Helping hand for net novices

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Dude, you're getting a helping hand!

Dude, you're getting a helping hand! 07/20/2004 06:07 PM

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Dell is offering to give their customers a little bit of an education about the evils of spyware. With 20 percent of the phone calls received at their support center being spyware related, it appears they have become properly motivated to do something to correct this trend. Dell has announced that they are going to be offering access to a PC Security site that will help customers identify potential security threats before they get to…

HP Lends Helping Hand

HP Lends Helping Hand 04/19/2004 11:15 AM
Tool tackles troubleshooting tasks for users, help desks.

Helping Hand For Musical PowerBooks

Helping Hand For Musical PowerBooks 02/19/2004 10:08 AM
A trio of Australian musicians is making PowerBook music using a system on the surface even easier than GarageBand -- simply by using their hands. (Macworld UK via MyAppleMenu)

Smart homes offer a helping hand

Smart homes offer a helping hand 05/19/2004 02:58 AM
The homes of the future could be filled with clever technology designed to help you live your life.

Tech offers Microsoft a helping hand

Tech offers Microsoft a helping hand 10/31/2003 08:20 AM
ZDNet Oct 31 2003 8:13AM ET

Amid China's Boom, No Helping Hand for
Young Qingming

Amid China's Boom, No Helping Hand for
Young Qingming 07/31/2004 02:05 PM
Peasants like Qingming are being left behind in the money-centered, cutthroat society that has replaced socialist China.

Stock Picking for Novices

Stock Picking for Novices 04/14/2005 12:30 PM
First, think of stocks as businesses, not pieces of paper.

Hand Job brings you exclusive hardcore
pictures and videos of Hand Job content
on the internet

Hand Job brings you exclusive hardcore
pictures and videos of Hand Job content
on the internet 04/10/2004 08:47 AM
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Mobile phone companies and service
providers working hand-in-hand to lure
users

Mobile phone companies and service
providers working hand-in-hand to lure
users 09/05/2004 09:54 AM
TechTree Sep 5 2004 2:38PM GMT

To Woo Impatient Novices, Google Tweaks
Its Blogger

To Woo Impatient Novices, Google Tweaks
Its Blogger 05/19/2004 06:04 PM
You might call it the Yahooing of Google. Seeking to build on the popularity of its Web search tool, Google has added features and worked to make others more appealing to non-techies. It recently rolled out a streamlined version of Blogger (www.blogger.com), one of the most popular services for publishing the online journals known as Web logs.

AOL courts novices, Spanish speakers
with budget PC

AOL courts novices, Spanish speakers
with budget PC 08/12/2004 11:34 AM
America Online Inc. (AOL) is introducing a budget PC to the U.S. market bundled with its Internet access software in both Spanish and English, as it looks to lasso novices and Spanish speakers alike with the offering.

Google's offering nudges novices into
action

Google's offering nudges novices into
action 06/06/2004 06:46 AM
Chicago Tribune Jun 6 2004 10:49AM GMT

Google's offering nudges novices
into action

Google's offering nudges novices
into action 06/06/2004 06:45 PM
Chicago Tribune (subscription),IL-12 hours agoThe news that popular search engine Google plans to sell shares to the public has piqued the interest of lots of young would-be investors, doubly so because ...

Game Makers' Hand-to-Hand Combat

Game Makers' Hand-to-Hand Combat 05/06/2004 05:51 AM
Nintendo is in danger of getting slapped silly by Sony twice in a decade. As Sony preps a new whiz-bang handheld video-game machine, Nintendo will answer with the upcoming DS. If the DS flops, Nintendo is in big trouble. By Daniel Terdiman.

Get Ready for Some Hand-to-Hand Combat
(washingtonpost.com)

Get Ready for Some Hand-to-Hand Combat
(washingtonpost.com) 05/07/2004 10:46 AM
washingtonpost.com - Cue up the "dueling handhelds" theme: The video game wars are starting anew, with competitors Nintendo and Sony in a fierce fight for victory on the handheld gaming battlefield.

Does the left hand talk to the right
hand?

