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It's one thing to introduce a small computer but I think quite another in hijacking the entire design. At least it doesn't have the Apple logo on it. I am sure Steve and crew while have the legal team looking at this new introduction. [Engadget]
Microsoft Corp. is urging Windows XP users to uninstall the new Netscape 8 webbrowser because it can conflict with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is claiming that the problem is with Netscape, rather than their own browser that invades the operating system like kudzu.
Nokia Announces Linux-based Portable Internet Device Nokia announced that its is developing a portable Internet device based on the open-source Linux operating system. Designed to take advantage of the wide distribution of accessible Wi-Fi networks, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features a widescreen display and an on-screen keyboard, a la a PDA on steroids. The device will also be able to connect to Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones as an alternative network connection source.
U.S. Homeland Security Shuts Down BitTorrent P2P Site Ten people suspected of involvement with the EliteTorrents webserver were served warrants by homeland security agents. According to the U.S. government agency, this is the first criminal enforcement action taken against violators of copyright law who use the BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file swapping software. The operation, codenamed D-elite, targeted administrators and content providers working through the EliteTorrents website.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 35 government partners from more than 20 countries are targeting illegal spammers who take remote control of unwitting users' computers to serve as spam transmission zombies. By hijacking home and business computers, spam can be routed through them, thereby hiding the true source of the spam and making the enforcement of antispam laws more difficult.
Does this really sound like a good idea. I guess now men will not even have to take their credit cards out of their wallets just have the check-out clerk wave a scanner over your wallet. Does this not sound like a disaster waiting to happen. I don't know about you but I bet criminals have been buying these new
I know that the press is starting to focus in on BitTorrent and the general public has understand for a long time the power behind the distributed P2P technology. The questions remain will ISP's put up with it. To a point the Internet has been primarily a download system. That is why you can download files over broadband at 500kps,