Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Wednesday Tech News Blog
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| Tech News 8-25-04 Apple #1 in Customer Satisfaction PC World is featuring a story that names Apple number one among computer manufacturers in customer satisfaction. Microsoft Take 2 BetaNews reports that Microsoft will begin distributing Service Pack 2 today for XP users that have their computer set to update automatically. Read on to decide whether you want to go down that street right now. Everything You Wanted to Know About SP2 Don’t be afraid to ask, just visit Windows & .Net’s web site to learn everything you need to know about SP2. More Alternatives For Blocking SP2 Update Windows & .Net details the alternatives Microsoft is providing for delaying the automatic update and installation of SP2 and the Winnetmag web site. Who Makes The Most Spam? The results are in and the judges have made their decision; the winner is, the United States of America according to CNET. The U.S. produces more spam than any other country. We seem to get a fair amount from our friends in Australia, and mates, we don’t want to re-finance! Secunia Bulletins Secunia has issued warnings or update bulletins for the following systems: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Sun Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 What is UNIX? What is UNIX? According to Southern Illinois University Carbondale it is, “An interactive operating system developed at Bell Labs. This is the first operating system that was developed as a portable system. This allows Unix to be used as an operating system on almost any kind of computer. For example, we have Unix operating systems for PCs, Macintoshes, Suns, and even IBM mainframes. TCP/IP was built into Unix even in its early days; the Internet was originally intended to connect different Unix systems into a network. This link points to an introduction and discussion of Unix.”  
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