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Looks like the feds have decided to take a second look at the controversial JPEG patent which forces companies to pay millions of dollars in royalties each year to support the popular standard in applications and web browsers. Forgent’s JPEG patent to be reviewed: The US Patent and Trademark Office has agreed to review the…
...Read MoreIn the spirit of putting little whistles on your car to warn deer of your approach it now appears hybrid car owners will need a similar recourse. Why? Pedestrians can’t hear the quiet cars. Mercury News: “Jenny Sant’Anna was so excited. She had waited months for just the right hybrid, choosing a Toyota Highlander because,…
...Read MoreYes, as expected I am running Internet Explorer 7 beta on my 64bit system and so far I have only good things to say. I’m a bit in shock that Microsoft if breaking from the convention of putting the file menu bar across the top and controls beneath that it helped develop but, you get…
...Read MoreExperts agree…the best time to get it on is right before lunch Netscape News: 11:55 a.m.: The best time to seduce your beloved or the one you would like to be your beloved.
...Read MoreInternet Explorer 7 The Internet Explorer 7 Home Page. (tags: internet blog microsoft explorer” design developer)
...Read MoreHere’s a great how-to from over at eHow.com “How to Fix a Stuck Pixel on an LCD Monitor”. Haven’t had occasion to try it (and hope I never do) so I can’t vouche if it works or not.
...Read MoreMicrosoft is being forced to provide a patch disabling some of the features in Office 2003. Yahoo! News: “Microsoft is telling new corporate customers to update versions of its Office suite and Access software package following a 2005 patent infringement ruling that required Microsoft to remove the patented software from its products. Microsoft on Monday…
...Read MoreCoding a Layout ErraticWisdom presents an easy to follow tutorial on coding a web layout (tags: layout design development web tutorial howto css html) Tens of thousands of new homes planned for delta land that could face catastrophe (tags: california development housing life homeowners builders building)
...Read MoreThe next time you’re downtown walking to lunch, laptop in hand, stop. Think for a second. Is your laptop really in your bag? Could someone steal it while you’re getting that chicken salad sandwich? If someone stole it what’s to keep them from accessing all your emails and passwords? CNET News.com: “A report released Friday…
...Read MoreWith the little bit I’ve played with iWeb, Apples’ new website/weblog building software that’s part of iLife ’06, I must say, it builds some damn ugly URL’s. Here’s what I mean. The URL for my site I was testing is: http://web.mac.com/cmpnguy/iWeb/talesfromtheroad/Home/Home.html Whoa! That’s quite a mouth full! Well, yeah! It is. Let’s take a look…
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