http://www.fourwinds10.com 2026-04-09T12:25:43+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1453397071 Jan. 20, 2016 Intel’s Skylake vPro chips will support Windows 7 after all The new chips are tuned for Windows 10, though, and strengthen biometric authentication Agam Shah IDG News Service Jan 19, 2016 10:44 AM http://www.pcworld.com/article/3024372/hardware/intels-skylake-vpro-chips-will-support-windows-7-after-all.html Business users alarmed by Microsoft’s recent announcement that new chips will not run on Windows 7 PCs need not fret. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1446385868 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1443195777 Sept. 24, 2015 Windows 10 is just one big spyware program disguised an operating system. Microsoft is actively colluding with the NSA. No software company has been quite as collaborative with the NSA as Microsoft has, e.g. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1442155735 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1440957202 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1438786420 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1416591617 Nov. 20, 2014 Fighting Chance The deadline for rounding up votes for Oregon’s Measure 92 has passed. The deadline for counting all outstanding votes, and reporting them to the Oregon Secretary of State, is Monday, November 24, 5 p.m. PST. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1415641780 Nov. 9, 2014 Still Counting Despite news reports that Oregon’s Measure 92 to label GMO foods was defeated on Tuesday, the official word from the YES on 92 campaign is: It’s not over. As of this morning, November 9, Measure 92 is trailing 49.73 percent to 50.27 percent. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1403620208 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1391535902 Felb. 3, 2014 The Pentagon wants its top research arm to give troops the same kind of self-destructin g devices Ethan Hunt had in the movie series Mission Impossible The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency didn’t necessarily specify the famous 5-second timeline, but military leaders wants to develop semiconductors and computer chips that will turn to dust via a remote signal or at a specific time. Called the Vanishing Programmable Resources, DARPA announced the program on Jan. 28 issuing a $3.5 million award to IBM to study the possibilities of developing “strained glass substrates” that would crumble into powder on command, according to the DARPA announcement. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1390493969 Jan. 14, 2014 WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States to conduct surveillance on those machines and can also create a digital highway for launching cyberattacks. While most of the software is inserted by gaining access to computer networks, the N.S.A. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1376662643 Aug. 16, 2013 For IBM, the SyNAPSE project is, in many ways, the realization of a long-held dream. Check this out: earlier this week, Gigaom.com reported that researchers had built a computer simulator, a programming language, and a series of applications and algorithms designed for computing on the level of the human brain. Believe it or not, that sentence is not the plot set-up for a post-apocalyptic science fiction movie (at least not yet). text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1373558167 July 11, 2013 Throughout the computer industry companies of all sizes, from garage startups to Microsoft, are bracing for the possibility that their future will be in the hands of people like Sean Whetstone. The head of computer operations for Reed Specialist Recruitment, an employment service with operations on three continents, Whetstone recently upgraded his company’s 6,000 desktop computers. Chief information officers order new Dells or HPs all the time. But the computers Whetstone brought in for his employees aren’t the traditional metal boxes that sit next to desks or under monitors. They are “virtual” computers. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1371749013 June 20, 2013 (NaturalNews) Most people don't know about the existence of quantum computers. Almost no one understands how they work, but theories include bizarre-sounding explanations like, "they reach into alternate universes to derive the correct answers to highly complex computational problems." Quantum computers are not made of simple transistors and logic gates like the CPU on your PC. They don't even function in ways that seem rational to a typical computing engineer. Almost magically, quantum computers take logarithmic problems and transform them into "flat" computations whose answers seem to appear from an alternate dimension. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1369232484 May 20, 2013 Google has teamed up with Nasa to buy only the second commercial quantum computer ever made. It can perform tasks 3,600 times faster than normal computers and the two organisations are hoping to use it to find cures for diseases, fix climate problems and help robots better understand human speech. The companies are hoping to unlock the power of the computer, which was built by Canadian company D-Wave, at the new Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, housed at Nasa’a Ames Research Centre in California. Google and Nasa have bought a quantum computer from Canadian makers D-Wave. The computer is 3,600 faster than normal computers and could be used to tackle disease, climate change and develop more sophisticated robots. