Happy Halloween 2013
Folks,
I understand that Mother Nature is going to dampen the festivities for some of you, but I would like to wish you all the best possible Halloween, well, um.. possible!
And please, let’s be safe.
Today’s quote: “Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.” ~ William Shakespeare
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Pre-Halloween Mishmash
Here’s a few Items of Interest for you.
* World’s first bitcoin ATM opens in Vancouver
“Bitcoiniacs’s kiosk dispenses digital currency from Waves Coffee House” Read more..
* Weaponized Antivirus: When Good Software Does Bad Things
“The 8th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software is aimed at bringing forward the latest scholarly research in security, in an atmosphere that allows direct and candid interaction between all attendees. This year’s conference (Malware 2013 for short) launched with a keynote by Dennis Batchelder, director of Microsoft Malware Protection Center, pointing out the hard problems that face the antimalware industry.” Read more..
[note: this one’s kinda important to know.. ]
* 6 Ridiculous Science Myths You Learned in Kindergarten
“Right around the time we learn to start questioning the ways of this wonderful world around us, our parents start packing us onto school buses every morning, because who the hell has time for all those obnoxious questions? Let the professionals address the budding curiosity of our children; we’ve got America’s Next Top Model to watch. Teachers are better equipped to deal with those questions anyway, right? Right!” Read more..
* Here’s something scary .. Boo!
* Also scary.. Adobe Confesses to Bigger Password Hack
“Early this month, digital media solutions provider Adobe reported a security breach which compromised password information and credit card data for around 3 million customers…” Read more..
BTW Blackberry’s BBM is now available for iGadgets and android devices.
And in case I don’t speak with you before then, please have a safe and a happy Halloween.
Today’s quote: “There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.” ~ Stephen Hawking
(Now that’s scary..!)
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The G. The B. And the U.
Today’s Friday Fun video is a bit different than my normal fare. It is an honorarium to those pieces of music that worm our way into our consciousnesses.. and remain instantly recognizable (some might say, “haunting”) the rest of our days.
Some of you may remember this one in just such a way.
Ah, yes. The Spaghetti Western. I’d almost forgot..
Please have a safe and joyous day.
Maybe you can attend? A Rally Against Mass Surveillance | Stop Watching Us
Today’s quote: “Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
And.. for more of The G. The B. And The U.
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And the winner of the Most Hacked age group is …
(drumroll, please.)
* Millennials: Young, Mobile & Hacked
“Security professionals who eagerly anticipate more millennials in management, expecting these younger workers’ knowledge of tech to make their lives easier, might want to reconsider. ” Read more..
[ I have a few problems with this survey.. but it’s conclusion(s) sorta feels right. ]
In other news:
* Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems
“The desktop operating system is dead as a major profit center, and Apple just delivered the obituary.” Read more..
[ more good news for Microsoft. {cough, cough..} ]
* McAfee Tanks Independent AV Test
“The dedicated researchers at Dennis Technology Labs puts a small group of products to the test, usually eight or nine, but they perform intensive testing that comes extremely close to real-world user experience. In the latest quarterly report five products did very well, three earned a decent grade, and McAfee just bombed.” Read more..
[ note: Microsoft did worse in one area of the testing … ]
* Hacker Horrorshow Shaping Up for Halloween
“Get yourself ready for the frights of October! We’re not talking about ghosts or ghouls, but malware threats. In a recent blog post, Solera Network, a Blue Coat company, warned victims of this month’s malware infection campaign to keep a watchful eye out for more dangers. These include the ransomware CryptoLocker, clickfraud on a massive scale, and the theft of personal data like passwords.” Read more..
Well.. that’s enough homework for today. Happy reading!
Today’s quote: “We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.” ~ Bertrand Russell
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Epic
And now it’s time for something completely different.
Today’s quotable quote: “The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.” ~ Albert Camus
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Buying Quality Admirers
From the Don’t Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry Department: did you know there’s a whole “blackhat SEO” world of buying fraudulent “Like’s” and “Friends” and “Followers”?
Well, I have some advice for those of you who want to increase your number of friends: make sure you buy quality fakes. Don’t scrimp.
* Need a spy pen? Here’s one for only $15.
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Sometimes I think Armageddon can’t get here fast enough…
Today’s quotable quote: “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” ~ Albert Einstein
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Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
Sunday Beauty #138
Here’s yet another pretty picture for your Sunday.
Click on image to see more by this artist
“Phases of the Sunset, Mason Lake” by mikeyskatie, courtesy of Flickr Commons.
Today’s quote: “Man is the most intelligent of the animals – and the most silly.” ~ Diogenes
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Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
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