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We are a long way from being out of the woods as the rover called home when it was supposed to be asleep and sent 73 megs of data including engineering data. Hopefully the team at JPL will be able to get a handle on what the hell is wrong with that thing. [NASA]
This decision for the people of Minnesota is an important one. Companies will be able to offer Voip service without being sucked into state regulatory commissions oversight allowing prices to remain lower than traditional dial-up and allow them to be competitive. [Cnet]
Complaints are up 45% from the previous year to the FTC over Identity Theft. The problem continues to grow with very little legislative action. All it will take is for some Senator to have his life stolen from him with someone opening up credit accounts and buying Adult materials under the assumed name. If you don't currently use a service
Seems a European study shows that most broadband users would not get very upset if broadband companies set tiers on speeds and total monthly traffic. I personally would be pissed if someone tried to impose a tiered service on me. We will see what happens. [Techdirt]
It is important to stand shoulder to shoulder and let SCO know that they cannot play the heavy handed extortion techniques that the RIAA uses on individuals with companies. At least big companies have good legal advise and can respond to such tactics. Great letter to SCO from the CIO of Just Sports USA.
Do you want to learn how to handle a DOS attack or similar types of security issues "NIST" has released a 148 page report. [Slashdot]
A long battle against an individual hosting the DeCSS code and other web sites that had carried the DeCSS code was dropped today. Even though a court ruling against 2600 several years ago found it illegal for websites to carry the code the DVD copy control association has decided to move on. Ziff Davis did make a mistake in their
Hopefully the makers of Mcafee can find spyware better then their software finds virus's as they have launched a spyware product today. [ZDNet]
Apparently they have a serious problem with the Rover on Mars it is not communicating as it should be. Re-cap of the 22 Jan press briefing here.
I get all worked up every-night when I come home to read what the Spirit Rover has been up to. Thank goodness for a couple of bloggers who have been typing up the press releases. NASA sure as hell doesn't release transcripts. I sit my kids around the computer every night and we talk about what the Rover has been
Seems Microsoft's SPOT watches are prone to crashing and cannot take static discharge hits very well. [The Register]
Well the RIAA who continues to strong arm consumers in Mafia like tactics have went after 532 more file swappers. I wonder how many 12 yr olds and grandparents they are going to get this time. [ZDNet]
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