Wednesday, October 9, 2002

An in yet another demonstration

An in yet another demonstration of why Microsoft is evil, the latest end user license agreement update to Windows XP Service Pack 3 allegedly allows Microsoft to update your system at will, without telling you. This may cause Windows systems to violate the HIPAA act according to this Infoworld article: Windows and HIPAA .

e.p.c. posted this at 12:09 GMT on 9-Oct-2002 .

Bought a new toy...a WiFi

Bought a new toy...a WiFi adapter for my Handspring Prism PDA. I'd had an Omnisky/Earthlink wireless modem for it but have not been able to get it working again (worked well last year. With the hit we took to cell phone coverage in the area it doesn't seem to get enough signal even though my cell phone gets a full signal).

e.p.c. posted this at 12:10 GMT on 9-Oct-2002 .

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