Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Wednesday, December 3, 2003

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Virus seeks to disable and discredit anti-spammers: "New Mimail variant attacks Spamhaus while spammers step up their efforts to get their message through junk mail filters." [Ars Technica]


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Diebold Backs Off Legal Challenge: "In August, activists posted Diebold memos online that suggested the company knew its electronic voting machines were insecure. The company responded with legal threats. Now it's pulling back in the face of opposition." [Wired News]


[Item Permalink] Aikido skills needed for working with MS Word -- Comment()
Mac Net Journal writes: "Also, I'm beginning to think that professional writers like me who have to use Microsoft Word every day are less like experts than practitioners of aikido. We don't master Word so much as we know how to dodge its attacks, and turn the program's own negative energy back against itself to bend it to our will. Which is not the way a program should be."