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1340379818 Junde 21, 2012   NatWest have resolved the 'underlying problem' They are opening banks on Sunday and they will stay open until 7pm tonight Problems are expected to continue into NEXT WEEK as they deal with the backlog of payments House buyers unable to complete purchases because of glitch Customers STILL reporting that salaries are not being paid in and payments are not being made Up to 12MILLION customers are being affected by the problem NatWest say the problem was NOT caused by hacking Banks under obligation to put customer in the position they would have been if the problem had not happened NatWest will open branches on Sunday as millions of people are unable to receive money or pay bills because of an ongoing technical fault. The bank are keeping their branches open until 7pm tonight and until 6pm tomorrow because a huge number of transactions failed to go through properly. Up to 12 million people have been affected by the major computer error which was triggered when a software upgrade was being installed to the payment system. They have resolved the 'underlying problem' but it could be early next week before all the problems have been dealt with and everything gets back to normal. Read more: http://www. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1304189992 REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEDIA ALERT: News Facts: Headline: Informatica Named as Premier Sponsor for CloudSlam’11 Conference; Will Share Informatica Vision for Cloud Data Integration for Hybrid IT What: Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), the world’s number one independent leader in data integration software, announced today that the company will be attending the CloudSlam’11 Cloud Computing Virtual Conference. Informatica will be demonstrating the award-winning Informatica Cloud solution and sharing the company’s Cloud Data Integration for Hybrid IT vision. Darren Cunningham, vice president of Marketing, Informatica Cloud will keynote about "The Importance of Cloud Data Integration for Hybrid IT" on Friday, April 22 at 2:00 pm ET. Who: Informatica is a pioneer in the Cloud Computing industry and nearly five years ago announced the company’s vision in the Cloud Data Integration market. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1299520718 A grim top-secret report written for President Medvedev by Scientist-Researcher Tatiana Sannikova of the Institute of Numerical Mathematics warns that the United States is currently under attacked by our world’s first known “singularity” thus meaning that the “era of human beings is over.”  The term “singularity”, as used by Sannikova in her report, was coined by the Professor of Mathematics Vernor Vinge of the United States San Diego State University (SDSU) when he warned in his 1993 report “What is The Singularity?” that within our lifetime computing-intelligence would surpass that of mankind thus creating a world unknowable to us all. From Vinge’s report we can, in part, read: “The acceleration of technological progress has been the central feature of this century. I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. The precise cause of this change is the imminent creation by technology of entities with greater than human intelligence. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1294265743 Since the war over the new financial system has been in limbo over the holidays this week we will examine the possibility we are actually dealing with a rogue artificial intelligence. Two separate individuals claiming to represent a group called Majestic 12 (but who do not know each other) have made this claim. Already, in some countries, only 3% of the money in circulation is in physical, analogue cash form; the rest is digital. That means many humans are already dependent on powerful financial computer systems for their physical needs. Are these computer systems becoming self-aware? There are also increasing reports of “people” on sites such as Facebook who, after much dialogue, appear not to be actually human but are instead sophisticated computer programs. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1270153400 I never knew or cared about this, but nestled deep in the original Playstation 3 menus for years was a command that let you install Linux on the thing. Now, starting April 1, Sony is killing that capability with a firmware upgrade. Why? It might be because hacker George Hotz (right, from Wikipedia) in January published a method of taking control of the console’s memory read-write and HV processor access functions, based on the feature. So in a blog post, Sony announced firmware version 3.21, which eliminates the feature “due to security concerns. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1265914837 VIEW VIDEO http://www.wimp.com/allospheretour/ text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1252948691 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1223493932 October 6, 2008 - 1:45 P.M. Vista is awful. Everyone knows it, including Microsoft, and now Microsoft's actions have made it clear that Vista is on its way to the Microsoft junkyard with such similar failures as Windows ME and Microsoft Bob. You don't have to believe me. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1223343088 Oct. 6, 2008 With Windows Vista’s public perception in shambles and most IT departments stubbornly refusing to adopt it, has the time come for an early post-mortem on Vista? Here are the top five reasons why Vista has failed. Hint: Most of them aren’t technical. ——————————————————————————————————————- On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn’t impact enterprise IT — because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come — the move is another symbolic nail in Vista’s coffin. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1221228462 Sept. 11, 2008 My wife often rolls her eyes at me, because once I find a new hobby I latch onto it as though life depended on it. The more arbitrary the nature of the hobby, the less she's impressed with it. So imagine her immense delight when, a year ago, the only thing I would talk about with her was Linux. From Ignorance to Bliss Yes, Linux. