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Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer for antivirus company F-Secure. He led the team that took down the network used by Sobig.F worm in 2003 and was the first to warn the world about the Sasser worm outbreak in 2004.

Born in 1969, Hypponen has worked for F-Secure since 1991. During his time at the company, he has become a leading antivirus expert in the world, assisting law enforcement on cybercrime cases in USA, Europe and Asia. He has also been a guest speaker at several security-related conferences worldwide.

Hypponen was listed in the 50 most important people on the web by PC World magazine in 2007. The article described F-Secure’s company blog, written by Hypponen, to be one of the internet’s go-to places to learn about the latest security threats.

Hypponen lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. In his free time he collects and restores classic video games and old pinball machines.

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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

~ Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine

Lateral Thinking

Q: A baby falls out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and lives? How is this possible?

A: The baby fell out of a ground floor window.

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Burp is a slang term used to describe the resetting of any computer equipment to restore network functionality, such as the router. Burp is also used to describe a router losing a packet. May also be called a network burp or hiccup.

via Webopedia Computer Dictionary

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All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors. ~ Unknown

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Sneezer is an online marketing slang term coined by Charles Nicholls, founder of SeeWhy, to describe any customer that spreads your offers and promotions through social networks.

Social networking sites make it incredibly easy for your “sneezer” customer to share promotions and positive word-of-mouth marketing about your business in a single click with his or her network of friends.

via Webopedia Computer Dictionary.

Lateral Thinking

Q: A ship is docked in the harbour. Over the side hangs a rope ladder with rungs a foot apart. The tide rises at a rate of 9 inches per hour. At the end of six hours, how much of the rope ladder will still remain above water, assuming that 9 feet were above the water when the tide began to rise?

A: Still 9 feet because the ladder will rise with the ship.

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Jimmy Donal Wales is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Wikipedia.

Nicknamed Jimbo, Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama in August 1966. He received his early education in a small, private school run by his mother and grandmother. He has both bachelor’s and master’s degree in finance and has taught at two universities during his time in graduate school.

Before co-founding Wikipedia in 2001, Wales worked as a research director of a Chicago futures and options firm. In 1996 he co-founded a web-portal target to men, which hosted Wikipedia’s predecessor Nupedia.

Wales has been named in the Time Magazine’s list of the world’s most influential people in 2006.

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Wugging is a slang term that means Web use giving. The term wugging means to raise charity money through the Internet and Web sites. No cost is incurred by the user as the money is earned through affiliate programs as well as search engine advertisers.

One of the most common forms of wugging are using a charity sponsored search engine while shopping online. An example of wugging is the iBakeSale Web site, which lets users sign up schools and other organizations and receive cash-back rewards for their organizations while making purchases online.

via Webopedia Computer Dictionary.

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Why is it drug addicts and computer afficionados are both called users? ~ Clifford Stoll