| Archives: October 2006
Criticizing Vonage feels like kicking a dog. Yet, what else am I supposed to do looking at the Web-calling outfit's third-quarter results? The company's churn is up, customer acquisition costs are up, lifetime value per supbscriber is down. That's very troubling. Google Gobbles JotSpot Posted by: Rob Hof on October 31, Categories: Google, Power of Us, Silicon Valley, Web 2.0, Wiki, software as service, startups Search giant Google has bought yet another hot startup that had hoped to be one of the next big things (and no doubt still does). JotSpot, the company started three... Oracle Drops the Bomb on Red Hat Posted by: Steve Hamm on October 25, Categories: open source software Red Hat's stock took a pounding earlier this year when Oracle CEO Larry Ellison suggested that he might buy a Linux company and compete with the No.
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Clinical psychologist Oliver James claims in his new book The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluenza, that "selfish capitalism" (the kind of capitalism we have in Britain) is making us sick. Literally. He says the emergence of selfish capitalism, first under Margaret Thatcher and later Tony Blair, has led to a "startling increase in the incidence of mental illness". We might live more comfortable and stuff-filled lives than our forebears did, but James believes the rise of materialism has come with a high price tag attached - widespread anxiety and depression. .
Choose spyware program wisely
Q&AChoose spyware program wisely ANNE KRISHNANMcClatchy Newspapers Q. I absentmindedly hit the "yes" box on a supposed security update purporting to be a Microsoft site and got bitten. I plugged the name of the virus into Google and got a "guaranteed fix," which turned out to be more spyware, called "SpyNoMore." It would remove all but about two supposed spyware and viruses and then say it would have to shut down and restart to remove them. Once it restarted, it would autoscan and report numerous additional spyware incidents. I have updated my Microsoft and McAfee Security, but I am afraid the virus and spyware are still there. Can you tell me how to get rid of these problems? Unfortunately, malware masquerading as fixes to spyware or virus problems is common and, in fact, has recently generated several queries to this column.
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