Month: December 2007

  • Congress Creates Copyright Cops

    Ok, Police are one thing but Copyright cops? This is just getting way out of control. People should not be able to copyright software and yet it still happens. Article from Slashdot.org: Congress Creates Copyright Cops Posted by Zonk on Friday December 07, @07:44AM from the story-you-are-about-to-see-is-a-fib-but-its-short dept.   I Don’t Believe in Imaginary Property…

  • Saturn’s Moons Built From Ring Material

    Wow a cool discovery. article from slashdot.org: Saturn’s Moons Built From Ring Material Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday December 07, @09:04AM from the lookit-all-them-moons-up-there dept. LiquidCoooled writes “Two of Saturn’s small moons look eerily like flying saucers, new observations by the Cassini spacecraft reveal. The moons, which lie within the giant planet’s rings, may have…

  • Privacy Breach In Canadian Passport Application Site

    Not good for People applying for passports in Canada. Article from Slashdot.org: Privacy Breach In Canadian Passport Application Site Posted by kdawson on Wednesday December 05, @05:26AM from the didn’t-need-that-old-identity-anyhow dept. Joanna Karczmarek sends us news of a massive privacy breach in the Government of Canada passport website. “A security flaw in Passport Canada’s website…

  • Weigh In On the OOXML Issue During Live Debate

    Wow a live debate going on at 10:00 AM PST. (article from Slashdot.org) Weigh In On the OOXML Issue During Live Debate Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday December 05, @07:52AM from the better-than-daytime-television dept. lisah writes “Linux.com’s Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller will moderate a live debate today, Wednesday, December 5 at 1pm US EST (GMT -5),…

  • Microsoft Fueling HD Wars For Own Benefit?

    This is sad and getting sadder by the moment. article from Slashdot.org: Microsoft Fueling HD Wars For Own Benefit? Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 05, @09:23AM from the well-they-ain’t-running-a-charity-over-there dept. DaveyJJ writes “According to Transformers’ director Michael Bay, in a story over on Electronista, Microsoft is deliberately feeding into the HD disc format wars…

  • How To Beat Congress’s Ban Of Humans On Mars

    Wow American congress does not want to fund people to go to Mars. Article from slashdot.org: How To Beat Congress’s Ban Of Humans On Mars Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 05, @11:00AM from the or-just-stop-spending-on-wars dept. An anonymous reader writes “Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans…

  • Microsoft decides to remove “kill switch” from Vista

    Microsoft will be withdrawing its anti-piracy tool, named “kill switch”, which disables Vista if it is believed to be an illegal copy. This decision was a result from an outcry of complainants. The tool has suffered from glitches since it was introduced with some users claiming that their legal copies of Vista had been disabled.…

  • Next Review: Windows Vista.

    I will be reviewing Windows Vista either this week or next week.