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February 2004

92 posts

Microsoft looking for users that have 20,000 music files

Ohh I bet people are going to rush to sign up for this one. Seems Microsoft needs some help in testing Media Player. Anyone with libraries of files over 20,000 can help make Media Player better by giving Microsoft insight as to how Windows Media Player can handle the large database. [Addicted to Digital Media]

FeedBurner

We always wondered how many of you are reading this site with RSS Aggreators. I am aware of the total hit count to the RSS 1.0, 2.0 and Atom pages, but those numbers are just that numbers some people's aggreators hit the site every hour. We track those 3 pages separately because it throws off all of the other site

321 Studios FTP server OPEN get DVD copying software today!

This is going to blow you all away 321 Studios who lost a round in court last week to remove certain modules from it's DVD burning software has it's FTP site wide open with various builds of each product available. The FTP server is getting slammed so good luck getting thru. Being the 321 Studios software suites require a key

Attention software companies

This week already I have received 24 request from companies asking me to review their new software releases. We have done quite a few in the past and have ramped back up to do them again. In most of the request to review software I send back a nice note saying if they will provide us with a full registered

Microsoft’s leaked code audited

This comes as no surprise to me but I wonder if they will quickly patch anything they may find. I have been involved in testing of a lot of code and you always miss something so we will see what they dig-up. [Security IT World]

Blogbinders make your blog into a book?

You have to be kidding. When I saw this I nearly spit up the 20 year Okinawa Saki I am drinking tonight. Only someone totally stuck on themselves would turn their blog content into a book. But their is one idea. If you are writing a story via your weblog it would be a viable but weird way of getting

Free Advise on Parallel Parking

Just some free advise. Several weeks ago I was parallel parked and had been boxed in with very little room forward and back. I was about as careful as one can get in getting out of the spot, but while backing up I touched the car behind me. The speed must have been about 1 inch per second but anyway

California bill aimed to protect consumers from RFID

RFID makes my top 10 list of dirty words. Consumers hate the idea of being tracked and targeted anymore than they are. So if this bill makes it through the legislative process Californians will at least know when companies are spying on them utilizing RFID technology. [ZDNet]

Verizon offering 1 phone for multiple countries

I travel a great deal overseas and have a re-chargeable phone that I use in Japan and several others that I re-charge while in each country. Finally there may be a choice that could become affordable with Verizon offering a dual network phone that can be used in the United States and many countries in Europe. Thats what I call

VOIP Companies must provide 911 Service

With a house full of kids and cell phone coverage here at the house pretty bad I had not thought about 911 services for VOIP before. It is a good idea and something to think about. But really if you need 911 and your VOIP service doesn't have it you better have a very good backup plan. It will only

Winzip 9.0

America's most popular archive program has been updated Winzip 9.0 has been released. [Winzip]

ISS Spacewalk Thursday

The 2 astronauts at the ISS will be doing a spacewalk on Thursday to retrieve some experiments and to perform an inspection on the Zvezda module. With the Russians keeping the ISS in business Nasa did not have much room to complain when some managers expressed a concern for not leaving anyone in the station. [SpaceToday]

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