Microsoft security flaws shake faith in its competence
A damaged post argues Microsoft’s security failures expose a bumbling approach including Trojan threats, unauthorized access to employee home PCs, and exposure of unreleased Windows source code on a private network, challenging claims of protecting customer information.
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Online political quizzes aim to help voters choose
Web sites offer candidate match quizzes like dating services for politics but critics say they oversimplify. Issues2000.org and SpeakOut.com provide presidential matchups with Bush Gore and several third-party candidates. Quizzers rate statements in four policy groups and weigh importance to reveal alignment.
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Jesse Gordon
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St. Martin’s
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Gore
Bush
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SpeakOut
Speakoutcom
George W. Bush
Online Candidate Selectors Review and Reactions
A survey of BetterVote and other political selectors notes strengths and weaknesses. It highlights engaging interfaces, extensive issue data, and label systems, while criticizing narrow question sets and uneven depth across sites.
Project Vote Smart: A Difficult Candidate Selector Experience
Project Vote Smart tracks over 41 000 candidates at federal, state, and local levels. The site also offers a lengthy quiz style selector with 22 issues and many agree disagree items. Users should expect at least 30 minutes to complete.
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Vote Smart
Votesmartorg
Vale Smart
Live Chat Online Schedule Highlights This Week
A sequence of live chats features Patti LaBelle Abbie Webber with Sean Kenniff Dan Millman and more. Broadcasts cover music acting writing television and book discussions across AOL Live chatrooms and radio style streams with dates and times for each session.
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Wow
Lvillage
KROCK
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Abbie Webber
Sean Kenniff
Sean
Abbie
The New Economy shapes the 2000 campaign battle
High tech leaders weigh in on Gore Lieberman and Bush in a race tied to the Internet boom. Industry backers praise Bush for business experience and limited regulation, while Gore touts education and Internet use, with tech donors split but leaning toward Bush in direct contributions.
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Gore
Lieberman
Adam Smith
D-Wash
Congress
Bush
Apple Computer
Steve Jobs
Sun Microsystems
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Dell Computer Corp
Exective
Michael Dell
Intel Corp
Andy Grove
Puter
Center For Responsive Politics
Washington
Ployd Kyvamme
Dora the Explorer and Boots plan party on Nickel
Technology calendar lists Dora and Boots hunting for berries at 11 a.m. on Nickel Odeon and a Dora episode about friends planning a birthday surprise for Boots at 11 a.m. on Nickel. Other items include Level 9 loyalty test at a hackers convention and various computer showings on WCNY WIXT-9 and CNN channels.
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Boots
Nickelodéon
Point & Click
al Fasoldi
Nickelodeon
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Translating Technology and Library Computer Courses
A listing from Soule and Mundy Branch Libraries in Syracuse promoting basic Internet and word processing sessions. Free trainings include Basic Internet Training for Adults at Mundy Branch and Cool Cat Workshop at Baldwinsville Public Library with preregistration required. Information lines provided.
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Springfield Road
Syracuse
Mundy
S. Geddes St
Baldwinsville Public Library
Genesee Street
Baldwinsville
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