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April 2003

147 posts

Fox News Parody

I normally do not post these types of post but I just spent the last 10 minutes laughing over the following Fox News Parodies. I just wonder who had the time to submit all of these hilarious graphics. Can't say I agree with all of the headlines they came up with but it's just to funny. [Fox News Parody]

Microsoft handing out Software without License

I read an Interesting article tonight and it prompted me to dig around in my CD case for a couple of Cd's that I was given at a Microsoft event last year. My Cd's have the same " "UNLICENSED SOFTWARE - Illegal without separate license from Microsoft" which is weird because I am running these packages on my PC with

MetaPhilter

On of our readers submitted this to us today and we thought we would give him a plug. I am a bit curious about the package and will have to give it a spin at some point but for those of you doing community blogs this may be just the ticket. The reader submits "I'm Jack, I've had a little

Ever worry you are going to be handed a Dismissal Notice?

All of us have been worried about our jobs from time to time and we can usually smell that something is coming down before it does. ZDnet has a pretty good article on common sense strategies you need to plan if the unemployment hatchet is headed for your department. [ZDnet]

Iomega giving away Caligari trueSpace 3.2

Thanks to Lockergnome for the Link "As a promotion for thier Active Disk technology, Iomega is offering free downloads of Caligari trueSpace 3.2, a very professional commercial 3D modelling program. You must register to activate the unlock code and get the manual" [Iomega Free Software Offer]

Robot show

RoboDex is scheduled for this weekend (in Japan), showcasing various robots. BBC News has an article about it.

FreeBSD 4.8 released

FreeBSD.org has released version 4.8 of the operating system. New features include:rudimentary hyperthreading in the kernela new in-kernel cryptographic frameworkan IPFilter upgradeand various software and driver (firewire, USB, etc.) upgrades.

Recording Industry and Webcasters make a deal

A agreement reached yesterday between Recording Industry and Large Webcaster hopefully will bring an end to a nearly year long battle between the two industries. I am hopeful that both partied walked away happy. The following statement sums it up. "The deal calls for Webcasters including Yahoo!, America Online, Microsoft and RealNetworks to pay slightly lower per-song royalty fees than

FTC trying to help Consumers with Identity Theft Issues

It is a person worse nightmare. That some criminal would steal ones identity the damage they do to ones reputation and credit profile can be nearly impossible to recover unscathed from. The FTC has come up with a plan which will be implemented by May 23rd. The biggest development is the creation of a single form that a Identity theft

RIAA going after College Students

Here we go it would only be a mater of time before this idiotic organization went after some college kids. The RIAA will be unable to stop music swapping they will force kids to go underground. Nothing like some WiFi hubs and wireless cards and they will be able to share all the music they want. Seems using some off

Welcome Joat to the Team

We would like to welcome our newest editor Joat, he specializes in Security issues and we look forward to his post. [Joat]

Call for Editors

I am going to keep this as a open offer on Geek News Central. We are looking for Editors and want to encourage you to join our team. Drop me a line at geeK@geeknewscentral.com Geek..

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