April 2004 - Deb Shinder's MVP Blog

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Secure Computing for the Younger Set

Today's teenagers and preteens grew up with computers around them, and consequently many of them are far more skilled than their parents in making the machines do their bidding. The teen hacker is legend, and we often take it for granted that the kids...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2004 10:50 AM by debshinder
Followup on Internet Taxes

The Senate has spoken, voting by a huge majority for the McCain bill that only extends the Internet tax moratorium for 4 years, rather than permanently as proposed by Senators Allen and Wyden. Another difference between the two is that the McCain bill...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2004 10:24 AM by debshinder
Taxing the Internet

The U.S. tax moratorium on Internet access services that expired last November is back in the news again, as Congress prepares to vote this week on whether and how to reinstate the moratorium. What does that mean to the average Internet user? The original...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2004 3:40 PM by debshinder
Introduction

Although I've been involved with computers since the 70s and have been “living online” (where I met my husband, Tom Shinder, in 1994) for well over a decade, until recently I resisted the blogging trend. Too much to do, too little time. I wasn't convinced...

Published Sun, Apr 25 2004 2:39 PM by debshinder