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2007/10/09 Linux: Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up
Oh No not this again….. Linux: Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @08:31AM from the oh-good-more-smack-talk dept. An anonymous reader writes “Via Groklaw comes comments from Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer at a UK event, in which the company once again threatens Linux distributions that haven’t…
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2007/10/09 eBay Sellers Seething Over Targeted Ads
This is not good for Ebay. Article from slashdot.org eBay Sellers Seething Over Targeted Ads Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @11:23AM from the buck-is-stopping-a-little-short dept. hoagiecat writes “eBay isn’t just an enormous auction site; it’s also a publisher of Google and Yahoo targeted ads, which earn eBay money every time a user clicks…
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High Def on Regular DVDs
Two new formats, just getting into HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc players, make it possible to record high-def content to regular DVDs. For the last few years most of the world’s biggest consumer electronics companies have been arguing over a format for high-definiton video discs. The drama over HD DVD versus Blu-ray Disc has confused…
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2007/10/05 Linux: Open Invention Network Calls Out Microsoft
I like it when Linux goes and calls out Microsoft: Linux: Open Invention Network Calls Out Microsoft Posted by Zonk on Friday October 05, @11:23AM from the show-em-if-you-got-em dept. Stony Stevenson writes with news that the head of the Open Invention Network has summarily dismissed Microsoft’s claims that Linux violates a number of its patents.…
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2007/10/04 Microsoft’s Larry Osterman On Threat Modeling
Wow another Microsoft person that talks about threat modeling. Story from Slashdot.org IT: Microsoft’s Larry Osterman On Threat Modeling Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 01, @12:42PM from the they-threat-model-at-microsoft dept. Schneier has pointed out an excellent series of blog posts about threat modeling by Microsoft’s Larry Osterman. The series focuses on the PlaySound API…
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Folding@Home
In case you haven’t heard about it, here’s folding@Home In a nutshell, it’s a distributed computing project designed to simulate problems associated with protein folding. Protein folding is basically the stage wherein proteins assemble themselves, before carrying out important functions.Now when a misfold happens, serious consequences may occur – Alzheimer’s, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS,…
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2007/10/04 Xen Security Issue Patched
Wow I did not think that Xen had a security issue. Thats great that its patched. Article from http://slashdot.org IT: Xen Security Issue Patched Posted by kdawson on Thursday October 04, @11:27AM from the stay-in-your-places-now-children dept. An anonymous reader sends in word of a privilege escalation security issue identified in the open source Xen hypervisor.…
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2007/10/03 ZOMG New Zunes
NO not more Zunes! (article from slashdot.org): ZOMG New Zunes Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 03, @12:34PM from the can’t-begin-to-care dept. BarlowBrad writes “From PC World: “Microsoft announced a new slate of Wi-Fi-equipped Zune players today, including $150 4GB and $200 8GB flash-based players, and a $250 80GB model that’s slimmer than the original…
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Google Docs Beta
check out google docs Create and share your work online New! Collaborate on presentations and share them in real time. * Create, edit and upload quickly Import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch. * Access and edit from anywhere All you need is a Web browser. Your documents are…
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2007/10/02 EBay Admits to Bad Call on Skype
Wow what is this all about?(from slashdot.org) EBay Admits to Bad Call on Skype Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 02, @11:24AM from the fun-for-users dept. MaineCoasts writes “The Times online reports that two years after buying Skype 2.6 billion, Ebay yesterday warned shareholders that they may have made a mistake. In essence, they vastly…