TECHNOLOGY: WGA is one of the reasons I’ve left MSFT

Thursday, April 16, 2009

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/090416/

Windows Genuine Advantage is still genuinely bad
Ryan Russell By Ryan Russell

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Microsoft’s system for validating Windows before users can download most updates continues to be a problem for legitimate customers and for Internet security as a whole.

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And, what exactly are you buying when you give Microsoft your hard earned money — either directly or indirectly?

Nothing. Potentially nothing.

For any reason at all they can “turn you off”.

Sorry.

Not for me any more.

I’m moving.

Glacially it seems at times, but moving.

To Linux.

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SOFTWARE: NAMBU manages TWITTER

Friday, April 10, 2009

http://www.nambu.com/  

The Nambu Network

The Nambu Network is just that: a network of services for social messaging, integrated seemlessly into our client software to maximize the integration and user experience.

And, best of all, everything Nambu is free.

Nambu is emerging as the best social messaging experience for OS X, only just starting with Twitter and FriendFeed. Tell us what you want us to work on. We need your input to help us build the software that we all want to use.

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Jury’s still out on this.

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SERVICE: One “cloud” service changes its TOS!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

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The Gallery’s Terms of Service have changed.

Can’t see everything? Visit us here.

Add Membership@smile.kodakgallery.com to your Address Book to ensure delivery to your inbox.

Thank you for being a Gallery customer-we appreciate you choosing us for your photo management needs.

So that you are aware, we have modified our Terms of Service*: To more effectively serve our Gallery members, we have adjusted our photo-storage policy to align with storage usage.

To store photos at the Gallery, members with photo storage of 2 gigabytes (GB) or less must make annual minimum purchases totaling at least $4.99.** Failure to meet this requirement may result in your photos being deleted from the Gallery.

Your recent purchases make you compliant with the new storage policy until 12/15/2009; no action is required at this time. Click Here to see your status details.

Thanks again for choosing the Gallery. We look forward to our continued relationship with you.

The KODAK Gallery

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Here’s another problem with cloud services: They think they can change their TOS anytime they want.
They don’t realize that they are betraying the trust that people put in them and all cloud services.
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SERVICE: What is an iName?

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

http://1id.com/

What is an iName?

An iName is a single, unified communications address that gives you one digital identity for all your online communications and transactions. This advanced digital addressing breakthrough shields you and your personal information from spam, online scams, data mining, and identity theft, and assures you of the highest standard of data and identity privacy and security.

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Useful?
Jury’s still out for me.
Try mine at:
http://xri.net/=reinkefj/(+contact)

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SERVICE: Carbonite Loses Customers’ Data

Sunday, March 22, 2009

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/23/online-backup-company-carbonite-loses-customers-data-blames-and-sues-suppliers/

Online Backup Company Carbonite Loses Customers’ Data, Blames And Sues Suppliers
by Robin Wauters on March 23, 2009

The danger of storing your data in the cloud, part n. VC-backed online backup and storage provider Carbonite has lost data of 7,500+ customers who relied on the company to keep their files safe, The Boston Globe unveiled over the weekend.

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Cloud computing for backups? Not for those 7,500+ people!

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SERVICE: My Yahoo Group wouldn’t post a message last night

Sunday, March 22, 2009

From about 11PM until after 2AM.

Unscheduled maintenance? Component Downtime?

No explanation.

Tell me again about “cloud computing”?

Argh!

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TECHNOLOGY: Watching the NCAA men’s online

Friday, March 20, 2009

http://mmod.ncaa.com/?source=mktg_09MMOD_EMnc319

Watch live games from the 2009 NCAA® Division I Men’s Basketball Championship online for free

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Watching. Pretty good! Impressive. Who needs TV?

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TECHNOLOGY: Platform automatic reboots

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Last night, both my Vista and MacBookAir platforms automagically rebooted.

Argh!

I usually just walk away and leave things open to be picked up where I left off.

What “genius” is making decisions for me!

Argh!

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SERVICE: Yahoo BRIEFCASE service shutting down

Friday, March 13, 2009

Dear Yahoo! Briefcase user,

We will be officially closing Yahoo! Briefcase on March 30, 2009. Until then, we are offering you the opportunity to download your files back to your computer. You will need to take action before we close, after which any files remaining on Yahoo! Briefcase will be deleted and no longer accessible.

To access your Yahoo! Briefcase account, click the link below:

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/

If you are a Yahoo! Briefcase Premium subscriber, your current subscription will be canceled on March 30, 2009. We will refund the unused portion of your Premium subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. So please make sure that your billing information is correct and up-to-date. For more information, please visit https://billing.yahoo.com.

For additional information or to review a list of our frequently asked questions, click the link below:

Briefcase Help

We appreciate your being a Yahoo! Briefcase user.

Sincerely,
Yahoo! Customer Support

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Why don’t I feel appreciated? Demonstrating a big flaw in cloud computing. Vendors quit! Even if you’re paying them!
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TECHNOLOGY: Free utility turns windoze display 90 like kindle

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Note the free downloadable utility that would allow the “pink elephant” to imitate a Kindle reader for books.

March 4, 2009 2:00 PM PST

Kindle, schmindle…I’ve got your $350 e-book reader right here

http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10188221-12.html?tag=nl.e404

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