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Why e-Voting stinks

By in large, our government systems and agencies do a fairly good job.  Services and protections are provided, and things generally flow in a positive way.  If they didn’t, our country would be in total chaos. Nevertheless, sometimes an idea comes along that is...

New Internet Explorer 7 seeks guinea pigs

Without much general media fanfare, Microsoft is finally releasing version 7 of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browsing program.  Pardon me if I’m less than excited. After grinding competitor Netscape into dust during the infamous “browser wars” of...

Two-factor authentication flawed, but a good move

I recently received a nice letter from my bank explaining that I was going to have to get used to a new way of conducting online banking.  It seems that a group of regulators called the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council is requiring that banking...

Your trial-version computer will expire

“Well, a screen came up saying something about my antivirus program expiring, but, I didn’t know what it meant, so, I forgot about it.  That was about 6 months ago.” I’ve heard this story too many times lately, as an explanation as to why a...

Fun with Firefox plugins

If you use Microsoft Windows, then it’s my sincere hope that you also use the Mozilla Firefox Web browser (www.mozilla.com) for viewing websites, instead of Microsoft’s lame Internet Explorer.  As I’ve noted in previous columns, your computer will be much less...