IronPort & Spam I used to get irritated with spam, but no more. I became accustomed to it, just like I became accustomed to the obligatory but ineffectual security checks at airports. The security checks are a hollow ritual designed to convince...

Googling Google Last week, the news that Google had released a spreadsheet burst out all over the news, prompting visions of Google boxing toe-to-toe with Microsoft. Some ill-informed commentators seemed to think that Google was making an Excel...

AVID: A Trend In Motion I was asked last week why I keep changing the D-word in AVID e.g. Antivirus Is Dead, Doomed, Dying and Dysfunctional. To be honest, it's a cheap and obscure trick; here's a tortuous explanation. I am running a campaign to...

Firefox Really Rocks Yes it does. My complimentary comments on Firefox last week were understated. I had cause this week to spend more time with some other Firefox plug-ins. A reader (Chris) posted a recommendation for the Customize Google plugin,...