Microsoft And Android Malware, Bad Work Gifts, Facebook And Privacy, Kindle Privacy

"I love you Microsoft, but the #droidrage thing seems a little below the belt," chimed in Lucius Stone. "I would have expected this of Apple, not you."
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222631/Microsoft_spins_Android_malware_into_Windows_Phone_giveaway

Bad gifts at work (wow!).
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505125_162-57341175/9-worst-holiday-gifts-from-bosses/

Facebook would do themselves a favor by nipping this now. I hope they actually take security seriously now, but only time will tell. History would indicate not," he said.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222255/Will_FTC_force_Facebook_onto_privacy_straight_and_narrow_

I just don't like the direction things are going. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a begonia.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222260/Lawmaker_dissatisfied_with_Amazon_s_answers_on_Kindle_Fire_s_data_harvesting

Worst CEO, SOPA, Raises and IT Trends

IT outlook for 2012 looks promising. Maybe it's time for a change ;-).
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222653/Entry_level_IT_jobs_will_be_plentiful_in_2012_experts_predict

Steve Ballmer was the third-worst CEO (by votes) in IT. It also shows the
Xeorx chief as #1. Wasn't she just promoted to such a couple of months
ago?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19420/microsofts_steve_ballmer_is_rated_third_worst_tech_company_ceo

What I have asked in response to those lambasting anything SOPA-like. If
the greed and everything else upsets you, go do it all yourself.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/just-in-internet-not-solely-populated-pirates-and-thieves-181742

Really cool note on asking for a raise.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/infographic-how-to-give-and-ask-for-a-raise/3785

Random.....

Very cool. Free iPhone dev courses.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/development-tools/stanford-posts-six-free-online-iphone-app-dev-courses-179415

Interesting. Makes me want to actually understand and develop db apps....
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222136/Salesforce.com_unit_launches_stand_alone_database_service

Interesting twist in one huge botnet take down.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222132/Internet_registry_questions_freeze_related_to_botnet_bust

This is handy, especially if you're making an image for recovery!
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/quick-tip-shrink-a-hard-drive-volume-in-windows-7/3616

Ruby Tutorials, ICANN, Maybe Bill Can Help Win 7?

Rails tutorial.
http://ruby.railstutorial.org/
Brought to you by (I found it on):
http://www.southpolesteve.com/rails-is-for-beginners/

ICANN.....hmmmm....I think they are tired of no one paying attention to them. Bad idea, I agree.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222535/Senators_critics_question_ICANN_s_generic_TLD_plan

:-) 10 reasons Bill Gates should come back to Microsoft.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/top-10-reasons-why-bill-gates-should-return-microsoft-181362


Cool. Take a look at startup programs in Windows 7 to help performance.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/bump-performance-in-windows-7-by-trimming-startup-programs/5439

Make Your Own Economy, Apple and Microsoft Stuff

Interesting. Someone (or ones) trying to essentially start up their own currency/economy. Fascinating idea, but I think it still misses its mark to a degree.
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2011/111122-bitcoin-for-beginners-part-1.html

AppleTV. Not an apple fan, but if something works seamlessly with iTunes, that would be cool.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19358/apple_iphone_4s_really_satisfies_as_iphone_5_ipad_3_loom

Office for iPad could be a dominant source of revenue for MS. Interesting.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/19359/microsofts_secret_weapon_against_google_office_for_ipad_and_lion

Win8 app store stuff. Interesting.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-to-share-more-details-on-its-windows-8-app-store/11313

Thoughts on potential tech directions...

Why the US tech lead is in danger (it’s based on pursuing Exascale).
http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/five-reasons-the-us-tech-lead-in-danger-179930

And some future news stuff…..
Dart Review. Dart is Google’s potential answer for Javascript. One glaring catch (that will not really be a catch if Dart catches on):

But there may be deeper practical issues. The very simple program that prints "Hello World" is converted into 231,503 lines of code, many of them fairly long. I pushed this code through the built-in optimizer, and the result was still 183K. This overhead, or the ensuing bandwidth bills, will give developers for any popular site a reason to pause.
http://akamai.infoworld.com/d/application-development/first-look-google-dart-vs-javascript-179852

CVS
Very good summary of a version control systems (and why to use them and why you are already using them!).
http://betterexplained.com/articles/a-visual-guide-to-version-control/

Neat tutorial/tips:
Cool tips for Excel users.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/the-10-most-important-things-to-teach-your-excel-users/2854

A big giant list of HTML5 and CSS3 resources.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/webmaster/stay-on-the-design-cutting-edge-with-these-html5-and-css3-resources/912
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