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1218577165 August 12, 2008 Bob Sutor, Vice President of Standards and Open Source at IBM, has taken his company's commitment to promote free and open software over the past ten years as an opportunity to make predictions for the next ten years. He said that the use of the Linux operating system will continue to grow in his presentation at the LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. Sutor thinks that there will be no open source alternative to Linux in the next ten years, and that there will be less focus on Linux on x86 processors as Linux is used more on other processors. Linux is already available for many platforms today and Sutor predicted it will develop a stronger position in areas like Software as a Service and Cloud computing. However, the IBM executive thinks that open source software has reached a crossroads for certain types of corporate applications, calling it a "do or die decade", Sutor said that there will need to be significant progress in creating open source applications for the private sector's vertical industries. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1216856900 June 17, 2008 Michael Fiola had been an investigator at the Department of Industrial Accidents in Massachusetts up until child pornography was found on his work laptop. Of course he was immediately fired from his job, and was criminally charged in August 2007. It was only recently that an IT forensic investigator that was hired by the man’s wife found that Fiola had been the victim of malware. The former state employee always said that he had no idea that his computer had stored child pornography all this time, but the court and the DIA never believed him. After the forensic investigator announced her findings, Fiola was cleared of all criminal charges. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1213132792 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1213062405 June 6th, 2008 Read 1,723 times. When NASA needs an operating system for a Mars lander does it go knocking on Bill Gates’ door? The answer is no. The newly arrived on the planet Phoenix Lander is powered by a variation of Linux running on a specially hardened CPU and motherboard produced by IBM. The CPU may not sound very exciting, and certainly would not be of interest to the average computer gamer. The Rad6000 CPU is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set CPU) that has been hardened to withstand the ravages of radiation in space. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1212453708 Posted 6/2/08 http://AppleenEspañol.com For the New York Times, David Pogue reviews Windows Vista, trying to prove in his video that "Microsoft did not steal ideas from Mac OS X." TO VIEW THIS VIDEO CLICK ON: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1209751606 Maly 2, 2008 Microsoft has reportedly developed a small plug-in device that can be used by investigators to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes. The Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) is a USB "thumb drive" that Microsoft quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies last June. The COFEE device contains 150 commands that dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence. It can decrypt passwords and analyze a computer's Internet activity and data stored in the computer.   COFEE lets the investigator scan for evidence on site, eliminating the necessity for physically seizing the computer and potentially losing data once it's disconnected from the network and powered down. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1206754105 Heiss - A CARELESS mistake by Microsoft programmers has revealed that special access codes prepared by the US National Security Agency have been secretly built into Windows. The NSA access system is built into every version of the Windows operating system now in use, except early releases of Windows 95 (and its predecessors). The discovery comes close on the heels of the revelations earlier this year that another US software giant, Lotus, had built an NSA "help information" trapdoor into its Notes system, and that security functions on other software systems had been deliberately crippled. The first discovery of the new NSA access system was made two years ago by British researcher Dr Nicko van Someren. But it was only a few weeks ago when a second researcher rediscovered the access system. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1205893148 A new non-profit research foundation named The Orion Project (www.TheOrionProject.org) has been created to develop new, out-of-the-box energy solutions. Based near the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, The Orion Project has been founded to bring together highly accomplished scientists, researchers, inventors and thinkers who have expertise in advanced energy generation and propulsion technologies. Their goal is to develop bold new energy generation technologies within the next two years that will completely replace the need for oil, gas, coal and nuclear power. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1205290969 ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”? Microsoft says high prices have been the deterrent. Last month, the company trimmed prices on retail packages of Vista, trying to entice consumers to overcome their reluctance. In the United States, an XP user can now buy Vista Home Premium for $129.95, instead of $159.95. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=1196483907 November 30, 2007 (LPAC)--The German Society of Psychotherapists (GwG) called for a total ban against violent computer games, in a statement issued yesterday from Cologne.  This worthy attack, aimed at the heart of death-cult youth brainwashing tactics, took place only days after the LaRouche Youth Movement intervened sharply at a Berlin event on the same grouping.  The society pronounced, "Killer games are landmines for the soul of young people," noting that the games give players bonus points for each person they kill. The "image of man" disfigured in this way in the minds of young people, is inhuman, and must therefore be banned by law. (Take note that the word they used, "das Menschenbild", which translates as "the image of man", is highly reminiscent of Friedrich Schiller and is rarely heard today outside of church services. