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A very interesting point was raised at a conference down in Australia. Programmers that contributed to BSD back in the 70's says that pieces of there donated code ended up in SCO version 5 and credits had been removed. The most interesting quote of the article came from attendee Greg Rose: "I don't mind it at all. But this raises
Most geeks already use the Internet to find telephone numbers but I still find myself using a phone book from time to time. Well after today I think those days are gone. Nice write up on a Telephone Number aggreator. [www.jdlasica.com] [www.argali.com] Excerpts from Argali website: Argali White & Yellow can perform the following searches:
I have added another website to my daily reads. His graphic depiction says "TiVo, Replay, and DVRS How to Articles, News and Reviews" the content is very very good. I encourage you to add his site to your newsreader. [PVRBlog]
Wow after reading this article I think TiVo may be going on the back burner. Technology is moving very fast in the TV recording market and I may just have to buyin to this technology versus TiVo just makes so much more sense. Great review. If you own a TiVo or are thinking of buying one this is a must
T-Mobile better get it's act together because here in a few months when I can take my number with me I may just have to give Verizon a look. These phones are just too cool. Along with phones having cameras on them finally in the United States it is time to make a switch. [Verizon Wireless]
When I read the article from PC Magazine on the FTC's released data on Identity Theft blew me away. "The Federal Trade Commission made public some startling statistics on identity theft this week. According to their own survey data, 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, and a whopping 9.9 million people joined
First of all this guy was definitely an idiot and ended up in the slammer for stealing this Home Arrest GPS Base Unit. I can imagine he was quite surprised when the police came to his apartment to arrest him. It will not be long before a lot of our high value items will be protected by this same technology.
For the average Geek who sells several items a month probably not but for vendors that have historically sold over-stock and excess inventory on eBay have found that Google is a cheaper alternative. [LA Times]
A great article from the folks at PC World. This article should be reviewed every time you get ready to rebuild your windows computer. [PCWorld]
Planet PDF is now offering an assortment of some of the most popular classics -- free! Help yourself to them, and feel free to share them with your friends. [Planet PDF]
Well there is another big ass rock headed our way doom sayers will be squirming in there seats until scientist can figure out how close it will come. Odds are about 1 in 909,000 so I wonder if Vegas will have a bet on the tables over this one. [CNN]
In a move to prove a consumers right to sell materials one legally owns without the permission of the copyright owner a single tune for-sale on eBay bidding has reached over 15 thousand dollars. This will turn out to be pretty interesting we will see how it all works out. [CNET] [eBay] A interesting perspective can be found on [Bag
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