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Ridiculous – #AAPL, #VZ Fight Against New York’s ‘Right To Repair’ Law | Techdirt

Posted on May 23, 2017June 1, 2017 by ninjatechnyc

Update 6/1/17: Well score one for the little guy! Supreme Court rules in favor of Impression Products who sold refurbished Lexmark Ink. This is ridiculous. Again, mega companies trying to push out the small mom and pop fixit shops. I should be

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Apple, DIY, Fixing, Mega Companies, Repair, verizon

Simply Security – EU proposes data protection overhaul; criticism ensues

Posted on February 4, 2012 by ninjatechnyc

The European Commission this week revealed a proposed overhaul to decades-old data protection rules in an effort to improve online privacy and Internet security across the European Union (EU) and beyond. However, even before the effects of the proposed rules could settle,

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged encryption, security

Netflix Changing DVD Service Name To “Qwikster”?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by ninjatechnyc

Update: Netflix does a rewind! Abandons the Qwikster plan… Got an email from, Netflix. They’re changing their DVD service name to “Qwikster”? Really? But the same lousy pricing? Here’s the email: Dear xxxx, I messed up. I owe you an explanation. It

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Posted in laugh, opinion, tech tips, Uncategorized Tagged Netflix, Qwikster

HuffPost – Texas Exposes Private Records: State Accidentally Releases 3.5 Million Personal Records

Posted on April 11, 2011 by ninjatechnyc

Another case for making it mandatory to have peoples personal info stored in an encrypted database: The personal records of some 3.5 million Texans were inadvertently exposed after they were placed on a state computer server that was accessible to the public

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Posted in opinion, privacy, security, Uncategorized

Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection — InformationWeek

Posted on December 11, 2009 by ninjatechnyc

Facebook Christmas Worm Spreads Holiday Infection — InformationWeek. PandaLabs, the research arm of anti-malware company Panda Security, says that a variant of the Koobface worm, Koobface.GK, is being spread through the posting of malicious links of Facebook wall pages. Attempting to play

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged facebook, malware, security, virus

Dilbert Classic: Dogbert’s Tech Support

Posted on November 28, 2008 by ninjatechnyc

 

Posted in laugh, Uncategorized Tagged dilbert, dogbert, tech support

Running Windows Apps in Linux

Posted on March 15, 2008 by ninjatechnyc

Lifehacker has a great writeup on running Windows apps inside Linux with VirtualBox.

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged computer, linux, privacy, security, software, tech tips, ubuntu, windows

Wired: Optimize A Fresh Ubuntu Installation

Posted on March 4, 2008 by ninjatechnyc

A nice article in Wired:HowTo wiki on how to optimize your fresh Ubuntu installation with a few add-ons

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged freeware, linux, recommended reading, software, tech tips, ubuntu, wired

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