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=e412bc09cb744cd6b0009580b87a9f41 Earlier daylight-saving time could foil some device calendarsFor three weeks this March and April, Microsoft Corp. warns that users of its calendar programs "should view any appointments … as suspect until they communicate with all meeting invitees."Wow, that's sort of jarring — is something treacherous afoot?Actually, it's a potential problem in any software that was programmed before a 2005 law decreed that daylight-saving time would start three weeks earlier and end one week later, beginning this year. Congress decided that more early evening daylight would translate into energy savings.Software created earlier is set to automatically advance its timekeeping by one hour on the first Sunday in April, not the second Sunday in March (that's March 11 this year). text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=9276829ee777e021f799acb0331665a7 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A73427F3-509A-401C-9DEE-0F57D217B2DA.htmA raised eyebrow, quizzical look or a nod of the head are just a few of the facial expressions computers could soon be using to read people's minds.An "emotionally aware" computer being developed by British and American scientists will be able to read an individual's thoughts by analysing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=87408eba5fead16c35ccd2b29121c40e Small Research Prototype Outperforms The Fastest Present Day Supercomputers.CATALOGPosted By: Elijah Babbage [Avatar]Date: Thursday, 17 August 2000, at 10:08 p.m. From: http://www.compamerica. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=42ddd7b8a01b7f4587bea0d48ffa6856 written by Brandon DeWitt, IIId 1st Revision November of 1997 Originally Authored December of 1996PRODUCT CATALOGFrom: http://www.compamerica.com/tcapstore.htmA C C / CompAmerica electronic components division ACC Research and Development Announces New Superfast Computer Productsto be based upon TRANSFER CAPACITOR: [click here] Original Description:American Computer Company announced that it has, after five months effort, successfully assembled a transcapacitor based storage "disk drive" with the assistance of "Tata Industrial Semiconductors" (name changed for security purposes), a Taiwan based (location changed for security purposes) silicon foundry. Picture and specifications of the new device are detailed below. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=ff7141f95c8b10656cde98586a665402 We belive that the following information to be a hoax, and if it is being presented to anyone in the name of Fourwinds or supposedly from any of our Fourwinds Staff, we ask that such internet communications be stopped and discarded. Thank you.Fourwinds Staff.What Have You Got To Lose? -- H O A X !!!PLEASE READ THIS. THIS IS NOT BS. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=4b93be7c97ca83db7391abe14d0cd350 Kiss your taxless Net goodbye An effort by states to collect sales taxes on cyber purchases is likely to unleash a tax onslaught.February 27, 2004: 8:25 AM EST Sign up for the Eyeopener e-mail newsletter NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Don't snicker at the effort by 19 states this year to collect Internet sales tax. You'll be sorry. Sure, from an enforcement perspective, adding a line on tax forms and asking you to pay up is laughable. And yes, it probably won't net much. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=c0b62c10711899f46c9a585f950f9c84 So far, 2003 is off to a slower start than 2002 in terms of the appearance of new computer viruses. While antivirus protection has improved, there are still many unprotected PCs in the world. Some people feel the real reason for the decline in viruses this year is that the serious virus writers have graduated to more sophisticated attacks, such as Trojan horses and spyware. The occurrence of both of these threats has increased in 2003. Trojans open ports on infected machines and allow malicious users to access data on that system remotely. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=4d48a972ba9f9fb1f062befd124354a0 FBI adds to wiretap wish listLast modified: March 12, 2004, 1:05 PM PSTBy Declan McCullagh and Ben Charny Staff Writer, CNET News.comA far-reaching proposal from the FBI, made public Friday, would require all broadband Internet providers, including cable modem and DSL companies, to rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police. Legal experts said the 85-page filing includes language that could be interpreted as forcing companies to build back doors into everything from instant messaging and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) programs to Microsoft's Xbox Live game service. The introduction of new services that did not support a back door for police would be outlawed, and companies would be given 15 months to make sure that existing services comply. "The importance and the urgency of this task cannot be overstated," says the proposal, which is also backed by the U. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=b8735cb20d4b64d76da38cece5fea55c On 10 February 2004, Microsoft released a new "Critical Update" with the following description:SUMMARYA critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font that is included with Microsoft Office 2003. The Bookshelf Symbol 7 font is contained in the Bssym7.ttf file. I was very curious as to what was meant by "unacceptable" symbols. So I made a backup copy of the old font and installed the new one. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=5f6ea5c91ecd0379512996b5869a7832 This has got to be one of the funniest I've heard of in a long time. I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true story from the WordPerfect Helpline which was transcribed from a recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say, the Help Desk employee was fired however, he is currently suing the WordPerfect organization for "Termination without Cause." This is the actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee (now I know why they record these conversations) starts here: "Rich Hall computer assistance; may I help you?" "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/science_technology/computers_and_internet/news.php?q=45952119e3c2b304f369d4da9badda0a At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.2.