Does the left hand talk to the right
hand? 03/12/2003 03:54 AM
The NYT is reporting that AOL is providing software to customers to block pop-ups. The sheer number of ironies in this article is simply delicious, and renders further comment unnecessary: 1) "AOL pioneered the often annoying but effective pop-up format" 2) "10 percent of its users had chosen not to receive pop-ups from AOL's own service, an option that has been harder to find than the new blocking software." Hard to find? Almost impossible. 3) "the number of sites that will accept pop-ups is increasing, including ever more sites owned by AOL Time Warner like Mapquest and CNN.com."

Hand-to-hand combat over Bolton

Hand-to-hand combat over Bolton 04/11/2005 02:34 PM
John Kerry advertises in Rhode Island in an effort to swing Lincoln Chafee against Bush's U.N. nominee.

Sony and Nintendo go hand to hand

Sony and Nintendo go hand to hand 05/13/2004 11:11 AM
Manchester Online May 13 2004 2:41PM GMT

You Never Know Who You are Helping

You Never Know Who You are Helping 12/19/2004 03:08 PM
Friday Foo - Thanks from a long time lurker.

Helping hands

Helping hands 07/29/2004 04:41 PM

In a 'Dailies' link two months back, I mentioned that US Peace Corps volunteer Scott Stadum was looking for a little design help. The response was great, and now he has bigger and better plans.

Helping the Terrorists

Helping the Terrorists 07/17/2004 01:09 PM
This post is completely self-interested. I fly a lot. I think the idea of having air marshals on board airplanes is sensible and notably increases my safety. I was horrified and astounded to read in the NYT today that these guys have a dress code that make them stand out so that anyone can spot them. There are no words to describe the lethal stupidity at work here.

Helping the wordblind see clearly

Helping the wordblind see clearly 04/20/2004 08:48 AM
Manchester Online Apr 20 2004 12:14PM GMT

HP Helping Tax Man With Deductions

HP Helping Tax Man With Deductions 12/12/2003 04:16 PM
Internet News Dec 12 2003 4:04PM ET

Helping your brainchild play well with
others

Helping your brainchild play well with
others 04/10/2004 06:22 AM
George Santayana wrote in 1905, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Nearly 100 years later, independent software vendors should heed his aphorism. Too many ISVs create software as though it will exist in a vacuum, humming along doing its thing without the need to interface with other enterprise applications. It was this type of thinking that created the enterprise application integration industry.

Helping Alcoholics End the Binge

Helping Alcoholics End the Binge 04/06/2005 06:23 PM
Business Week Apr 6 2005 9:14PM GMT

Man Is Sentenced for Helping Hezbollah

Man Is Sentenced for Helping Hezbollah 12/17/2003 01:25 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 17 2003 0:34AM ET

Thanks For Helping Fix Our Software --
We Won't Sue You This Time

Thanks For Helping Fix Our Software --
We Won't Sue You This Time 04/06/2005 09:36 PM
A security company discovered some vulnerabilities in some Sybase code a couple weeks ago and handed them over to the company -- who did a good job of patching the problem relatively quickly. Then, things started to get messy, as the security company got ready to explain what the vulnerabilities were, leading Sybase to threaten to sue them. That's some thank you for finding the security hole. After a public backlash, Sybase has called off its legal dogs and issued an odd announcement "thanking" the company they were thinking about suing just a day before. It's amazing that this sort of thing keeps coming up. While this case had a bit of a twist, in that the bug was already patched, it's still all about a company trying to hide where its vulnerabilities are, rather than owning up to them. Security holes happen. Everyone knows that. The real question is how a company deals with them -- and that goes beyond just how quickly they patch the holes, but how they treat those who are helping them fix their software by finding the holes in the first place.

Helping Users Protect Themselves

Helping Users Protect Themselves 07/25/2004 08:43 PM

Some soundbites rom The weakest security link?  It's you, a recent News.com article:

People are the weakest link.

Education is the first line of defense.

People are still not thinking before opening an (e-mail) attachment.

The big problem with educating employees on security issues is being able to track whether you're getting through to people.

Everyone knows about viruses, for example, but half the people don't have antivirus software.

While I agree that people are the weakest security link and even the world's strongest lock is useless if not used, I don't think that training employees about security and tracking security policy compliance is enough to fix the problem.

What's the missing ingredient?

Helping users protect themselves.

