Saturday, November 12, 2005

4GB of ECC ram in one large DDR stick!

The 4GB barrier has been broken, and the package is huge.
It's too bad its DDR 333! I wonder how much these babys cost?

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Friday, November 11, 2005

Similarity between Linux and Frankenstein's monster

Small funny article about similarity between Linux and Frankenstein's monster.
A "must read".

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Thursday, November 10, 2005

Paint.NET v2.5 Beta 5 is NOW OUT!!

Paint.NET v2.5 Beta 5 is out so download it. Paint.net is just like photo shop but better and FREE!!

and I find out about it just now

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Why Every Windows User Needs a Linux Live CD

Has your Windows computer ever failed to boot or refused to go online? You know that if you could just get online you could search for an answer to your problem. Thats why you have to get one of that Linux Live Cds.

Well writen, I have one in my pocket all the time, cause my friends need them :D

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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Kill Bill's Browser - Switch to Firefox

Google is offering $1 for every referral to Firefox with Google toolbar. So, downhillbattle.org made a free script that you can install on your website to detect IE and encourage people to switch. For every user you encourage to switch, you get a $1.

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How Microsoft Takes a Name

Have you heard of the new Microsoft product called Windows Defender ? Find out how they legaly stole the name.

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Student gets $117,500 in website free speech case

A New Jersey school district will pay $117,500 to a student who was punished for creating a website that included critical statements about his middle school.

Too bad this wouldn't work in China

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Leaked Pictures of Socket F

Dutch language site Tweakers.net has the first pictures of AMD's Socket F, aka Socket 1207. This socket introduces support for DDR 2 memory and some say it will offer the ability for a integrated PCI Express controller on the cpu. Socket F is meant to be used in systems with more than one Opteron cpu.
SITE IN DUTCH

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Book: Just Say No to Microsoft

Author Tony Bove gives us another tool to help people understand that Windows isn't the only option. The book discusses the origin of Microsoft as a small software company and explains how the "company's practices over the years have discouraged innovation, stunted competition, and helped foster an environment ripe for viruses, bugs, and hackers."

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VoIP Users May Reach 4 Million

Broadband IP telephony may get big boost from the integration of cellular, Wi-Fi and VoIP, according to a report released Monday by In-Stat.

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Free Link Directory

Today I opened a Free Link Directory
http://linkdirectory.fara-sens.org

Monday, November 07, 2005

Microsoft's 'big bang' could be its last

When Microsoft releases its SQL Server 2005 database on Nov. 7, it will have been five years since the last version debuted. If Windows Vista arrives as scheduled next fall, it too will follow its predecessor by five years.

Me: Who's gonna hear from Microsoft in 5 years? (remember these words)

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Firefox download available from Microsoft Windows Live!

Really funny prank played by a Microsoft Live Gadget developer

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Adware firm helps FBI nab botnet hackers

Adware maker 180solutions claims to be a key witness in the case against three Dutchmen accused of running a botnet which controlled 1.5m PCs.


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Chinese Government Blocks Blog

A popular Chinese blog has been blocked by the Chinese authorities, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Without Borders.


in other news digg was also blocked because it made references to it


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Sunday, November 06, 2005

Google Patent for User Targeted Search Results

Google has filed a patent for user targeted, or attention targeted, search results which will change the ranking of Google's organic results per each individual user based upon that user's search behavior, location, sites visited, and even 'typing behavior'.

Those guys at $oogle are making Microsoft look like amateurs when it comes to world domination!
If they want world domination, they will do it with quality products, I can live with that.

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Girl's don't exist on the Internets!

I am a girl on the Internet. Yes, I said it. A girl on the Internet. There really are quite a few of us. I can type. I can play games with the best of you. And you, my friend, are about to get owned by a girl. A supposed myth tells us her adventures on the Internet. Interesting read.

Really love the site ...

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Novell SuSE Dumps KDE!!!

It is a sad day indeed. KDE is being dumped by SuSE. I think people should give Kubuntu, and Mepis a try personally. GNOME is great, but KDE is a good tool to convert Windows users...despite it's proprietary QT Licencse requirement. KDE will still be included in the distrobution, but GNOME will be the development dollars now go.

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Microsoft unveils web-based strategy

Microsoft is to deliver versions of its leading software products over the internet in what senior executives at the company say is the "biggest announcement we have made in a decade".

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1854479,00.html

Wow, maybe they should have a "Submit ideea" link on their page, to come up with something new.

Do you know what Freecell is?

No, I'm not talking about the game, Some websites sell pixels, this one gives links in a cell for free.

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Will weather control become a reality?

Following the recent wave of devastating Atlantic hurricanes that have battered the Gulf Coast and Caribbean, minds at the USAF and elsewhere are thinking of ways to influence the development of these storms, to switch them off, and possibly, turn them on.

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19 year old boy kills after getting forum advice..

19 year old boy kills after getting forum advice..

Too much internet will kill you, too bad we can't ban all the idiots ...

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Basic security for the Home User

A short article, but to the point, regarding security of our Windows systems.

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