Month: September 2007

  • 2007/09/19 End of Moore’s Law in 10-15 years?

    Could it really be? (story from slashdot.org): Hardware: End of Moore’s Law in 10-15 years? Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 19, @10:52AM from the no-for-real-this-time dept. javipas writes “In 1965 Gordon Moore — Intel’s co-founder — predicted that the number of transistors on integrated circuits would double every two years. Moore’s Law has been…

  • Mozilla Update 2.0.0.7

    Release date: September 18, 2007 According to the release note ,a critical vulnerability issue regarding the “Code execution via QuickTime Media-link files” has been fixed. “QuickTime Media-Link files contain a qtnext attribute that could be used on Windows systems to launch the default browser with arbitrary command-line options. When the default browser is Firefox 2.0.0.6…

  • 2007/09/18 Blogger Objects To Accusations Surrounding Vista DRM

    Wow here is a story slashdot.org: IT: Blogger Objects To Accusations Surrounding Vista DRM Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 18, @07:05AM from the two-sides-to-that-coin dept. Technical Writing Geek writes “Self-described ‘professional paranoid’ Peter Gutmann of the University of Auckland has become the most widely quoted source of information on DRM and content protection in…

  • psp umd waste of time & money : David Perry

    “They really need to restart the PSP programme in my book. They really need to bring out the PSP 3.0 and start again and try to get a lot of units out by reducing the manufacturing costs, by taking out all the motors and drives and stuff they have in there.””That will make it even…

  • 2007/09/17 Hardware: New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported

    Great News for all the Linux Users that want an Ipod Classic, Ipod Touch, Ipod Shuffle or Ipod Nano 3g. From Slashdot.org: Hardware: New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 17, @10:08AM from the well-that-didn’t-take-long dept. An anonymous reader writes “After 36 hours of reverse engineering, the method for producing…

  • 2007/09/14 Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google

    Here is a crazy story from slashdot.org: Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google Posted by Zonk on Friday September 14, @11:43AM from the yin-and-yang dept. thefickler writes “According to Bill Gates’ successor Craig Mundie, there would have been no Google without Microsoft. ‘I mean, the fact is: Google’s existence and success required Microsoft…

  • 2007/09/13 Linux: Debian win32-loader Goes Official

    Wow! Debian has a win32 bootloader. Linux: Debian win32-loader Goes Official Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @10:42AM from the like-a-live-cd-on-steroids dept. An anonymous reader writes “After a long process of review and polishing, the win32 loader from goodbye-microsoft.com has finally made its way to official Debian CDs. Latest daily builds of lenny (the…

  • 2007/09/12 Does 802.11n Spell the ‘End of Ethernet’?

    Wow this is a nice story if we all had Wifi N we may not need ethernet cables: Hardware: Does 802.11n Spell the ‘End of Ethernet’? Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday September 12, @09:56AM from the not-bloody-likely dept. alphadogg writes “Is the advent of the 802.11n wireless standard the “end of Ethernet“…at least in terms…

  • 2007/09/11 Your Rights Online: Microsoft’s Consent-or-Die Patent

    Microsoft is at it again! Here is the story from slashdot.org: Your Rights Online: Microsoft’s Consent-or-Die Patent Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 11, @09:43AM from the i’m-more-of-a-cake-or-death-man-myself dept.   theodp writes “Maybe you shouldn’t get too attached to those new Windows Live services. On Tuesday, the USPTO granted Microsoft a patent for privacy policy…

  • 2007/09/10 IT: Ophcrack Says Your Password Is Insecure

    Here is a story that will change the way you use your computer: IT: Ophcrack Says Your Password Is Insecure Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 10, @11:42AM from the something-to-play-with dept. javipas writes “An insightful article at Jeff Atwood’s Coding Horror reveals the power inside Ophcrack, an Open Source program that is capable of…