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I'm at work and not being able to watch the Mars Rover news conferences has me wondering half the day what they talked about. Some of the best coverage is being done by bloggers and I have been reading their site daily to get my Mars Fix. Anyway great commentary at [Adot's Notblog*]
Techdirt has some great commentary on a DVD device manufactured by a French firm. Seems they have been selling like hotcakes and bypasses the DVD security code that stops people from re-recording DVD's to VHS or other devices. It has always pissed me off the lengths the MPAA and other organizations have gone to prevent fair use. If I buy
Seems the efforts thus far to get the airbags out of the way so that the Mars Rover Spirit can drive off have failed. Scientist can get off different routes so that is being looked at now. [Yahoo]
If you have traveled in Asia you have seen the ripped Movie DVD's that sell for $3.00 to $5.00 us. I have seen some of these DVD's play and the quality has improved from what was being sold 4-5 years ago. If you have never experienced a ripped DVD let me tell you that I would rather buy the real
I think we all have been expecting the progression of integrating our home entertainment centers with our computers it is the only logical step and by the remarks of keynote speaker Bill Gates at 2004 CES the market will definitely be heating up in that arena this year. [ZDNet]
In what will be the single biggest step since the FM Digital Radio is being rolled out Nation wide with receivers hitting the shelves and Radio stations ramping up to provide digital content. [Wired]
Have you seen the price on these things. Someone over at Apple is smoking crack. I have a 30gb iPod and it is playing at this very moment but there is no way I would pay $249.00 for one of these iPod mini's give me a break pay $50.00 more and get a real one. [Apple] [USA Today]
A writer on Slashdot has suggested that Carnivore may have been used in thwarting a extortion on Best Buy. It is a curious notion but to be honest with you if your gonna do the crime you better be ready to do the time. [Slashdot]
Microsoft is going to take another spanking seems there is a hack out to remove passwords from word documents. I personally use PGP as I have never trusted Microsoft's password protection. [www.securityfocus.com] If your looking for a great Tech Podcast go no further. Check out my twice weekly Podcast at this site click on the Podcast link and subscribe today.
Western Digital has introduced plug-in hard drive that reads eight memory card types. It will be available in Hard-Drive sizes up to 250 gigs. I already carry a 60 gig drive that connects to a firewire port that is no larger than a pack of smokes. I term it Mass Storage to go. We will see a lot more of
Now this is what I call a awesome picture. This is a reduced size JPG to see the full image visit. [marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov] Be advised they are getting slammed at the moment. Picture from NASA JPL Laboratory
In order to curb a rampant spamming of our comments by porn sites we have turned off comments for a few days to see if that helps. UPDATE: I have rcvd a tip to help curb the problem Comments are back on but we will be adding authentication to the process in the next couple of days.
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