Ultimate Patriotism Against Short Lived Terrorism
A blog about the War on Terror (wasteful and irresponsible similar to the War on Drugs), Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, and other topics concerning this great country. Please click Read More below and watch as this excerpt magically vanishes.
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Mac OS X Targeted by Trojan and Backdoor Tool
Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple’s Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an attacker’s choice, and a hacker tool for creating backdoors, according to security vendors.
Big Band-Aid Bailout for the Big Three’s Bleeding Bruises
Hooray, the Big Three might receive their $25 billion bailout after much groveling and misunderstanding how flying in a private jet billing their own company $20,000 might seem a bit elaborate considering they are supposed to be scraping by these days.
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Microsoft Discontinues OneCare
Microsoft just announced it will be discontinuing OneCare and roll out out a free antivirus product soon.
A little too late from the big M$. They know about their own security holes, but instead of giving the huge variety of users something free and easy (similar to AVG), they push a difficult to use security solution with a yearly subscription. OneCare was baffling as many would come into Circuit City asking to set their subscription up.
Microsoft first attempted a huge subscription service with Windows XP. This explains the annoying activation service as it was supposed to function as an annual renewal to use their operating systems.
The Tech Layoff Tracker
It’s a scary time to be a tech right now as experts are comparing the tech industry bubbling bursting this year to the dot com burst earlier this decade. This tally shows the staggering number of 60,000 layoffs in the field of technology. The automotive industry went belly up and now computer technicians. While it’s understandable given the times, what career is next to falter?
http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/the-wiredcom-te.html?cid=136135845
Mom Gets Trachea Grown From Own Stem Cells
This is quite a breakthrough for the fight for stem cell research. Surgeons in Spain have carried out the world’s first tissue-engineered whole organ transplant – using a windpipe made with the patient’s own stem cells. A woman was given a trachea that was developed using her very own stem cells. This trachea is rejection proof. It developed its own blood supply a month after the operation.
To those that are against stem cell research for blind religious convictions: the next time you need a 100% chance of not failing life saving transplant, try praying in a church instead of seeing a qualified physician. We’ll see if your god delivers.
Citigroup to cut more than 50,000 jobs
Citigroup said Monday it planned to cut more than 50,000 jobs, the latest move by the struggling bank to cut costs in order to weather the credit crisis plaguing Wall Street.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/17/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm
AIG to Pay Millions To Top Workers
American International Group plans to pay out $503 million in deferred compensation to some of its top employees, saying it must tap the funds to keep valuable workers from exiting the troubled insurance giant.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111304446.html
Why You Should Never Try to Steal a Law Student’s Laptop
A thief learned the mistake of trying to steal a law student’s laptop last week after after becoming a punching bag for an Arizona State student he tried to rip off.
http://www.switched.com/2008/11/14/why-you-should-never-try-to-steal-a-law-students-laptop/?rss
Tiny Mercury Had Huge Volcanic Eruptions
Our solar system’s smallest planet has seen an enormous amount of volcanic activity, according to scientists studying information from the latest Mercury flyby.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081029-mercury-volcanoes.html
