knee jerk reaction

The knee-jerk reaction to IPO fever sweeping Silicon Valley is that we're in the midst of a new tech bubble.

There is, after all, plenty of stupid money flowing all too fast. (Exhibit A: Color, Bill Nguyen's baffling picture-sharing service, which was funded to the tune of $41 million but flopped immediately when users encountered its worthless design.)

It's knee-jerk reaction time! Jon Stewart, sort of picking up where Glenn Beck left off the other day, ran down some of five new gun legislation bills introduced following the Arizona tragedy that ranged from the impossible to the ridiculous.

An example: Rep. Brady is introducing a new bill making it illegal to use symbols that could be construed as threatening to members of Congress.

But since it's already illegal to threaten members of Congress, Stewart asked, "How is this different?" Rep.

Robert Brady: "You can't put a crosshair, you can't put a bullseye on a member of congress, on a member

Many of the biggest forum-based online communities, including DaniWeb, are powered by vBulletin software. So it came as something of a shock when the BBC reported that a vBulletin security flaw means that any hacker could "easily access the main administrator username and password for a site".

But is the security flaw really both that simple and that serious, and are DaniWeb users at risk?

According to Facebook's chief security officer, Joe Sullivan, safety is the social networking site's top priority.

Indeed, he says that his team are dedicated to "creating an environment where people can connect and share comfortably" and has revealed a redesigned Safety Centre which provides new safety resources for parents, educators, teens and members of the law enforcement community.

(PRESS RELEASE - July 12, 2009) — During recessionary times small businesses and nonprofits have a knee jerk reaction to cut spending and invest less.

On July 14, Ventureneer.com is presenting “Tune Up Your Technology for Increased Productivity and Cost Savings,” the first in a series of webinars that will help small businesses and nonprofits identify technology that can increase productivity and save money in the long run.