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  1. Mod Parent Up on Big ID Thefts Not To Be Feared · · Score: 1

    This is the major reason identity theft is so easy/rampant.

  2. Before the Days of PC on Sixty Years of Memex · · Score: 1
    Such machines will have enormous appetites. One of them will take instructions and data from a roomful of girls armed with simple keyboard punches, and will deliver sheets of computed results every few minutes.

    Ahh, the good old days, when men were men and women were girls.

  3. That Certainly Puts My Mind at Ease on Democratic Convention Computer Security Threat? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    But Garcia insisted the Democrats have the computer security situation well in hand, with the help of security specialists from Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

    I always rely on Microsoft for all my security needs!

  4. Re: How about Business Week? on 4 New "Extremely Critical" IE Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    How long is it going to be before some big mainstream press picks these recursive stories up and starts recommending people try another web browser?

    I'd consider Business Week pretty mainstream. From it's July 12th Issue: Why I'm Staying Away From Internet Explorer (registration required). A column by Stephen H. Wildstrom in which he states "I've been increasingly concerned about IE's endless security problems, and this episode has convinced me that the program is simply too dangerous for routine use."

  5. Man Accused of Threatening to Blow Up Best Buy on Best Buy Says Customers Not Always Right · · Score: 1
  6. It's More Confusing Than You Think... on Yet Another Critical Windows Flaw · · Score: 1

    There are actually three similarly named components: Windows Messenger Service, Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger. I found this article via Google which does a pretty good job of explaining the difference.

  7. Questionable Methodology on Windows Cheaper When Studied by MSFT Analysts · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For medium-sized companies, costs for .NET-based applications totaled $661,012, compared with $881,445 for J2EE/Linux.

    One has to question the study's methodology when it quotes costs to the nearest dollar. The study was based on phone interviews. The margin of error in these cost estimates must be at least +/- 10% (or $80,000 on the $881K figure).