Interesting quick read from the Scientific American website.  Here's the lead in:

"The author asked some of his acquaintances for permission to break into their online banking accounts. The goal was simple: get into their online accounts using the information about them, their families and acquaintances that is freely available online."

The results are very EYE OPENING!  You might want to check this out.

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I'm sure fellow Geeks With Blogs blogger Chris Williams will want to check this out. Thinking about getting a tattoo? If you are you might want to consider something like one of these in order to celebrate your inner-geek.

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Looks like Microsoft is pulling out the big guns in it's war against Apple... Fox News is reporting that Jerry Seinfeld has been brought in to appear in upcoming Microsoft ads. Looks like Microsoft is serious about stopping any market share shrinkage. I wonder if the ad agency working for Microsoft is the same agency working for Vandelay Industries.  I can see it now... Apple hires Newman (actor Wayne Knight) to make a cameo appearance in the Mac vs PC ads!  I wonder who Elaine would find more sponge-worthy, Mac or PC???  :-)

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"Good morning everybody, you're tuned to Computers 2K8 on sports radio 850 The Buzz" and so began today's show as we do every Sunday morning from 8am - 10am here in Raleigh, NC. You can download the show from the show's website or you can listen do us live as we stream the show across the web.

Here a few of the topics discussed on this week's show...

Gmail Crash Leaves Google App Admins Nervous

The whole "computing in the cloud" idea took a quite a hit this week with the Google Apps outage that affected all those who rely on Google Apps for their business.

Dell Monster Laptop

Check out this story about the new monster laptop from Dell... 16GB of RAM!!!

Cool Video of Shuttle Launch shot from passing airplane

OK, this video clip may not be all that computer related but it is very cool...

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I think I need to either follow the directions to make one of these or buy one when they become available. Check out this picture of what I'm talking about.

It's a USB thumbdrive inserted into the end of a USB cable that looks like the dog got a hold of it. Quite funny actually... use it in front of people and they'll wonder just where that data transfer is going!

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Looks like the VS 2008 SP1 has got company today. You can download the latest Microsoft Silverlight Tools Beta 2 for Visual Studio 2008 from here.

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"Good morning everybody, you're tuned to Computers 2K8 on sports radio 850 The Buzz" and so began today's show as we do every Sunday morning from 8am - 10am here in Raleigh, NC. You can download the show from the show's website or you can listen do us live as we stream the show across the web.

Here a few of the topics discussed on this week's show...

NovaShield anti-malware software

We spoke with Dr. Somesh Jah of NovaShield about their anti-malware software. Sounds like good stuff...

Olympics Using Microsoft Silverlight!

Head over to the NBC Olympics site and watch LIVE video feeds of events as they occur. All of the video streaming is utilizing the new Microsoft Silverlight technologies and will require you to download the small plug-in and you'll be watching events as they happen.

Microsoft Finalizes SQL Server 2008

WHAA-HOO!! Microsoft has finally gotten SQL Server 2008 out the door!

Delta To Offer Wi-Fi on all their flights!

Delta Airlines will become the first domestic U.S. airline to offer in flight wi-fi... very cool. Prices are $9.95 for short flights, $12.95 for longer flights.

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Yes, you read that correctly. Check it out here:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/aug08/08-06SQLServer2008PR.mspx

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What would people think of Vista if they didn't know they were looking at Vista? Checkout the video clips from the Mojave Experiment to find out. VERY interesting stuff indeed...

http://mojaveexperiment.com/

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Wondering if that video card you're considering or that printer you just bought is Vista compatible? Microsoft has announced the Windows Vista Compatibility Center for you to find out. It lists a number of hardware and software categories and provides lists of products and their compatibility rating. Cool stuff...

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"Good morning everybody, you're tuned to Computers 2K8 on sports radio 850 The Buzz" and so began today's show as we do every Sunday morning from 8am - 10am here in Raleigh, NC. You can download the show from the show's website or you can listen do us live as we stream the show across the web.

Here a few of the topics discussed on this week's show...

Survey: More than 10,000 laptops lost each week at airports!

Holy cow! 10,000 a week???  This is what a story on Computerworld reported on June 30th. 10,000 a week??? REALLY?? Have you ever lost your laptop at an airport? Fortunately I carry my laptop around in a backpack that rarely comes off when I'm in the airport. I also have a number of stickers on my laptop so that when it comes through the machine at the security checkpoint there is NO DOUBT who's machine it is.

DSL: Damn Small Linux

Somehow I got started discussing the benefits of virtualization using Virtual PC and we had a caller tell us about Damn Small Linux. The DSL website says "Linux is a very versatile 50MB mini desktop oriented Linux distribution." Looks like a complete OS that fits on a thumbdrive. Looks pretty cool. I'm going to check it out.

Chrysler Adds In-Car Wi-Fi

Chrysler has announced that they are going to be adding in-car wi-fi as an available option on their cars in August.  Family vacations for Dads driving the family to their destination will never be the same... little Johnny will be playing an online video game, little Susie will be updating her MySpace page, and the wife will be surfing the web shopping. Finally, some peace and quiet for dear ol' Dad driving along... He'll be so content driving he won't notice the car right behind him stealing the wi-fi signal... :-)

SDD Prices They Are a Falling

OCZ has jumped into the SSD market with some very affordable priced SSD drives. Check out this story on Daily Tech.

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My company, TakeNote Technologies, still has seats available in our FarPoint Spread training classes next week. If you're a FarPoint Spread user looking to get up to speed with the power of the best spreadsheet component on the market make plans to attend our classes. For more information click the links below.

FarPoint Spread for Windows Forms 4.0

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