' Aim for Site Compatibility
December 28, 2008
Browser’s new ’super standards’ mode means more interoperability, or does it? Microsoft thinks it has an answer.
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The RIAA's About-Face on Lawsuits
December 28, 2008
Music industry association abandons sweeping litigation program in favor of partnering with ISPs to combat piracy. Watchdog groups are wary.
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Sun Upgrades xVM VirtualBox, Has big Dreams
December 28, 2008
The vendor plans to become a major virtualization player with an improved desktop virtualization product.
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Currency Fluctuations, Weak App Sales Hit Oracle
December 28, 2008
The troubled economy impacts the database giant’s bottom line.
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Hardware in Green, Blue, Black & Red
December 28, 2008
For an industry stuck at commodity status, with only a few competitors, the hardware sector was never boring in 2008.
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