On trial: Digital copyright law
I had a rant on this subject some weeks ago. Seems the ACLU has followed thru and is going to do be doing battle. [Source Cnet]
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2002
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Could Hollywood hack your PC?
Seems that things are moving rather quickly in the legislative front in that Software writers along with the RIAA and MPAA would be able to do anything within there power to stop you the consumer from using your computer the way you see fit. They say they will go so far as to put in back doors that would allow
Money Saver tip from SlickDeals
Amazon has the 20" DS2 Boy's Bicycle for $33 with FREE shipping. Apply coupon code CHNKBKAMZNLT for $5 off. [Source SlickDeals] This isn't a tech item but heck I am sure some of you out there have a boy that is in need of a new bike and this deal is a steal.
Female reader seeks Date
One of our female readers has asked us to find her a date and she has a application on-line for those interested. :)
Fireworks
You need to check out this cool fireworks demonstration page. The site may be hard to get to as it gets hit a lot but it is worth trying to get to the site. [Fireworks]
Bi-Directional Satellite
It appears the days of one way satellite Internet access is over. Bi directional satellite Internet service is available now www.direcway.com
Illegal XP owners beware, Microsoft has quite a surprise planned
I received this in my in-box today and read it with interest. Seems Microsoft is a bit pissed that the warez community has been able to so easily defeat there encryption algorithm in corporate versions and has a big surprise supposedly in-works to slam the door shut on all of those illegal copies out there. [Source Betaone.net] It is important
Peer to Peer File Sharing “How do they do That’
A great article on how the different file sharing software programs work. [Source HowStuffworks.com]
Site of the Week “How Stuff Works”
Did you ever say "man I wished I knew how that worked". Well there is a pretty awesome site that has a lot of everything on how things work. A great resource and thanks to Ev for leading me on the path to this site. This is defnitley a bookmark site. www.howstuffworks.com
International Space Station
I absorb as much info as I can find on the ISS. NASA has never been fully open about what is happening on the ISS we always get watered down press releases etc. I think there PR rating would go up if they opened up to the public detailed data and 24/7 video/audio streams. Think how much more support they
CD’s that will not read
I have been a reader of Lockergnome Newsletters for quite sometime and the newsletters that Chris Pirillo and his gang put out are great. Anyway I have had one machine that has historically caused me grief when using the CD-Drive. Yesterdays issue of the Windows Daily had a link to a Microsoft Support article that is surprisingly good on tracking
Distributed Detection of Port Scanners
I have a number of websites that I host with my own hardware. This site not being one of them but I am always looking for ways to improve the security on sites I do host and I have been pretty lucky. My thought process has always been If someone wants in bad enough they are going to get in.
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