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This is propaganda
Talkback I find it curious that public opinion hasn’t shifted even a single percentage point between October 2007 and March 2008 given the number of security scandals the government has endured in that time frame.
[March 10, 2008, 16:49]
Software tunnels through great Firewall of China
News The news and propaganda wing behind the US government's Voice of America broadcasts has commissioned software to let Chinese Web surfers sneak around the boundaries set by their regime. In this case, the United States is eyeing the millions of...
[April 16, 2003, 15:49]
Cyberterrorism is not a universal excuse
Leader People have to assume, he told us, that terrorists will use hackers to "raise money, aid command and control, spread terrorist propaganda and recruit more into their ranks and, lastly and most ominously, attack at little risk".
[November 12, 2004, 11:25]
Don't throw buyers' rights overboard
Leader But such use of propaganda - misleading propaganda at that - only serves to dull the message and alienate software users including those who abide by the terms of their licences. Avast! The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has swung from the...
[May 18, 2005, 13:30]
Fair Comment
Talkback Surely then the story becomes a credibility story on the USA rather than giving credance to US Propaganda. Question is what negative effect do stories like these have and how much harder does it make it for the Mckinnon defence team in trying to...
[January 16, 2009, 15:34]
NTP woos US government in patent case
Talkback And the public, even ex patent attorneys buy their propaganda hook line and sinker. Just remember that some day when some well heeled bully kicks the crap out of one of you and flat out steals your property while painting you as a bad apple that...
[January 23, 2006, 2:34]
Sober comes out of hibernation to spread hate
News Although spam usually tries to advertise products, Chasin said it is now also being used for spreading propaganda. Spam has been traditionally regarded as annoying messages that promote Viagra, porn and low cost mortgages… But for the past year we...
[May 16, 2005, 9:25]
Sober worm poised to strike again
News Some Sober emails have included Nazi propaganda, while others posed as messages from the FBI, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit and the CIA.iDefense believes a 5 January attack may be spreading more Nazi propaganda.
[December 8, 2005, 9:00]
Cyberterror threats dismissed
News Simpson suggested "political propaganda" and "commercial propaganda" may both be playing a part. A controversial UK security vendor is calling for the creation of a World Security Organisation (WSO) to crack down on 'cyberterror' as well as real...
[February 10, 2005, 8:45]
UK ID cards are NOT supported by public
Talkback This is propaganda for sure, no one I know supports the UK version or US version of the ID cards. The problem is though that the government are clever, they are bringing in the cards slowly, by introducing the cards with limited conditions, and...
[March 10, 2008, 13:23]
What is the point?
Talkback What is the point of publishing Microsoft marketing propaganda? As if they might say to us- "gee, you know, a lot of folks are really trying to avoid Vista". They have no history of being candid.
[November 29, 2007, 20:27]
Overheard at IDF
Blog Comment Some folk obviously don't realise that the idiot box can be a tool for propaganda (or brain washing), guess it's done it's job then. Love the one about China! As for currys.when I was looking for a specific kind of camera, the sales people didn't...
[August 25, 2008, 21:36]
Incompetent CIOs are costing and wasting billions...
Talkback The point is that many CIOs are incompetent and psychologically dependent on MS junk and propaganda, and I believe that poor, (in fact, incompetent) decisions being made should be pointed out, and the people making them should be called to account.
[April 10, 2008, 3:23]
Firefox phishing vulnerability discovered
Talkback Firefox without a doubt, is the best and most secure browser on the market today, and no matter what propaganda is spread throughout the net regarding its security in a negative way, those who actually KNOW will continue to use Firefox and wait...
[January 7, 2005, 1:56]
Linux kernel: Moving closer to Windows?
Talkback When journalism becomes little more then a means of propaganda the source becomes irrelevant. I hope the readers of ZDNet realize what a poor source of information this site is. It is disappointing that such pathetic journalism is allowed to be...
[July 2, 2004, 10:49]
Waste of time is loss of value
Member Review Few times have I encountered such calculated propaganda as in this review page. Apparently there are dozens of people willing to say whatever they can in order to promote their Open Source ideals. The fact is that OpenOffice (unlike other mature...
[June 14, 2004, 15:39]
Microsoft and Linux 'to overtake Symbian'
Talkback Yet another piece of USA propaganda. Windows mobile OS frequently crashes, takes forever to load and drains the battery faster than Symbian and Linux who will end up battling it out for supremacy. I use them all and have deep knowledge of Mobile...
[February 23, 2006, 14:29]
Is Apple driving music to mobiles?
Talkback You're repeating the propaganda put out by the music business. You are so wrong! They think the carriers can save their broken business model. But they are wrong. The carriers think that music can save their aging business model as well.
[April 20, 2005, 23:06]
Microsoft rejects IBM strategy and open source 'dorks'
Talkback Just anouther propaganda techniqe. Just because you can have a programmer customise a part of a program to better suite your needs doesn't mean that you have to. Today, one doesn't have to compile anything.
[November 15, 2005, 17:28]
Internet Explorer 7 Beta: a first look
Talkback This is not about Microsoft bashing or the "Slashdot propaganda" one comment talks about. Beta versions of software (even Beta1) may only be intended for developers to get to grips with the basics of the software, but they are still essentialy...
[August 11, 2005, 16:31]
