Let’s see, in Cuba you can’t buy a computer because the government is afraid you’ll use it in subversive ways, but in the US, according to Senator Hollings, et al., you will only be allowed to buy the computers that have the technology to make sure you don’t do something subversive like infringe copyrights. Which one is the free democracy again?
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There’s one less laptop in our pool this week, at least for now. It seems this particular laptop was a victim of a miracle. It was in a padded laptop case, just stuck in a car, and somehow the front of it (all the way across the base) got cracked and the touchpad doesn’t work. It’s truly…
From the Mac guy a few minutes ago: “If that’s wrong it shouldn’t have run at all. I can’t understand how that happened?”. I can’t wait to hear more from him. 🙂 Update: Those of you with Macs will probably get this more than I do, but the problems were a corrupt system folder, and…
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I admit it, this case is one I’m strangely fascinated by. “On Tuesday morning, the nine justices of the Supreme Court put a legal theory from Microsoft to the test—that the company should not be forced to hand over data held abroad to the American government, even when served with a valid court order.” The…
Don’t remember if I’ve talked about this newsletter lately, but here are a few links that I will be looking at in more detail later from the latest issue of Tech Support Alert: Anti-Trojan Software Reviews ChimeNote -an alternative to emailing yourself reminders to/from different email accounts. Free Linux Desktop Guide for Non-Linux Users Qwik-Fix…