Posts filed under "IT today"

# Hacking and the real world

Posted: Mar 13, 2008, under IT today, Security. Add a comment!

I was reading an article by Adrian Spinei and, not for the first time, it made me think about how our society likes to consider computer hacking similar to physical aggression, invasion of personal space or privacy violations. It wouldn’t be so bad if just the uninformed masses had the wrong idea. But it doesn’t seem [...]

# Agregarea de trafic: furt sau practică acceptată?

Posted: Mar 10, 2008, under SEO, IT today, Romania, Morals&Politics, [În română]. Add a comment!

Se dau două site-uri: unul nou, unul vechi şi cu trafic mare. Cele două îşi comasează traficul în sistemele de tracking. Este un furt sau o practică perfect normală?

# Sclavul IT român: mic ghid de supravieţuire (I)

Posted: Jul 13, 2007, under IT today, Romania, [În română]. Add a comment!

Acest ghid intenţionează să prezinte o serie de realităţi relevante pentru industria IT în România, din punctul de vedere al celor ce formează marea masă de lucrători IT. Această primă parte enumeră o serie de lucruri esenţiale pe care cei care activează în domeniu ar trebui să le ştie şi să nu le uite niciodată.

# The elusive blogosphere

Posted: Nov 2, 2006, under IT today, Romania. Add a comment!

Blogging seems to have reached a new level of awareness in Romania. It's in the news, it's cool, and recently it's in the sights of advertising people. So it looks like a good time to debunk some of the myths surrounding the ever elusive "blogosphere".

# If you build it, they will come

Posted: Oct 27, 2006, under IT today. Add a comment!

Lots of websites built for a small investment become huge names with millions of users and get bought for many millions of dollars. What makes these sites so good? I think I can tell you.

# The $100 laptop not good enough for Romania

Posted: Jul 26, 2006, under IT today, Romania, Technology. Add a comment!

The Romanian IT Minister, Zsolt Nagy, has advised negatively a project meant to bring the $100 laptop to every school kid and teacher in the country. His blatantly misinformed statement claims that the laptop's low hardware specs make it unsuitable for any real work and that it hasn't yet been "tested" in a practical environment.

# Romanian copyright enforcement: level 2

Posted: Jul 12, 2006, under IT today, Romania, Morals&Politics. Add a comment!

In the light of the recent copyright enforcement operations in Romania, a counterfeiting and piracy international Congress suddenly apears in a grim, hopefully misguided, posture. Intention or incompetence?

# Romanians learn about copyright

Posted: May 26, 2006, under IT today, Romania, Morals&Politics. Add a comment!

After having swept the rug from under the feet of legitimate IT businesses in Romania, the ever resourceful Romanian government now tackles another long standing IT-related problem: software and music or movie piracy among end-users. By force, naturally.

# .ro gov stabs own software industry in the back

Posted: Mar 15, 2006, under IT today, Romania. Add a comment!

The Romanian government recently passed a law which makes it mandatory for anybody selling or producing software in Romania to register a copy of said software with a national registry. Additionaly, the entire text of the law is riddled with confusing and downright stupid regulations. At this very moment, large numbers of Romanian software makers and dealers are exposed to legal action and serious consequences.

# Big Brother wants search engine data

Posted: Jan 20, 2006, under IT today, Morals&Politics. Add a comment!

Completely out of the blue, the USA Department of Justice demanded hefty chunks of search logs from several big search engines. The request is not connected to any ongoing criminal investigation. Allegedly, they need it to substantiate a would-be anti-pornography law.

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