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EU To Ban Dodgy Consumer Reviews, Potentially Worldwide
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EU To Ban Dodgy Consumer Reviews, Potentially Worldwide. eu bans dodgy consumer reviews. Don't go praising your own book on Amazon. New European laws banning businesses from misleading consumers will outlaw the practice business people who write (mostly glowing)...
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Gaming/Virtual Reality: WoogiWorld
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contact with your child. You can ban them from contacting your child, if you desire. Other unexpected features include a full transcript chat log by date and time and a “banned” list (which details the specific reason for why your child was banned,...
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And on Planes?
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at frequencies that “may interfere with the operation of an airplane communication or navigation system. . .no susceptibility was observed.” In 2008, the European Union lifted the ban on in-flight cell phone calls. Just this month, AeroMexico did the...
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Body of Evidence
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the extra five characters of “are you” over and over and over. Does “textspeak” show up in school papers? Sadly, yes. Does that mean we should ban texting? No more AIM. No more BlackBerry. And let’s get rid of spell checkers, just to remove that crutch....
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Lessons Learned from Encrypted Mail: PGP CEO Speaks Out
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a DOS-based command-line encryption utility that was used by uber-hackers to keep their emails from prying eyes and keyboards. Back then the Internet was young, the Web was still to come, and to make matters worse, the US Government quickly banned the nascent...
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Conclusion
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advantages, Skype's installed base represents a formidable, but not impossible challenge. Skype's proprietary protocol has caused some corporations to ban Skype traffic from their networks, for fear of possible security breaches through Skype's encrypted and...
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AAARRRGGGHHH! Spam, Spam, Spam...Damn, Damn, Damn
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environments and I still consult occasionally on the product and email in general. I know email inside and out and outside and in and I've come to the conclusion that there is no way short of banning email to deal with the deadly curse of spam. Sure...
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The Cult of Hating Macs, And Why We Shouldn't
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being a columnist for a British newspaper (a brain fart a day and a big pay cheque at the end of a wined and dined week, in case anyone was wondering what my career aspirations are) hates Macs. Well, good for him. Ever since they banned hating Johnny Foreigner...
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Brainwaves, Robots and Green Computing
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counts as medical treatment and what’s unacceptable use of scientific discoveries. When coffee was introduced in the 17th century, the rise of coffee houses – and arguments in coffee houses – led King Charles II to try and ban it. Your cup of java survived...
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