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  1. Comment - Judge tosses Psystar's 'monopolistic power' claim against Apple

    (Nov 19, 2008 - 3:10 PM)

    I have the same complaint now that I had back in the 90's: If Apple wants more people using their OS, they need to open it up and let clones live.

    Aside from that opinion, I don't think Apple has any ethical right trying to stop people from installing a piece of software THEY BOUGHT on hardware THEY BOUGHT and OWN.

  2. Comment - Congressmen call for a halt to one CATV firm's Web tracking plans

    (May 19, 2008 - 7:02 PM)

    Their "opt out" is a farce. You have to visit a page, enter personal information, then receive a browser cookie. Then, only THAT browser on THAT computer on THAT windows login is opted out... and ONLY until either the cookie expires OR the user does the proper security practice of deleting their cookies, at which point, they'll have to remember to manually "opt out" again. Oh! And if they use Internet Explorer AND FireFox, they'll have to opt out with BOTH browsers. Have multiple PCs? Then you'll have to opt out of each PC. Have multiple family members using those PCs and multiple browsers? My home has 3 PCs, 4 users on each, 2 browsers in each account. That means 18 opt-outs. Then we have to keep doing it over and over, every time we dump our cookies. My FireFox settings are set to receive cookies only temporarily and to delete them as soon as I leave the site.

    There is NO option to opt out for NON-browser software, such as chat/IM programs, any other programs that access the web (Google Earth, Virtual Earth, Microsoft WorldWide Telescope... etc... etc...).

    This is the same opt-out farce they do with their DNS. If you mistype a URL, instead of getting the standard 404 not found page from your browser, the Charter DNS doesn't return an error and instead sends you to their ad-filled search page. This overrides your personal browser settings if you have your browser automatically go to yahoo or google on 404 errors. Now there's no way to do that. They completely override your settings and you can't get out of it. They are HIGHLY unethical.

    BTW, for the DNS bit, go to your network settings and CHANGE your DNS settings to 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3 and that'll use NON-Charter DNS servers.