Yesterday I checked out the latest copy of Knoppix, a distribution of Linux that can be booted from a CD. The awesome thing about Knoppix is that you can bring the power of Linux with you on a CD wherever you go and not need to install it. It’s saved ...
This weekend I decided to kick the site up a notch and start writing daily geek horoscopes.
Now I know what your all thinking, isn't a horoscope based on the position of the planets in the heavens at the exact time and place of birth, covering the entire sky in ...
I’m not sure how much of a victory this is, but my favorite Russian music download site is no longer under pressure as the DA for Moscow's South-West district denied IPFI's request to open a criminal case against Allofmp3.com. In Russian copyright law there is no prohibition of digital distribution ...
Oldie but goodie:
The University of North Carolina has finally found a network server that, although missing for four years, hasn't missed a packet in all that time. Try as they might, university administrators couldn't find the server. Working with Novell, IT workers tracked it down by meticulously following cable until ...
I just finished reading this excellent, however long, article about the broadcast flag on the San Francisco Bay Guardian News website. The EFF was having a “Build-In” protest where geeks could gather and build their own broadcast flag free, HD Televisions. I’ve sliced up the good stuff and added emphasis ...
Yesterday briefs were filed in the MGM v. Grokster case defending Grokster’s right to exist. 17 computer science profressors made the case that the US description of the Internet’s design is wrong, and that peer-to-peer networks are not new in network design, but rather the design in which the Internet ...
In celebration of their 10th birthday, Yahoo is offering free ice cream from Baskin-Robbins.
I'm sure Karen in Alaska is eagerly awaiting her icy cold scoop of rocky road.
And Google only gave me a gigabyte of webmail. What a bummer.
As if getting spammed with email wasn't bad enough...
DartMail lets people physically shoot electronic information at others.
The head of the Dart contains an RFID tag. By waving the tag over the reader, the 'shooter' can attach a handle to any electronic file (located in a shared file system) to ...