Michael Gracie 

The fight against AOL’s Goodmail implementation is hitting a crescendo, with more groups joining the MoveOn.org fight (a total 15MM aggregate members, at someone’s count). I don’t have a problem with any of these groups, but I do have a problem with this statement: “This is a big step in the direction of a locked-down [...]

Adware company 180solutions has once again been beaten on over its product, and again it seems they are positioning to push the problem on their affiliates. The problem stems from the adware they distribute – it is supposed to be an approve-before-install thing, but the claim is that the software is still easily hacked to [...]

Blackspider reports that a slew of password stealing trojans have been emailed out over the last few weeks, targeting Paypal account holders. The subject line contains a spelling error, which should clue users in. Someone should tell that trojan writer they are behind the times.

The Register reports that the recently discovered threats are largely academic, noting too much interaction is needed on one, and that another was released as a proof of concept out of academia itself. Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal is all over the topic, quoting a Symantec engineer who is predicting a “gradual erosion” of OS [...]

Ernst & Young has been waging a losing battle with laptop thieves. First they lost one that contained Scott McNealy’s SSN, and now four more machines have fallen prey. On the first, the E&Y employee deserves a drubbing for leaving the machine in a car. That is just plain stupid. But regarding the laptops stolen [...]

…there’s still the hundred-hour work weeks, the race to market, the unexpected competitors, the fights in the hallway with the other founders, the divorce, etc. But, of course, if you fretted about all that minor stuff, you wouldn’t be entrepreneuring in the first place. – from Michael Malone – ABC News: Silicon Insider. All those [...]

First America Corp’s real estate arm just completed a study of homeowner’s equity, noting that total equity across the US remains high, while some markets are full of stretched buyers and refinancers. They quote $11 trillion in aggregate home equity – I thought the aggregate market capitalization of all residential real estate was only about [...]

Peter Kaminski discovered folks spamming his weblog with strange messages and five-digit numbers a while back, and I am curious to know if anyone figured out what it all means. Spamroll has been receiving them for the last few days, and they look like this: Commenter: Janet Ashlow Email: funnytime@yahoo.com Comment: I can’t believe it, [...]

Internet “security experts” are warning that VoIP calls are less secure than traditional landlines. One notes that the next generation of spam will be through your VoIP voicemail, while another says not to accept calls from strangers. I already get five plus “unwanted” voicemails a day from people I barely know, and yes, I am [...]

There are an awful lot of products and services being given away nowadays. Everyone has an advertising model at play, but you and I both know that won’t last forever. How do you capitalize on the this latest (and it seems, recurring) trend before it whithers? Well you could start an arbitrage fund – the [...]