A bit of well deserved Microsoft bashing, to begin with a snippet about the end of technical support from Microsoft for Windows XP. What gets my goat about Microsoft, is that because of big software companies like Microsoft and its counterpart Apple, there is a digital divide being created by these companies- not only because of the prices of software, but the way that Microsoft is basically forcing consumers into buying upgrades they may not want or need.
So if people power prevails in the sense that consumers refuse to be told what to buy in order to get technical support, is this story about the demise of Microsoft from a near future perspective a real possibility?
French power company takes on the pesky folk at Greenpeace, proving that ‘ hacktivism’ can be used for evil as well as good.In these times of protest and technology are the hackers for hire really without the basic ethics? Or are the security forces fighting firewall with firewall?
We’ve heard of the soccer moms and the supermoms, now meet the eco-moms! Make your own washing powder and unplug that washing machine when not in use Ladies! I applaud the sentiments behind this movement but is it just another fashionable fad for the all american mom?