Technical jobs in the IT and related industries are being steadily shipped out of this country. Ever hear or see an add for a technical trade school? “Prepare yourself for a hot career in the information technology sector!” they cry. Don’t believe the hype. U.S. companies would like nothing better than to ship these jobs…
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YourDomain.porn
Depending on your view of on-line porn, this article 5/restore your faith in the justice system or make your blood boil over what’s plainly a violation of the 1st amendment. Ironically, this solution, blocking access to web sites based on the site’s server address, does offer significant possibilities for creating child-safe zones on the Net….
USA Exporting Too Many Jobs
Technical jobs in the IT and related industries are being steadily shipped out of this country. Read the CNN.com story. Ever hear or see an add for a technical trade school? “Prepare yourself for a hot career in the information technology sector!” they cry. Don’t believe the hype. U.S. companies would like nothing better than…
Big Brother is Coming
A couple of weeks back I posted a column regarding the erosion of individual privacy that is coming as a result of the war on terrorism. Read the L.A. Times take on the subject. I found their editorial to be ho-hum, never-mind-me evaluation of this issue. The threat to American citizens is real given the…
Shuttle to Space Station
Liftoff of NASA’s fifth and final shuttle mission of the year happens Monday. Read about it on MSNBC.com. The space shuttle is cool. It’s about the best thing the U.S.A. has going in the space department these days. Not that it’s a bad thing, but in the last twenty years, haven’t we moved past it?…
Web Panhandling Pays Off
See how Karen Bosnak mooched her way out of a $20,000 debt. Oddly, Karen seems to have stirred up some resistance to her leech-like behavior. Who says there’s a recession on? We’re going to look into this ourselves…
Electronic Voting Working
After a rough start in Florida, new voting machines are working smoothly everywhere they’ve been implemented. Read about it on MSNBC.com. Now, if only we could vote from the convenience of home. The technology is there, but as NPR reported today, there are concerns over security and validity of votes. Congrats to Harris County, where…
Cheaper, Slower Broadband
Broadband access to the Internet may be getting cheaper, but at a price: speed. Read the CNN.com article. As the article says, e-mail users will be happy with this speed, as will most casual web surfers, for now. ‘Throttling’ bandwidth also helps ISPs manage their networks my reducing stress on the system. But I’ll never…
Hackers Beware
FBI agents struck back against Russian hackers in a case that is the first of its kind. Read the story at MSNBC.com In today’s political climate, we can reasonably assume this case will stand up to Russian political pressure. Score one for the good guys.
MS Passport
Microsoft settled a dispute with the government over its Passport identification service today. Read about it. Chief among the issues the software giant was chastised for were deceptive claims about the security offered by Passport and tracking of user’s navigation of the web. It’s unfortunate that Microsoft must be spanked every time it does something…