Al's Blog-o-Sphere

Some time in October, the Lockport Home Page, an independent online news report on the Lockport area, became active again. It’s great to see this much needed alternative voice return to an active role. Continue Reading…

As reported by local radio today, Delphi CEO, Robert “Steve” Miller stopped at a local diner not far from the Delphi plant yesterday for a bite to eat. They reported he had breakfast at the diner, a blue-collar haven, and ate alone. Continue Reading…

The Lockport City Council is investigating hiring a law firm to join in the bankruptcy proceedings with Delphi. Their stance is that since Delphi’s Lockport plant has received many tax concessions, state grants and other special treatment, if the comapny decides to close the plant, or move it elsewhere, they have a stake in the property and equipment. Continue Reading…

This just in from the Security Now podcast: Sony/BMG is selling copy protected CDs that install a rootkit – a hidden backdoor program – on any computer used to play them!

The hijacking software was discovered by Mark Russinovich at Sysinternals.com whan he was working on an update of their Rootkit Revealer software. Continue Reading…