Mysterious virus strikes FBI
The FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service were forced to shut down parts of their computer networks after a mystery virus struck the law-enforcement agencies Thursday, according to an Associated Press report.
National Archives: What, Me Worry?
While many of you this weekend were firing up your barbecues, cooking grilled meats and drinking chilled beers, you might have missed a small announcement that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) made last Thursday having to do with a eensy, weensy, rather trivial data loss — it managed to misplace a TWO TERABYTE EXTERNAL STORAGE SYSTEM containing confidential information from the White House during the Clinton administration.
Will a Microsoft ad blitz woo you from Google?
Microsoft is hoping an $80 million to $100 million ad campaign can get you to try its search engine over Google’s. Will it work? According to Advertising Age, Microsoft is putting its ad dollars behind Bing, its revamped search engine.
Use Readability to Get Rid of Garbage on Web Pages
This free utility will get rid of most of the ads and superfluous material on Web sites to make them much more readable…and to copy into programs like EverNote. Works on most browsers. Although it isn’t perfect, it is highly recommended!!
40+ great open source apps & games
The large majority of these applications are free, so have at it!
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