The "Main Street Fairness Act" that has been causing affiliate members to be left in the cold at the state-level was introduced to the federal level last time we mentioned it here. Today, a similar bill was introduced as the Marketplace Fairness Act to the Senate with four senators support across both parties, Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin(D-IL), Lamar Alexander (R-TN) … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Bug in Group Policy Preferences Rears Its Head Every DST Change
For Earth Day 2010, I delivered a write-up of steps I had taken to green my organization. It was the low-hanging fruit but saved thousands of dollars by turning off over 300 computers when facilities were closed while still allowing remote access through Intel vPro power-on ability and scheduled booting. To complete the shut down process in a flexible way for different … [Read more...]
Amazon Prime Gets Another Free Perk: Kindle Owners’ Lending Library
In addition to free two-day shipping and unlimited instant streaming, Amazon Prime members that own Kindle devices now have access to the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. It allows you to borrow one book a month for free. There are over 5,000 titles to choose from and no due dates. Along with Kindle format books being available from 11,000 public libraries, the Kindle family of … [Read more...]
With All These Data Breaches, Was Your Info Included?
Following the Gawker breach at the end of last year, a website popped up called ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com to allow people to see if their username/email address was in the latest breach. Another such website is called PwnedList.com and it has nearly 5 million accounts on file from various breaches. Its goal is to allow your average joe to visit the site, securely submit … [Read more...]
One Judge’s Decided Punishment for Piracy? A whoopin’!
While the title might make this sound like a light-hearted article, it's actually a more serious case. Texas Judge William Adams is coming up on re-election. His daughter decided to release this video from 7 years ago when she was 16 and beaten with a leather belt by the Judge. The reason she received the punishment: she had downloaded music and games from KaZaA. … [Read more...]