Really, really Creepy, “Aaron’s Rent to Own” Computer Policies

“PITTSBURGH — A major furniture rental chain provides its customers with computers that allow the company to track keystrokes, take screenshots and even snap webcam pictures of renters using the devices at home, a Wyoming couple said in a lawsuit Tuesday……the PC Rental Agent product includes components soldered into the computer’s motherboard or otherwise physically [...]

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Posted by melt on May 5th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Top Links

Browser Wars circa 2011

I hear that the new Firefox 4 will be available on the net sometimes today, 3/22/11.  I’ll post the link when I see it come up.  They claim it is much faster than your old version3. But to me, the big news is the support for the ratified but still unimplemented HTML5 and support for [...]

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Posted by melt on March 22nd, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Top Links

Internet Freedom and Legal Gibberish

There’s been much hoopla lately about new Net Neutrality Rules proposed by the new FCC.  All in all, it is at least a step in the positive direction.  But like all laws or rules, there seems to be some lobbyist stink on this one as brought to light by some pretty bright guys at Yale, [...]

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Posted by melt on November 6th, 2009 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Ready or Not here comes Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft have quickly polished up their new browser software and have begun pushing it out as a critical update to most versions of Windows. So its coming to a computer near you real soon.  What with all the new threats out there and some recent “high-profile” security snafus (foxnews.com), they haven’t even waited til the [...]

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Posted by melt on April 30th, 2009 | No Comments Posted in Top Links
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