by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
eMarketer always does nice high-level overviews of various issues. This latest report from them highlights the spyware issue. Read it here.All materials copyright eMarketer, Inc.
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 23, 2005 | Uncategorized
From this article:”In the recent survey, respondents rated critical security threats. The results include viruses and worms, a 7.6 rating (“1” indicated “no concern at all,” while a “10” meant “extremely...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
Incredible writeup by Dave Methvin of PC Pitstop PaperGhost writes on it. By the way, no one here is saying that Bittorent is distributing adware. Bittorent isn’t doing anything. It’s doing what it’s supposed to: Allowing the distribution of files....
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
(See earlier blog if you don’t know about the Bittorent thing.)This is a rather hackneyed argument. It goes like this: “It’s not us, it’s a rogue distributor”. Really? So who pays the “rogue distributor”? It’s not like...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jun 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
What is it about Fathers and Daughters on the internet? In our family, it is always my Dad who gets all the spyware (my sister hardly gets any). In others, it is Daughters. Here are some examples:- From the Good Morning Silicon Valley Blog: John Paczkowski attributes...
