The friendly skies!
I will be without Internet connectivity for the next 36 hours. Can't wait to see those of you that I have made arrangements to see at my next location. Hopefully the other editors will stay busy while I am in transit.
From the archive
July 2003
160 posts
Geek of the Week
This guy gets the Geek of the Week award for building the most cool cd-changer I have ever seen. [Matthias Wandel]
Disposable Digital Camera
They must think there is a market for a disposable digital camera, but for $11.00 they may come in handy when you want to take camera to the beach and not endanger your full price unit. [Gizmodo]
Cheating Spouses and Technology
With spouses getting more technically savvy many of those that have been having middle of the night Internet romances are starting to get caught. But the law may be on those cheating spouses side. It may not save there marriage but the evidence collected may not be all be able to be used in court. [ArsTechnica]
EFF guide to not getting sued by the RIAA
Those of you looking for information on how to insure you do not get sued by the RIAA read the guide that has been released by the Electronic Freedom Foundation. [EFF]
A week without the Internet how would you do?
I had to laugh when I read this and wanted to relate a story. Right after 9-11 I had to load up and travel to a location that was quite remote. I went 78 days in a virtual communications black-out. Talk about having a 12 step program forced upon you. Except this wasn't 12 step it was one step. I
Labels charged with Price Fixing
Seems the recording industry is under the spotlight of the FTC several labels where charged and fined with price fixing. No wonder the music we buy in stores continues to be outrageous. [The Register]
Lawmakers want to limit Spyware
Those of you that have never checked your systems for Spyware may be surprised to see how much gets added to your system without your permission. Well Lawmakers are thinking about forcing companies that load Spyware on our systems to be forced into asking our permission first. I think this is a great idea profiling is bad enough as it
Water on Mars?
Los Alamos Lab's has released documents pertaining to the suspected locations of water on Mars. If they do find water will it be safe to drink :) [Science Daily]
Spam Battle Strategies
Spam is costing companies and consumers money and time. Companies do not want employees fighting spam they want them working. So to reduce the amount of spam getting into inbox's enterprising companies have broadened there attack plans. [Computer World]
Subpoenas are in the Mail
Well it turns out the RIAA is not just going after people that are sharing large numbers of songs but instead going after the full spectrum. It is going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. [NYT]
Divorce by Tech Message
What may seem astounding to most people in the western world is that Muslim men can divorce there wives by saying "I Divorce You" three times in a row. Well seems a Malaysian Judge has upheld a divorce that was delivered via Text Message. Can you imagine that happening in the United States there would be a lot of men
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