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The FSF show their true colors (a bright shade of ***)
26 July 08 07:23 PM | Brandon Live!
The so-called “Free Software Foundation,” having vanquished their enemy from Redmond and having nothing better to do, is now launching a Denial of Service campaign against users of Apple’s products. Basically they want their minions...
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Two wrongs make a… start-up?
29 May 08 02:11 PM | Brandon Live!
I just read this post on the Revision3 blog from their CEO, describing a massive Denial of Service attack perpetrated against them over the Memorial Day weekend.  The attack came from a company called MediaDefender Now why would MediaDefender be...
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Don’t trust Trend Micro with your PC security
23 March 08 02:51 PM | Brandon Live!
I wouldn’t after seeing this. A Neowin forum member brought up what they believed was a conflict between UAC and Trend Micro Internet Security 2007. After some discussion about it, they received this e-mail from Trend Micro’s support team...
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More on the Apple Update scandal
22 March 08 11:55 PM | Brandon Live!
Two points I want to make based on the comments my last post is receiving: 1) That post, and its title, are mainly about the outrageous ways in which people are jumping to Apple’s defense… not Apple’s action itself. 2) If your argument...
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Apple is the new Borg.
22 March 08 04:34 PM | Brandon Live!
If you haven’t heard, Apple has decided to start forcing Safari down your throat if you use iTunes, Quicktime, or any of their other Windows software. In response, lots of Apple fans have jumped to their defense. They say that users read the dialog...
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Yahoo’s Open Search service that isn’t OpenSearch
26 February 08 03:22 PM | Brandon Live!
Seriously Yahoo, what were you thinking? Today Yahoo announced their “Open Search Platform” - saying that it will “allow third parties to enhance the Yahoo Search experience.” You might assume that this means they’re doing...
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BoA saga continues
18 August 07 02:06 PM | Brandon Live!
I just sent the following message to BoA customer service, since they don’t allow direct e-mail or have a “reply” function on the astoundingly unhelpful messages they send to me. This is unacceptable. To review my experience so far,...
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BoA is pissing me off
16 August 07 09:50 PM | Brandon Live!
I’ve been mostly happy with Bank of America for the two years or so that I’ve been a customer. That’s quickly changing. I just tried to send the following message using their Online Banking customer service e-mail function: This is my...
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