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  1. Newsflash on 63% Of Corporations Plan To Read Outbound Email · · Score: 1

    100% Of Corporations Plan To Read Outbound Slashdot comments.

    uh oh.

  2. Re:The exploit on Spoofing Flaw Resurfaces in Mozilla Browsers · · Score: 1

    You can also use windex without ammonia

  3. Re:IIS? on Google Launches Google Sitemaps · · Score: 1

    I'm not bashing Microsoft. Why would Microsoft want Google to gain more market share. If MS is smart they will try to make a competing product and go against this site maps idea. I just was failing to see why Microsoft would jump onboard a product by one of their main competitors in the search engine market.

  4. IIS? on Google Launches Google Sitemaps · · Score: 0, Troll

    Good Luck convincing Microsoft to adopt a Google Standard into their enterprise web server product.

  5. Article. on Symantec Launches Anti-Spyware Beta · · Score: 0, Redundant
    For those that don't want to click the link.


    Symantec has launched the beta test version of its anti-spyware application, which will be sold from June as part of its Norton Internet Security 2005 application.

    Symantec has in the past faced heavy criticism for security vulnerabilities and usability issues with its Internet security products, especially those applications targeted at the consumer and small business market.

    Norman Kohlberger, senior regional product manager for Symantec Asia Pacific, said the main aim of the new product, which will be called Symantec Internet Security AntiSpyware Edition, was to make PC security as easy as possible for the end user.

    "Users are saying, 'I don't want to know all the nitty gritty details, I don't want to know the technical stuff, just let me do what I need to do on the Web'. They just want it to work," said Kohlberger, who believes that PCs are becoming a part of everyday life and thought of as domestic appliances.

    "The computer is not a toy anymore. It has turned into a toaster and microwave -- it has become an integral part of the home environment. We have to reduce the complexity. People do not want privacy software, firewall, antivirus, spyware, adware and blended threats. The average individual is saying I don't want this anymore. Just fix it. What we are doing is reducing the complexity," said Kohlberger.

    He said the new edition was an improvement on its predecessor because it not only protected the users' personal data, but included real-time spyware and adware scanning.

    "The challenge we had in earlier products is that we did not have real-time detection and did not remove [spyware] if it was on your system. Now we are going to take the next step," said Kohlberger.

    Kohlberger said security vendors had to keep improving their products because the next generation of malware is being developed by organised criminals intent on making money from their victims.

    "They are being driven by well funded, highly organised groups of individuals. Call them what you want - mafia, criminal elements -- but it pays. Our research shows they are getting on average a response rate of between three and six percent, which is something any marketing company would be happy with," said Kohlberger.

    The beta version of the AntiSpyware application can be downloaded from Symantec's Web site. The full version will only be sold as part of the Norton Internet Security application from June and will cost AU$150.
  6. Antivirus Corporate scans for Spyware. on Symantec Launches Anti-Spyware Beta · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The release of Symantec Antivirus Corporate 9.0 (and possibly earlier versions?) has included spyware checking, and it came out late last year. It's built into the antivirus scanner as opposed to being a standalone utility.

  7. Re:Best Game for Bored Workers on Satellite Easter Eggs · · Score: 1

    That link did not show anything besides the "We're sorry but we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this region"

  8. Re:Indian, Pakistani, Ukrainian, Nigerian on Offshored Identity Theft · · Score: 2, Informative

    Do you always enjoy copying and pasting your own comments from previous articles? Post from 4 days ago

  9. Re:Potential problems on New York Computerizes its Subway System · · Score: 1

    >>it also stops suicides as the inner doors only open when a train is stopped.

    I don't imagine it would be very difficult to wait until a train is there, walk through the first set of doors, do not board the train, wait on the platform for the next train, and jump in front of it. Doesn't sound like it does very much for avoiding people trying to kill themselves.

  10. Re:50 Cent with the Northern Touch on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    The Canadian Government is thinking of making our 5 dollar bill a coin as well. That should make life interesting.

  11. Only works on Google.com on Google Delivering Factual Answers · · Score: 1

    Tried these test samples on Google.ca and I such no such facts. Had to switch to Google.com to get it to work.

  12. You're Fired. on Tiger Woods Signs Deal To Be Apple Spokeperson · · Score: 1

    In other news, Apple has terminated the contract of the Pink Panther citing he just wasn't hip and cool anymore.

  13. Re:Passwords?! on How the Secret Service Cracks Encrypted Evidence · · Score: 1

    You ever think he changed his password to 2222 in order to not tell you his real password? i always change my password to something silly when i give it to the techs to work on.

  14. 6 April fools jokes in a row makes this... on Scientific American Gives Up · · Score: 3, Funny

    wait for it. .. .. .. .. ..

    unfunny

  15. what they should have used the LN for... on Pushing P4 to 5.25GHz with Liquid Nitrogen · · Score: 2, Funny

    they should have pored it on good ol' Tom and then put a hammer to him to see if he'd break into little pieces.

    relax im kidding.

  16. Re:plan 9? on Russians Invade with Flying Saucer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't like what you are implying. I took your bolded words and put them together and got this:

    reviving dead. all other attempts failed. use solar power. end the universe.

    So you are saying the Russians have a project that will raise the dead, and use some kind of solar power to end the universe.

    talk about paranoia. the Russians are our friends now.

  17. Re:torrent here on Shrek 2 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    wow.. i got 360KB/s ... finished the 19meg file in 1 min 30 seconds.. nice!

  18. top 10. on Top 10 Software Titles Every Home PC Needs? · · Score: 1

    Browser: Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1 (or 0.7 nightly build)

    Email: Thunderbird 0.2 (or 0.3 nightly build)

    Office Suite: Open Office 1.1

    SSH Client: Putty 0.53b

    Graphics: Irfan View 3.85 or GIMP 1.2.5

    Music: Winamp 2.91

    Virus Scanner: AVG 7.0

    Instant Messenger: Psi 0.9 or Trillian Basic 0.74E or gaim 0.70

    Non-Copywrited Music downloads :P : WinMX 3.31

    Video Player (paired with an ATI Video card): ATI MMC 7.6

    FTP : LeapFTP 2.7.4

    ok so that was 11 .. sorry ;)

  19. Re:Duality on Homemade Star Wars Flick/Fanimatrix Movie · · Score: 2, Informative

    that is why you need the Experimental Release of Bit Torrent which allows you to cap your upload at a certain speed.

    works great. :)

  20. what if... on Sign Your Name Online With A Mouse · · Score: 0, Redundant

    you switch mice? go from a trackball to a normal mouse, or go to a touch pad? there is no way you can write a signature the same way. Would you have to have a signature for every mouse in existence?

  21. well damn... on Sign Your Name Online With A Mouse · · Score: 1

    im screwed, i only use a keyboard :(

  22. Re:Over 1,000 on Open Source Community Approaches SCO · · Score: 5, Funny

    it has 1,000,001

    that 1 line that isn't offending is

    # Made by Linus Torvald

  23. Only on Slashdot... on Chinese Government to Use Only Local Software · · Score: 1

    can a topic about software lead to conversation about "abundant pornography".

  24. Dell 600m and Linux on Linux on Laptops Manufacturer Report Card Updated · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This Guy has an interesting writeup of how he got his Dell 600m to work in linux.

    I have the same laptop, but im running Win XP Pro for now.

  25. in other news. on Pew Study: File Traders Don't Care About Copyright · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pew (pronounced poo) stinks.