PC Magazine has a Product Activation FAQ which supposedly takes the mystery out of the process. See for yourself.
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PC Anywhere privilege escalation
Secunia has issued this advisory for a privilege escalation vulnerability in PC Anywhere. No fix yet … the workaround is… Read more PC Anywhere privilege escalation
1 & 1 update
I activated my account. Seems to be pretty full-featured … I’ve got SSH access (without a lot of rights, natch)… Read more 1 & 1 update
Full-service web hosting, free for 3 years
1 & 1 Internet, Inc. is offering 3 years of premium web hosting for free. With no commitments. And no… Read more Full-service web hosting, free for 3 years
Good rundown of the November Security Update from Microsoft
Woody Leonhard’s Woody’s Windows Watch of Nov. 11, 2003 has a good rundown of this month’s updates from Microsoft. He… Read more Good rundown of the November Security Update from Microsoft
Removing personal info from Word docs
Woody Leonhard’s Woody’s Office Watch from Nov. 12, 2003 has a pointer to this MSDN article which describes in detail… Read more Removing personal info from Word docs
Finally, a free Wi-Fi in Silicon Valley!
At least that’s what this story’s tagline would lead you to believe. I could swear Palo Alto has free Wi-Fi… Read more Finally, a free Wi-Fi in Silicon Valley!
NationMaster — not just dry facts and figures
Lockergnome Windows Fanatics reported on NationMaster — an interesting site that has all sorts of interesting information about countries around… Read more NationMaster — not just dry facts and figures
ABC (the network) does RSS
Dave Winer reports on a list of RSS feeds that ABC has.
How to Force a Hardware Abstraction Layer During an Upgrade or New Installation of Windows XP
See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;299340.