Category Archives: in English

Bulgarian State Administration Ministry Announces the Biggest Corruption Deal in the IT-field

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

The Bulgarian Ministry of State Administration and Administrative Reform (MDAAR) just announced the news about the biggest corruption deal in the IT-field in Bulgaria. See the message (in Bulgarian at the original site, portions translation below): Two participants – CAD … Continue reading →

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McAfee Releases Virtual Criminology Report

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Good news: Bulgaria is not listed there. Bad news: dangers on the Internet are making people, companies, organizations, governments, personal computers, small and large networks more and more vulnerable. * The increasing cyber threat to national security An estimated 120 … Continue reading →

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WindowsXP performed better than Vista

Posted on November 28, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

cnet News.com reports: Vista’s performance with the service pack increased less than 2 percent compared to performance without SP1–much lower than XP’s SP3 improvement of 10 percent. The tests, run on a Dell XPS M1710 test bed with a 2GHz … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart: best moments

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Actually this one is by Stephen Colbert, but at the time he was still with Jon Stewart. It’s called “Living in a police state”. Government spying on its citizens means gaining limits on those freedoms – Freedom Plus.

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Jon Stewart: best moments

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Another of Jon Stewart’s brilliant pieces: President Bush versus Texas Governor Bush. You must watch this, but don’t wonder why the President is so different in his thinking from the Governor. Nobody knows the answer to this question.

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There are more than 13 root servers. Much more.

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Many people talk about root servers, domain names, IP addresses, and these words sometimes sound like a secret society codes. Here’s an explanation of the number of root servers. Some people claim that the root servers are “controlled by the … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart: best moments

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Have you ever watched Jon Stewart’s Comedy Central show? No? You’ve missed a lot. Yes? Then perhaps you can enjoy yet again this piece from January 20, 2005 – the day when President Bush stepped into his second term (watch … Continue reading →

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Joi Ito about ICANN

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

My friend and colleague Joi Ito has wrote a good piece about ICANN. Read it at his blog or here. What used to think ICANN was like… Apologies for the delay in writing the post. I’ve been trying to think … Continue reading →

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Bulgaria joined RCC

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

Bulgaria joined yesterday the Regional Commonwealth of Communications as a country-observer. This happened at the 38th meeting of the RCC in Astana, Kazakhstan. Membership is important sign that Bulgaria is building positive relations in the region, and also shows that … Continue reading →

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How Fast Is Your Internet Connection?

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Veni Markovski | Вени Марковски

If you’ve ever wondered, and didn’t know how to check, here’s a useful website: Speakeasy. By measuring the download and upload rate from the 8 locations in the USA you will be able to accurately measure your current line throughput … Continue reading →

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