Forbes editor Daniel Lyons has admitted to being “Fake Steve Jobs,” the author of the satyrical blog The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs which pokes fun at the high tech industry, while inviting scrutiny of Silicon Valley and the individuals who run some of its influential companies. Lyons admitted to being Fake Steve after New York Times reporter Brad Stone asked him if he was behind the spoof, citing several similarities between Fake Steve entries and Lyons’ own published work.
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Kansas Schools Order Another 2,300 Palm’s
While some school districts in the US are dealing with record budget cuts, the students and teachers in the Olathe Unified School District in Olathe, Kansas get another 2,300 Palm handhelds to play with thanks to a recent purchase. Today’s purchase of the new Palm TX PDA’s now doubles the school district’s current inventory. The Olathe Unified School District is considered one of the most technologically progressive school districts in the state.
Microsoft puts bounty on hackers
Microsoft Corp. today announced the creation of the Anti-Virus Reward Program, initially funded with $5 million (U.S.), to help law enforcement agencies identify and bring to justice those whoillegally release damaging worms, viruses and other types of malicious code on the Internet. Microsoft will provide the monetary rewards for information resulting in the arrest and conviction ofthose responsible for launching malicious viruses and worms on the Internet. Residents of any country are eligible for the reward, according to the laws of that country, because Internet virusesaffect the Internet community worldwide.
As part of the Reward Program, Microsoft announced the first reward in the amount of a quarter-million dollars (U.S.) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for unleashing the MSBlast.A worm. Although two arrests were made in connection with the B and C variants of the MSBlast worm, those responsible for releasing the original worm this summer remain at large. The worm was designed to attack Microsoft’s www.windowsupdate.com Web site, which provides fixes for vulnerabilities and helps protect users against malicious attacks.
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