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Should government have right to cut off Internet service?

Senate Bill 773 provides for protecting the country’s tech infrastructure by declaring a cybersecurity emergency. This emergency would authorize the government to shut down Internet access to key non-governmental computers and networks. If passed, the bill would create a whole new government agency that trains and certifies cyber-security professionals to help manage and carry out the rules set forth in this proposed law.

Click the link below to read a complete news store from CNET and get links to other news stories on the subject.

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet | Politics and Law – CNET News.

Intel Helped Google with Chrome OS

This article seems to confirm a suspicion I had and wrote about upon Google’s initial announcement of the Chrome Operating System. Intel has been working with the Linux community for months developing a compelling operating system called Moblin. The Moblin project already uses the Chromium browser (Linux equivalent of Google Chrome) and seems like a natural starting spot for Google’s project.

I still think that Moblin or something very similar will become Google Chrome OS.

You can read CIO Today’s entire article here:

Operating Systems – Intel Confirms It Helped Develop Google’s Chrome OS.

Email of the week — No Comments
4
Jun 09

Email of the Week – 006

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QUESTION

Name: Kathy

From: Grand Junction

OS: Windows XP

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When I go into different web sites I get this message:
ERROR
A runtime error
has occurred?
Line 30
ERROR: Object required
Yes No

This occurs quite frequently can you tell me why and what I can do about it?

ANSWER

This error is usually due to Continue reading →

Announcements / Riding Shotgun with Rick — No Comments
11
Mar 09

Improved Site Searching

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I worked on the searching situation here at the new HelpMerick.com, and I think you will find it much more responsive to your needs. Use these tips to help find the information you need out of the nearly 2000 articles on the site:

Use multiple words (ex: home networking, or email attachments)
Always check your spelling
Try different forms of the word if your initial search wasn’t successful (ex: network, instead of networking, or powerpoint instead of power point)

Keep an eye on the site as I continue to add more features and easier and more accurate searching.

Riding Shotgun with Rick — 4 Comments
10
Mar 09

New computer users

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Today alone, I ran across two brand new computer users. It irritates me when I see commenters on some of my YouTube videos and elsewhere on the web make fun of the fact that some people can’t copy and paste or create a table in Microsoft Word or perform any number of computer tips I teach through this site and via my instructional videos. Computers can be intimidating enough for someone new let alone have the added pressure of insensitive bafoons make snide comments about their skills. We all started at the beginning at some point in our computing lives and we all still need help from time-to-time with technology.

I wonder if these types of people would make the same kind of observations in person as they do on the Internet, or if the anonymity of the Internet makes them more boorish?