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Just a few thoughts

Posted on July 21, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Just a few thoughts

It’s been an interesting week, so lets just take a moment to toss out a few thoughts. First thing is the whole patent wars that are going on now. I find it awful, stupid and deplorable. This is what happens when companies are afraid of each other. Instead of working on making things better and…

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Patents: Bane of the Tech World

Posted on July 16, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Patents: Bane of the Tech World

The patent world is a jumbled mess. Companies are suing companies left and right. In the end, the consumer and economy get hurt. News broke yesterday that Apple has won a round in the patent infringement case against HTC. HTC of course is appealing. Meanwhile HTC has purchased S3 to sue Apple. Kodak has sued…

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Apple, Computers, Mobile Computing, Rants, Software

TDL-4: Is it the Godfather of Botnets?

Posted on July 5, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on TDL-4: Is it the Godfather of Botnets?

“I’ll make them an offer, they can’t refuse.” Remember that line? Well it seems that the TDL-4 botnet is using the same line, and very effectively. TDL-4 has over 4.5 Million Zombies according to recent reports. It removes Malware it doesn’t like. It hides in the MBR of a machine, making it difficult to remove….

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