January 2012
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icacls gripes and moaning
icacls is quite useful for setting permissions. Its save and restore feature is almost very useful. I say “almost” because it is annoyingly narrow; it is not possible to directly transfer permissions from one file to another differently-named file. The saved permissions specify the exact file name in addition to the permission string.
This makes sense for making bulk permission...
My Weekly Artists for the week ending 2012-01-22
Soulwax (15) DJ Schmolli (2)
Europe proposes a "right to be forgotten"
European Union Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has proposed a sweeping reform of the EU’s data protection rules, claiming that the proposed rules will both cost less for governments and corporations to administer and simultaneously strengthen online privacy rights.
The 1995 Data Protection Directive already gives EU citizens certain rights over their data....
Google works on Internet standards with TCP...
As part of Google’s continuing quest to dole out Web pages ever more quickly, the search giant has proposed a number of changes to Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the ubiquitous Internet protocol used to reliably deliver HTTP and HTTPS data (and much more besides) over the ‘net.
Google’s focus is on reducing latency between client machines and...
Jurors: leave the information age—or go to...
An English court has sentenced a juror to six months in prison for contempt of court after she performed research on the Internet and forced the abandonment of a criminal trial.
Psychology lecturer Theodora Dallas, 34, was a member of the jury in the trial of Barry Medlock, accused of causing grievous bodily harm. She looked up certain information related to the trial on...
My Weekly Artists for the week ending 2012-01-15
Soulwax (18) Ricardo Autobahn (12) Paul McCartney (11) Plemo And Rampue (10) Electric Light Orchestra (9) Mint Royale (8) Mauro Picotto (6) Queen (5) Rob Dougan (4) Pet Shop Boys (4)
Microsoft gives a glimpse of the Windows 8 store...
Microsoft has revealed a little more of the Windows 8 Store experience, with screenshots and video of browsing the store, application search, and the install and upgrade experience.
The store will be the sole source for non-enterprise users to get Metro applications; it will also include links, but no purchasing or installation, to certain desktop applications. The post...