I found an article, again at ars technica, that talks about a flaw in Acrobat Reader that puts Windows XP and Windows 2003 at risk by allowing a specially crafted .pdf file to execute arbitrary files. You might want to be on the lookout for a patch from Adobe soon, and as always, use some common sense when opening files you don’t know about first hand.

In an article I found recently, it looks like HP might be trying to compete with Dell in the U.S. (and other areas) desktop Linux market.  To me it looks like Dell has pushed HP into competition, and that’s good for us.  HP doesn’t want Dell to get entrenched in the market, and maybe they figure they can get some of the desktop users back if they do Linux better than Dell.  Which shouldn’t be hard from what I have seen.

I found an article that tells a tale about the (In)Justice Department and their opinion that ISPs (Internet Service Providers) ought to be able to charge a fee for priority web traffic. Like, for instance, they decide that if you want to go to Google, and not have really slow speeds, you have to pay extra. But you can go to Joe Schmoe’s website for free because it’s not popular. Really, it means they can do and charge whatever they want, carving up bandwidth however it suits them and to hell with you, the paying customer. I mean, don’t we already pay for our Internet access at home? Do we now have to pay more to get better service? Don’t sites and servers using the ‘net pay for their pipes already? I know I do, this server ain’t free! Why then should I have to pay more, just so I don’t become a slow server. Since when is this sort of “tag, your it, you have to pay more” mentality a good thing? It doesn’t make sense to me, but if this goes through, it’s the start of the downfall of the ‘net as a productive and useful and even fun, time wasting tool. Greedy people are bound and determined to ruin a good thing in the name of the almighty dollar. But hey, that’s just my opinion.