No, we're not losing the spam war

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Forgive me, but I simply can't let David A. Milman's post from yesterday go unchallenged. We're not losing the spam war; the sky isn't falling. I say this not to criticize my fellow CW blogger, but to illustrate several common misconceptions about spam and how the anti-spam community fights it. Let's take The Long View...

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Iran nuke SCADAs saturated with Stuxnet infection

  The Long View (Computerworld)


Would you like to play a game, Dr. Falken? The Stuxnet worm, "the most sophisticated malware ever," has been discovered infesting Iran's nuclear installations. There's growing speculation that these were indeed the intended targets of what the mainstream continues to call a "virus" -- it only infects certain Siemens SCADA systems in specific configurations. There's also speculation that it's state-sponsored malware, with fingers pointing at either Israel or the U.S. Let's take a look, in The Long View...

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Five reasons to use Google Chrome (and not IE9 beta)

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Yesterday, Preston Gralla proffered his Five reasons to use Internet Explorer 9. Today, here's Richi's riposte juste: fanboi-free, absent apologia. I give you: five reasons for Windows users to switch to Google Chrome, rather than the IE9 beta. Yes, it's The Long View again...
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Another DRM plan bites the dust: HDCP key leaked

  The Long View (Computerworld)

How many metaphorical bloody noses will it take before the movie and music industries realize that DRM is a waste of their time -- and ours? As if we needed more evidence, now the HDCP Master Key has been cracked (or so we're told). Does that mean you can bypass HDCP now? Does it even matter? If not, why not? Answers aplenty in today's The Long View...

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Nokia's death march

  The Long View (Computerworld)

If you thought Nokia was in deep trouble, I reckon you'd be right. To summarize the trouble: lacking leadership, poor platforms, patchy phones. I look at the challenges ahead, in The Long View...
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