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Instant Rails just add water!. Curt Hibbs (he of the excellent one-click Ruby installer for windows) has issued a preview release of his new package Instant Rails: Instant Rails is a one-stop Rails runtime solution containing Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL, all preconfigured and ready to run. No installer, you simply drop it into the… Continue reading Instant Rails just add water!

Scary Talk. Here's a transcript from earlier this week of Bush's press conference. In it, he says that he wants Congress to authorize him to use the military to impose martial law within the borders of the United States in case of an outbreak of Avian Flu (H5N1 — I've written about this before). Congress,… Continue reading Scary Talk

Distributing Rails applications easily. Erik Veenstra has written a very cool guide on how to package Rails applications for easy distribution as native executables on Windows, OS X, and Linux.  [Riding Rails]

Privacy Commissioner's 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act tabled by Parliament – Commissioner calls for reform to the Privacy Act. Ottawa, October 6, 2005 – The Privacy Act is an outdated and often inadequate public sector data protection law, according to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart, in her 2004-2005 Annual Report on… Continue reading Privacy
Commissioner's 2004-2005 Annual Report on the Privacy Act tabled by
Parliament – Commissioner calls for reform to the Privacy Act

Dell … if I'm a corporation …I'm not buying XP HOMES!!!. If Dell Optiplex “Means Business” as the headline reads…why then as I am spec'ing out a new desktop for the office does it DEFAULT… DEFAULT mind you to XP Home. Dell WHY are you shoving XP HOME machines down my fellow small business owners… Continue reading Dell … if I'm a corporation …I'm not buying XP HOMES!!!

Microsoft to Introduce New Security Software for Windows. Microsoft is introducing a set of products that will move it more fully into competition with the leading makers of security software for Windows computers. By JOHN MARKOFF. [NYT > Technology]

Vaccine offering '100% protection' against cervical cancer virus on way. THE world's first cancer vaccine, which is 100 per cent effective at preventing most kinds of cervical cancer, will be available by next year, an international drug firm announced yesterday. [The Scotsman]

Using Old Flu Against New Flu. The Spanish flu virus that killed millions back in 1918 has been reconstructed from scratch in the hope that it might help scientists develop an effective defense against the threat of future avian flu pandemics. [Wired News]

The MBA President Depletes His Capital. Bush has screwed up every area that compelled me to vote for him: national security, fiscal discipline, judicial appointments, reduced regulation, and governmental competence. His one minor achievement has been not to degrade the Oval Office by cavorting with interns. But he has done something that is more corrupting… Continue reading The MBA President Depletes His Capital

The Insecurity in Microsoft's Security News. Last month's JupiterResearch report, “Microsoft's 2006 Product Strategy: What It Means for Partners and Competitors,” explains how the company is competing more with partners and offers dire predictions for suppliers of security software. Microsoft's overnight security announcements accentuate the partner threat identified in the report. Recap of the announcements:… Continue reading The Insecurity in Microsoft's Security News