Just as training drivers all about driving hazards is useless if the driver is a blind, users can't protect themselves if they are not fully aware of what is going on around them.  Was there any suspicoius activities involving my account since last time I signed-in?  Is there someone accessing my online bank account at the same time I am?

If a hacker broke into your computer remotely and used it to send phishing e-mails or spams, how would you know?  Unexpected blinking network connection lights?  Something is wrong when it's easier to keep track of friends logging into their computers than strangers logging into our computers.

Unfortunately, most designers of today's security products see the user only as an input device: I'll give you access to these if you give me this and that.  This mindset encourages people to be more concerned about lossing access than gaining protection.  This is why people reuse passwords and write them down in easy to find places.

Security companies need to start thinking more about helping users protect themselves by providing more information about what is going on and letting them play an active role in security.  If something suspicious is going on, don't let the information sit until probability crosses some security policy thresholds.  Inform the user rightaway.  Remember that, to the user, no news is good news so they'll think what they are doing is all right unless they are warned away from dangerous edges.

There are ways to inform the user without getting in their way too much or making them paranoid.  For example, if an e-mail message has executable or unknown file attachements, mark it visibly as potentionally dangerous.  Hyperlinks should always clearly present the destination URL to the user instead of hiding it behind a possibly bogus text.

Ask MacSlash: Helping The N00bs

Ask MacSlash: Helping The N00bs 06/29/2004 08:52 AM

Helping You Help Your Company: The
Perfect Job

Helping You Help Your Company: The
Perfect Job 09/04/2002 07:47 AM

"You're a helper monkey! This isn't
helping!"

"You're a helper monkey! This isn't
helping!" 06/17/2005 04:20 PM
Helper monkeys! Severely disabled people can get trained monkeys to help them out in their daily chores, though sometime thi s causes pro blems. Haven't you always wanted a monkey? The Mesa SWAT Team certainly want one.

Who Is Real Actually Helping: Us,
Themselves, Or Apple?

Who Is Real Actually Helping: Us,
Themselves, Or Apple? 08/19/2004 11:52 AM
Real, through this promotion, may have shot itself in the foot... and in the long term helped Apple. By Henry Dee, iPod Garage (via MyAppleMenu)

Kalamafree Helps You While Helping
Others

Kalamafree Helps You While Helping
Others 02/01/2005 09:28 PM
After a successful launch, Kalamafree, LLC has decided to give back a portion of proceeds to the charities the users decide upon. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

Helping Save the Internet

Helping Save the Internet 06/05/2005 10:46 PM
Last week, I was contributing to Jason Kottke's Remaindered Links, unleashing some of my now-rusty Daily Links skills on Jason's unsuspecting audience. As Jason's chart reveals, my best efforts were only capable of slightly diminishing his number of readers, not destroying his audience completely. I'm still working on completely eliminating...

Helping Bangladeshi pupils succeed

Helping Bangladeshi pupils succeed 05/07/2004 03:30 AM
How schools are overcoming language and cultural issues to raise the attainment of Bangladeshi pupils.

Is Google Helping China Censor the Net?

Is Google Helping China Censor the Net? 09/22/2004 01:49 PM

New Scientist: Google omits controversial news stories in China. Some users recently reported that Google's Chinese news search returned different results depending when they searched using a computer based outside of China. The claims were substantiated by researchers who connected to computers inside the country.

Very disturbing if true, but not all that surprising. The tech industry, after all, has happily been supplying China with technology that helps keep the Great Firewall up and running. Networking giant Cisco, for example, is just one of the many suppliers in this system. The Net will be zoned, it seems. See also the comments on this story on Slashdot.

German Net Worm Writer May Have Been
Helping Mom

German Net Worm Writer May Have Been
Helping Mom 05/11/2004 09:05 AM

Helping people start bl0gs

Helping people start bl0gs 06/11/2004 11:11 AM

I've helped 2 friends of mine start blogs in the past year: Jay and Melina (I don't even remember her URL). They don't blog much though, think they aren't getting that bloggin' feeling. Jay sends me URL's sometimes that I tell him he should put on his blog instead.

What are your experiences with helping people start blogs?

how wonkette is helping mainstream bl0gs

how wonkette is helping mainstream bl0gs 05/26/2004 01:56 PM
both magazines i read yesterday had multi-page stories on gawker media blogs
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