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HP: Nvidia graphics defect an issue since November 2007–Hewlett-Packard lists 24 laptop model variations affected by a widely reported Nvidia graphics chip defect.

Recent customer wins for open source–Open source is winning, one customer at a time.

Striving for perfection–does it still matter?–Today’s young professionals seem skeptical about perfection: For them, good is good enough. They are committing themselves to doing good and living well rather than living up to a vague concept of excellence.

Westerberg on Amazon: an exercise in frustration–Amazon seems to be going out of its way to make it as hard as possible to buy the new Paul Westerberg album.

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The Microsoft Outlook fix of last resort–Delete your profile to give Outlook a fresh start.

A prayer for Microsoft–Microsoft is not the problem–it is a symptom of the problem. The problem is patents, and the way forward is through cooperation, not finger-pointing.

Dell issues update for Nvidia graphics chip glitch–Dell has issued an update for a well-publicized Nvidia graphics chip glitch.

Obama on video: a new way for new media–A “design mind” series event at NYU last week featured Arun Chaudhary, who is traveling with the Obama campaign as director of video field production.

Last week a major flaw was discovered in the Domain Name System (DNS). Dan Kaminsky of IO Active discovered the flaw while doing some other major research. After finding the flaw he contacted each of the main vendors in the computer industry to notify them of the fix. In order to deploy the fix without hacks, each of the vendors kept the details secret while developing the fix.
If you would like to test your DNS to see if the problem is fixed, or still vulnerable to DNS poisoning, check out, http://www.doxpara.com and click on the “Check My DNS” link.

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