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CA/Browser Forum Changes Will Break Many Existing Networks
Posted on Friday, 12 October 2012
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Sean Kalinich
We have a new winner of the “what were they thinking award” the CA/Browser Forum have won this one by changing the way that certificates are issued. Normally such changes are not intrusive and are intended to ensure better security…
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Someone Should Tell the MPAA... Don't Poke The Bear
Posted on Thursday, 04 October 2012
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Sean Kalinich
There is an old (very old saying); “don’t poke the bear”. It is one of those saying that people toss out to remind us that there are some things that you should just not do. It is a saying that…
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Where is Apple To Go After the iPhone 5?
Posted on Thursday, 20 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
For about the last four months we have been talking about the decline of Apple. We are not saying that they are going to die, or go bankrupt or anything like that, but we are saying that they are no…
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Microsoft Links Malware and Piracy To Close Down Nitol Botnet
Posted on Saturday, 15 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
There is nothing like buy a brand new PC complete with Malware designed to steal your personal information. Unfortunately that is exactly what has happened in a few stores in China. Microsoft conducted an investigation into the Nitol Botnet and…
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Apple Is "Blown Away" By iPhone 5 Sales... Uses The Same Wording As Last Year To Tell Us About It
Posted on Saturday, 15 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
Apple is claiming that the new iPhone is sold out stating that preorders were “incredible”. The event happened an hour after preorders started which would seem to be a rather big deal for the new phone… well except for that…
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Apple's New iPhone Will Do Well, But It Is Not The Exicting Product They Needed
Posted on Wednesday, 12 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
Today was supposed to be Apple’s big day in the sun yet from most of the coverage on the internet there is very little truly new in the iPhone 5. Even Apple’s stock did not move much after the new…
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Apple's LTE Sporting iPhone 5 Might Have A Rough Time Thanks to Complaints from HTC and Samsung
Posted on Tuesday, 11 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
Apple’s iPhone 5 should launch tomorrow, but it might be a launch that is short lived if Samsung and HTC have anything to say about it. Both companies plan to aggressively pursue Apple over the use of Long Term Evolution…
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News About Apple's Reduction In DRAM Orders from Samsung Goes Back to Late 2011 and Is Not Anything New
Posted on Friday, 07 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) is annoying to read regardless of what side is doing it. Today’s bit of FUD is about Apple decreasing the amount of memory they are using from Samsung for the next iPhone. To start off…
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Is The Cloud Hurting New PC Sales More Than Competition?
Posted on Friday, 07 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
We are not a fan of the push to the cloud as you might have figured out from our articles. The reasons are many including, but not limited to, security, privacy, and a general dishonesty about what the cloud is…
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Windows 8 and RT Security; The Good the Bad and What It All Means
Posted on Thursday, 06 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
As we have been working with Windows 8 and Windows 2012 server we have become increasingly concerned about security. Although Microsoft has claimed that they have improved security through items like the locked UEFI boot process there are still glaring…
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One Reason Why The Nokia and Motorola Launches Were Denounced In the Press...
Posted on Thursday, 06 September 2012
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Sean Kalinich
Nokia and Motorola have launched their new phones and the mainstream sites have decided to speak. Their verdict is that neither Motorola with their ICS based RAZRs nor Nokia with their Fischer Price colored Lumia phones were good. One of…
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Apple and Google Talking About Patents; Is This About Peace, or a Warning From Google to Apple?
Posted on Thursday, 30 August 2012
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Sean Kalinich
There are times in the market when we see one player stand out and start to impact the performance of all the players in the group. We saw this when Rambus started suing everyone over patents they filed for while…
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Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Laws Are Being Abused Every Day to Stifle Competition and Maintain Control
Posted on Thursday, 30 August 2012
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Sean Kalinich
The system of Copyright, Patents and Trademarks has a long history in the US and around the world. Originally the system was developed to protect the individual inventor or artists. It allows them to benefit from their work or inventions…
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Top Reasons Why The Samsung V Apple Verdict Will Not Stand
Posted on Tuesday, 28 August 2012
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Sean Kalinich
The day following the Verdict from the 9 member jury we poured through the amended worksheet and noticed some very unusual things about it. We stated that it appeared that the jury had predetermined guilt and then spent the majority…
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Back when I was working as a photographer, a friend of mine had a funny name for weddings: The Big Lie. He said that there was nothing worse than two people standing up in front of “God and everyone” and…
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Samsung V Apple Case Goes To The Jury, But No Matter What The Verdict It Will Be Far From Over
Posted on Tuesday, 21 August 2012
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Sean Kalinich
The fate of Samsung and Apple are in the hands of the jury now… not really. You see no matter the outcome of this particular part of the greater drama the losing side will appeal. This is both a good…
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