How Long Does It Take To Catch A Computer Virus?. In fact, after only 8 seconds, the unsuspecting little rascal was undergoing the machine equivalent of being turned into a "Pod person from the planet Mars!" First, it was hit by Sasser, one of the fastest spreading worms on the Internet. Then it started downloading strange programs from mysterious internet addresses. [Digg / Technology] comment []9:55:06 AM
Software is hard. Salon's Scott Rosenberg explains why even small-scale programming projects can take years to complete, one programmer is often better than two, and the meaning of "Rosenberg's Law." [Salon] comment []9:44:56 AM
Mac Word: And the Phone Played On. Jason Snell thinks the cell phone manufacturers are shockingly calm about the iPhone. But that's because it's all an act.
