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  • Press Release: Attorney General McKenna’s new laws go into effect Thursday

    The full press release is below. The section most relevant to this blog is the new laws related to spyware. A change that I anticipate will have a great impact is that the new laws " Create liability for web hosting services who ignore violators’ use of their products " . I believe that this...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 06-12-2008
    Filed under: Technology, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet
  • Mark Russinovich: The Case of the Random IE and WMP rashes

    I have just finished glancing over Mark Russinovich's latest blog entry, in which he described how he tracked down the cause of, and fix for, crashes affecting Internet Explorer on his Vista x64 gaming system, as well as crashes affecting Windows Media Player. The diagnostic steps that Mark uses...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 06-04-2008
    Filed under: Internet Explorer, Technology
  • Me.dium has undergone a major rework...

    We have gone from this... to this.... Or this... showing only online friends. And we get a choice of backgrounds. The last background, "70s Tux", doesn't seem to be working properly on my system. Me.dium have chosen to turn off "find similar pages" by default; instead, Me.dium...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 05-08-2008
    Filed under: Technology
  • Apple, pardon the pun, changes its (i)tune and rejiggs the Apple Software Updater....

    Remember how I got so grumpy with Apple back in March, when they were pushing out Safari to Windows users as an "update"? I was far from the only person criticizing Apple for their behaviour, and it seems Apple have listened and changed the way their Updater. As reported by eWeek Security Watch...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 04-18-2008
    Filed under: Technology
  • Me.dium and TRUSTe have a falling out...

    The falling out between TRUSTe and Me.dium was brought to my attention by an associate because I have a Me.dium widget on my blog. My immediate reaction was "Oh no, surely Me.dium has not turned bad - if they have I'll have to remove their widget from my blog and IE-VISTA, and I'll have...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 04-07-2008
    Filed under: Technology
  • Java setup sucks...

    It's bad enough that the java setup window includes an in-your-face advertisement for OpenOffice. It's bad enough that old versions of java are not removed automatically, nor is the user prompted to remove old versions. It's bad enough that Java bundles the Google Desktop and Toolbar with...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 03-29-2008
    Filed under: Technology
  • EULA screw-up: installing Safari on a Windows system in in breach of the Safari EULA

    Cite: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/26/apple_safari_eula_paradox/ Via: http://www.setteb.it/content/view/3647 According to the Register article, we can't be sued for not reading the EULA and installing Safari on Windows, but that doesn't make this slip up any less embarrassing for Apple...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 03-27-2008
    Filed under: Technology
  • I have two words for Apple - "*** you"

    If users on my network have QuickTime installed (which, unfortunately, is required by some law courts that use Quicktime for recording official proceedings) then I CANNOT let them update QuickTime at their own behest. Why? Because Apple insists on trying to shove iTunes down our throats every time we...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 03-23-2008
    Filed under: Technology
  • Developer Day Scotland - mark your diaries for 10 May 2008 -Delegate registrations are now open!

    With regard to the subject the delegate registration is now open: To register please visit: http://developerdayscotland.com/main/DelegateRegistration/tabid/69/Default.aspx To see the finalised agenda please visit: http://developerdayscotland.com/main/Agenda/tabid/68/Default.aspx February 11 2008 Community...
    Posted to SQLServer-QA.net - Knowledge Sharing Network (SSQA.net) (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-17-2008
    Filed under: sql server, microsoft, mvp, 2005, software, resource, conference, developers, scotland, usergroup, technology, mcp
  • Yay, me.dium loves me....

    Look what I've got :o) Yep, that's IE8 Beta 1 with Me.dium running..... Here's the official blurb re me.dium. I don't have time to check it out tonight... but will soon.... " Me.dium was selected as one of a small handful of partners to get access to IE8 in pre-beta form. At Mix08...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on 03-11-2008
    Filed under: Technology, Internet Explorer 8
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