Yes

when the program is running, it will spawn an Apache instance that listens to port 3000. Usually, it's not running. Of course, writing malware to activate it is fairly trivial, and then you have a Web server running and listening to an obscure port for further instructions.

Steven

Apple does a 180.

Miracles happen. Hours after I, and lots of other people, wrote about Apple's mis-step, it appears they've pulled iPhone Configuration Utility from Software Update for Windows.

See:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9138620/Apple_pushes_unnecessary_...

for the details.

Steven

No

I observe that instead of a fix, Microsoft is saying to kill the feature for now, and that they will fix it... eventually.

Read what Microsoft says and look at what MS does, not what you want Microsoft to have said and to do.

Steven

Learning Curve

Turning a Windows power user into a Linux power user would take a while. Albeit, anyone's who really into the details of Windows would probably get into learning the details of another OS as well. Putting that aside though I'm talking about Uncle Joe, who's primary use for a PC is the Web and e-mail. Foxfire is Foxfire on any platform.

Steven

I wish

Tkachiev may have been the first to lose by default in this way at the GM level, but he certainly isn't the first drunk at the chessboard. Alekhine lost the world chess championship to Euwe in 1935 in large part because of his drinking. Sobered up he won it back in 1937.

Steven, who remains perpetually vexed that he's never made master.