Another Tech Blog

MySpace TrailerPark?

linuxhacker — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:31:35 +0000

I got a chuckle this morning when I saw an email from MySpace that they were launching a new service called “TrailerPark” (I thought perhaps they were targeting an undeserved demographic for membership expansion). But their new service has nothing to do with that. Instead, it’s a dedicated site for movie trailers.

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The 10 most downloaded DVDrips on BitTorrent this week.

linuxhacker — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:10:05 +0000

“Deja Vu” tops the chart this week …

10 most downloaded DVDRips on Bittorrent this week [TorrentFreak.com]

Lego dock provides home to full assortment of handhelds

linuxhacker — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:43:22 +0000

It doesn’t get much better than when the Lego bricks of our youth meet our gadget stash of today, and while we’ve seen Lego docks for various devices before, Chris C built himself an all-in-one unit to house his 8252, iPod and DS Lite in plastic digs..

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FastMac debuts Blu-ray Drive for your fast (or slow) Mac

linuxhacker — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:46:17 +0000

Have $800 burning a hole in your pocket and a strange urge to create Blu-ray discs with your slot-loading Mac? All four of you might dig FastMac’s new Blu-ray Drive upgrade, which can fit in a wide range of Macs…

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Inspectors: IRS lost 490 laptops, many with unencrypted data

linuxhacker — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:47:51 +0000

What’s more fun than paying taxes? How about identity theft? A new government audit of the IRS finds that the organization has lost 490 laptops in three years, and routinely fails to encrypt sensitive data or secure its off-site backups.

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How Sony Killed the PlayStation3

linuxhacker — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:05:11 +0000

Almost everybody in the media inside and outside Europe slammed Sony’s decision to change the hardware configuration of PS3 for PAL areas, considering it a state-of-the-art PR disaster. But I would call it simply a management disaster.

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PC Makers to Microsoft: Vista Is Not a Seller. You Suck

linuxhacker — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:03:29 +0000

According to computer and component manufacturers, Vista is not the hot cake that they were hoping for.

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Data plans: the barrier to mobile Internet adoption

linuxhacker — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:02:49 +0000

While the buzz around mobile Internet continues to grow, we look at the pricing of mobile Internet services and ask: can the iPhone, Q, or consumer Blackberry kick off the service price war that is so badly needed?

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VMware enters the Linux kernel

linuxhacker — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:00:15 +0000

The next revision of the Linux kernel is to include a virtualisation feature developed by VMware, called VMI.The stable update, version 2.6.21, will then allow para-virtualised operating systems — Linux itself — to run inside virtual machines on top of, and to some extent sharing, the Linux kernel.

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ZenZui: Microsoft’s New Web Interface For Phones

linuxhacker — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:19:44 +0000

Probably thought out by some interior designer with too much sake inside him, ZenZui is both the name of a new Microsoft-backed start up and a new interface for phones designed to “transform how people engage, consume and interact with Web content through a revolutionary mobile user experience and information ecosystem.”

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