Mac users should use antivirus

I found this on Macs and Anti-Virus programs....

I've mentioned this before (at least, I'm sure I have)...

Macs are computers, and computers have vulnerabilities.... that's essentially one of the reasons there are patches and updates as well.

I read this blog post that points to a page on Apple's support site, where they "encourage" the use of anti-virus programs on Macs.


Here's a link to an article by PC Blogs:
Apple Says You Need Anti-Virus For Your Mac

And here is a link to Apple's support page:
Mac OS: Antivirus utilities

Very interesting post by Google on massive stored data

This blog post is a very interesting read... and as I read it tried to envision what kind of systems Google are running behind these services such as Gmail, Search, Maps....etc.

Pretty amazing at the amount of data that they would have indexed..

Read this article for a glimpse @ Google.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/sorting-1pb-with-mapreduce.html

Technology - great way to voice yourself

The internet certainly is a great place for self-expression. Blogs (like this one) are certainly a way where anyone can write about their interests.... (usually) whatever they are.

Sports, gardening, philosophy, technology.... politics.... it's all out there.

And, it appears that some people on Facebook have wasted no time in voicing their political views.

Seems as though some have already started facebook groups aimed at president (elect) Obama. Obama has gotten quite a world wide reaction after this US election season.... the majority being very positive. But of course, there are always those of the opposite opinion.

So, while he (Obama) hasn't even been sworn in and had but one day of leadership as president... some "Impeach Obama" groups have sprung up. Amazing.

While the internet does allow us to express ourselves and expressing ourselves is in and of itself good.... our expressions do show something about ourselves. And I will completely leave this up to you who've come across this post to decide if the expressions in question are in good character or not.

(Here's the article on Yahoo! Tech)

Microsoft and the big marketing bucks

I still think the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercials are great. They were totally original. Marketing genius (IMO).

This article points out some of Microsoft new attempts at countering those commercials and promote that "old" OS called Vista (while they are trying to come out with Windows 7).

(InfoWorld article)

Great question on Apple VS Microsoft

Over on ZDNet blogs, Adrian Kinglsey-Hughes asks a great question....

"How long until Apple is bigger than Microsoft?"

Apple has hit a few home runs... I think among them iTunes, iPod, iPhone....etc.. and the fact that through all the years the PC was so widely used it's a wonder that Apple's computers are still around.... even gaining popularity (I am writting this on a MacBook)...

There are some numbers on this page (linked below) and if they are accurate, the numbers are in fact pretty close.

(Read it here on Adrian Kinglsey-Hughes ZDNet blog)

Phishing scams - can happen to anyone

Did you ever see those emails that say they come from your bank... .or some other bank you don't deal with.... or maybe PayPal even though you don't have an account.... or you get it to an email that is not associated to an account????????

(I've seen all those emails.... and more)

Well, falling prey to phising scams can happen.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is one of the people who fell victim to such a scam. 

It can literally happen to anyone.... keep your guard up!!

(AllSpammedUp article)

Plan your funeral

The internet pretty much has websites for anything and everything. You can view tons of videos, waste tons of time..... you can watch cartoon Badgers dance around....

Well, now you can do what you've always wanted to do.

Plan you're funeral.

So make sure you're funeral goes the way you want it to.

(TechCrunch article)

City of Washington uses Google Apps

City of Washington D.C. is using Google apps as their intranet.

Interesting.

(PC World Article)

New Flock release and Hello world!!!

Hello out there.

It's been about forever since I've posted anything here. But, it's time to start posting once again.

I've been keeping my eye on technology news... .for a number of years.

Just wanted to post that Flock, a browser based on Mozilla Firefox has just released their new version. Flock 2.0.

I've used Flock quite a bit but haven't really used all of it's features... it has alot of built in features, new ones include some new functionality for MySpace.

Check it out.

http://www.flock.com/