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Microsoft is once more under the gun as a case in Iowa gets under way in which the “bolting” of Internet Explorer to the Windows Operating System is being blamed for “guming up users computers” and having “drained memory, decreased speed and an increased incidence of security breaches and bugs”. Forbes: “The plaintiff lawyers contend…
...Read MoreA senior executive at Microsoft announced Windows Vista would finally be available to consumers on January 30th 2007. : “Jim Allchin, co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division, said it expects consumers to make a ‘fast and immediate’ switch to the new Windows. ‘On January 30, you will be hard pressed to find a machine…
...Read MoreIn some very exciting news for Java devlopers (where I happened to cut my teeth oh so long ago), Ubuntu is partnering up with Java Enterprise Application Server. It’s kind of like peanut buttter and chocolate. Two great tastes that go great together. eWeek: “Sun and Canonical, a two-year-old U.K.-based commercial sponsor of the fast-growing…
...Read MoreBeing the father of a child with autism I’m always on my guard against potential hazards, maybe more-so than normal parents. Here’s an article from over at the Science Blog that gives parents a new reason to worry, small magnets. Evidently the magnets can come from any number of household items and toys may cause…
...Read MoreIf you’ve been a loyal Microsoft customer and have been using a Microsoft only compatible music device then it looks like you could be in for some trouble. The BBC published an article stating that after the release of the new Microsoft music player, Zune, the MSN store will be shutting down and you’ll be…
...Read MoreWhen I was a kid growing up and heavy metal was popular I gravitated to the punk scene bands like Black Flag, the Ramones, The Clash, Joan Jett and other bands that made their way to the top by frequenting the famous CBGB’s in NY. An icon for over 30 years CBGB’s will be nothing…
...Read MoreJust a week after the FDA cleared packaged spinach lettuce is now being recalled for fear that it too may be contaminated with E. Coli. Yahoo News:”The recalled lettuce was packaged as “Green Leaf 24 Count, waxed carton,” and “Green Leaf 18 Count, cellophane sleeve, returnable carton.” Packaging is stamped with lot code 6SL0024.”
...Read MoreWhether it was an honest mistake, there’s some revisionist history going on, or there’s a big cover up under way it seems several thousand pages of previously declassified documents have been removed from the National Archive by the U.S. intelligence community. The New YorkTimes breaks the story. NY Times: Allen Weinstein, the nation’s chief archivist,…
...Read MoreMicrosoft has admitted it knew about the issue caused by USB devices and a significant decrease in the battery life of so equipped laptops and says it will soon be releasing a fix. eWeek: The issue comes down to the way Windows XP Service Pack 2-equipped notebook PCs react to the presence of USB 2.0…
...Read MoreHere’s an idea for all you high school kids: if you go to a party, don’t blog it. Yahoo! News: “In this case, however, the students were caught after parents reported discovering the photos posted to online journals known as Web logs, or ‘blogs,’ and personal Web sites such as Xanga, Myspace and Facebook. The…
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