Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Thursday, January 5, 2006

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Rejoice, Mac Heads, and Stay Tuned: "I want those geeks who favor Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows platform to look upon the Mac and feel a combination of envy and remorse. I want them all to take note of the Mac OS and the computers that run it, and in large numbers say at once: Now that's the way personal computing should be."


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Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists: "This article describes how anybody in the world can develop sophisticated profiles of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens, using only free and publicly available resources."


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Attempts to exploit WMF vulnerability by IM multiply: "Security researchers have logged over 70 variations on instant messages attempting to exploit the WMF vulnerability since the first were reported on Saturday." [InfoWorld: Top News]


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Windows bug awaits Microsoft fix: "Users may have to wait another week for a fix to a serious bug in Microsoft Windows." [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]