Psychologist David Levine is a dedicated collector of Apple-branded goods. He’s also the kind of Mac devotee who buys extra computers just to support Apple. Levine has spent a couple of thousand dollars in the last few years on Apple-branded key chains, luggage tags, pins, watches and posters.
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A Bad Year for Privacy
Long before planes slammed into the World Trade Center and anthraxed mail snarled Capitol Hill, privacy mavens had worried that a terrorist attack would spur Congress to approve invasive new laws.
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The Law Is Going After Spam
Spam and Internet fraud — the twin plagues of the information age — are getting stepped-up attention from federal and state agencies that say more joint effort from law enforcement groups is needed to curb the scourge that is online swindling.
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Can WINE Ferment Move to Linux?
Despite its continuing success as a server operating system, Linux has yet to loosen Microsoft’s stranglehold on the desktop. Linux’s lack of productivity applications and complex user interface has prevented it from becoming a viable Windows alternative for all but the technically inclined.
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Unix Tick Tocks to a Billion
Early Sunday morning in Greenwich, England, the clock that keeps Universal Time will strike 01:46:40 — the 40th second of the 46th minute in the second hour of Sept. 9, 2001.
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