http://www.annumoto.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:00:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chris Thornton, who created the "ClipMate" clipboard extender for Windows, gave an interesting description of the situation on his Clipboard Extender Dot Com blog: A new type of Internet-based attack is spreading in which Flash-based ads seize control of a Web surfer's clipboard and paste in a link to ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/09/malicious-flash-ads-attack-spread-via-clipboard/ According to the latest disaster recovery research report from Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), based on surveys of 1,000 IT managers in large organizations worldwide, 35 percent of an organization's virtual servers are not included in its disaster recovery plans. If you are using AT&T bandwidth, and you can tap into its data ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/opportunity-for-disaster-recovery-in-the-cloud/ The new MyStarbucksIdea site reminds me of Dell's Ideastorm, which was in part the impetus for Dell to start offering laptops preloaded with Ubuntu. Probably the most interesting part of this whole thing is that Starbucks is using Salesforce.com Force platform for the interaction with consumers. Now the company is ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/starbucks-wants-you-to-help-them-charge-you-more/ I've written before about AT&T Wireless' terrible international roaming rates for the iPhone. Well, imagine my surprise to discover that its roaming rates for its wireless cards is even worse. How much worse? Consider the bill I received from AT&T today: Given that my calling plan covers the US and Canada, ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/att-wireless-is-gouging-customers-on-internationa/ (Credit: Newegg) Find more deals, coupon codes, and bargains on CNET's Shopper.com. If you've never done it before, swapping out an optical drive is a piece of cake. Unplug the power and interface connectors, slide out the old drive, then slide in the replacement. Reconnect the cables and you're pretty much good to ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/burn-cds-dvds-and-labels-with-samsung-lightscrib/ Engadget also found video of the Oqo handheld computer running Mac OS X Leopard, the result of a project undertaken by a forum member at Oqo Talk. I wouldn't call the Oqo Leopard model ideal, as it takes a full 2 minutes and 30 seconds for the system to boot. ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/the-largest-and-smallest-mac-clones-around/ Asus originally promised we'd have the Windows version of the tiny Asus Eee PC in December. The Taiwan-based company now says we can expect it in late February or early March. Though the original date came and went, it certainly hasn't stopped customers from ordering the Linux-based version: the company ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/eee-pc-with-windows-launches-in-japan-us-is-nex/ Part of the Decision '08 initiative between MySpace and NBC News, it's a competition to choose MySpace's "citizen journalist" correspondents at the major parties' national conventions later this summer. Convention reports, both text and video, from the two winning "journalists," will then be featured in MySpace and MSNBC's campaign coverage. Contest judges ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/myspace-partners-with-nbc-msnbc-for-political-con/ Note: CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks, publisher of News.com. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. Man & Machine is asking for monetary damages and for a court to issue an injunction to prevent Apple from selling any more of its Mighty Mouse devices. (Credit: Apple) ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/apple-cbs-sued-over-mighty-mouse-device/ commentary In math, two negatives make a positive. In the fledgling world of desktop Linux, unfortunately, this is unlikely to be the case. Learn what? Well, perhaps we could learn from this that "partnering" with Microsoft on patent immunity is no excuse for a good business. Xandros' deal with Microsoft didn't do ... http://www.annumoto.com/index.php/2010/08/linspire-xandros-anything-of-value/