My first mouse

Some say the ubiquitous computer mouse was born 40 years ago in 1968 when SRI researcher Douglas Englebart demonstrated, in what author Steven Levy called “the mother of all demos,” not just a kludgey wooden-cased mouse, but the system of user interactivity based upon it. However, I can say with authority that the mouse had […]

Another spammer takedown

Ars Technica reports the spam oriented ISP McColo has been grounded due to some great work by The Washington’s Post Security Fix blog team. This data from SpamCop shows it had a big effect. Who knows how long it will last though.

Proof of the Now Generation

Many folks are celebrating the release of the iPhone 3G next month as a great price drop. The 8GB iPhone drops from $399 to $199, and you get the higher speed (if you use the phone in a 3G network area—generally large urban areas). Few look beyond the initial buy-in cost and calculate the total […]