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happygeek in a Nutshell
I am a freelance technology journalist from England, and have been for fast approaching 20 years now. For 14 of them I have enjoyed being Contributing Editor with PC Pro magazine, the biggest selling monthly IT publication in the UK. Currently, I hold the title of Information Security Journalist... (Read Blog)
According to the Observer newspaper this morning Gary McKinnon, the British hacker accused of what US prosecutors refer to the biggest military computer hack of all time, has claimed he was threatened with a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay. His lawyers are using this as part of their defence...
Read More | 11 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 7 Days Ago
Claiming to be the biggest search engine on the web is a pretty confident thing to do on the day that your search engine launches, but that is exactly what the creators of Cuil have done today. Combining the "biggest Web index" with "content-based relevance methods" whereby results are organised...
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Well, OK, they have agreed to throttle the bandwidth of those accounts found to be indulging in the illegal downloading of music via file-sharing networks if their customers do not take heed of a warning letter or two. The BPI (formerly known as British Phonographic Industry) which represents the...
Read More | 14 Days Ago | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: 9 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 477 | Views: 1,428,700 | Last Entry: 1 Day Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 718 votes, 4.78 average
I was about to launch into a tirade on the new search engine Cuil but I see one of my colleagues has already done it. Instead I'll be the first to warn about choosing names carefully. Cuil is apparently Gaelic for knowledge and, er, hazel. That's fine and good but it's very close to 'Cul', which...
Read More | 10 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 8 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 43 | Views: 24,402 | Last Entry: 2 Days Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 14 votes, 4.5 average
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For a long while, it was easy to pigeonhole cell phones in three categories: those that don’t work, those that break down, and those that get lost. Fortunately, technology has improved cell phone performance in the first two categories (although we’re still losing them -- and at $500 a pop for...
Read More | Nov 6th, 2007 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: 9 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 190 | Views: 164,033 | Last Entry: 10 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 49 votes, 4.57 average
slfisher in a Nutshell
People thought it was weird enough that I was both a writer and a computer geek. So then I went and started getting involved in government to pull that in, too. And, y'know, there's a heck of a lot more connections than one might think! (Read Blog)
In an example of throwing the bathwater out with the baby, a number of ISPs are dropping the alt.* hierarchy, or Usenet altogether, ostensibly to comply with a demand from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that they rid the Internet of child pornography. Some observers, including the...
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While the full story behind San Francisco city government computer engineer Terry Childs hasn't yet come out, one thing is certain: the mainstream media is ignorant about technology. Moreover, either the city government and prosecutors are deliberately painting things in as negative a light as...
Read More | 11 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 9 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 18 | Views: 8,990 | Last Entry: 1 Day Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 39 votes, 5 average
John A in a Nutshell
The former joeprogrammer (Read Blog)
How often is it that we hear stories from people who work as tech support about the stupid people they have to deal with? Indeed, it seems as though working as tech support could potentially be an extremely entertaining profession, provided that you have a good sense of humor. Of course, it could...
Read More | Nov 28th, 2007 | Comments: 5 | Last Comment: 9 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 121 | Views: 318,586 | Last Entry: Nov 28th, 2007 | Overall Rating: Rating: 181 votes, 4.33 average
EddieC in a Nutshell
My first computer was an Atari 800, with which I played Zork and other adventure/fantasy games and dabbled with BASIC programs; circa 1980. After 1984, I moved on to PCs, clones and NetWare, and then to Apple IIs and Macs until 1990. In July of that year I got my first job at a publishing company,... (Read Blog)
Microsoft has put the brakes on Windows XP Service Pack 3, which was supposed to be available yesterday through the Windows Update Website. A Tuesday post on its TechNet site said a “compatibility issue” between Microsoft’s Dynamics Retail Management System point-of-sale application and SP3...
Read More | Apr 30th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 11 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 100 | Views: 59,761 | Last Entry: 3 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 22 votes, 4.32 average
khess in a Nutshell
I am a techie, a Linux evangelist, and an activist of sorts. I am also a DaniWeb Staff Writer/Blogger, a Linux Feature Writer and Columnist. You can see my work in Systems Management News (www.sysmannews.com) or in Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com). Hit my website at www.kenhess.com to find out... (Read Blog)
Greetings avid Linux fans and welcome to Crystal Ball Sunday #9: Intelligent Control. By Intelligent Control, I mean using artificial intelligence programming for the next generation of automobiles, manufacturing, air traffic control, environmental systems, handicapped person devices and...
Read More | 11 Days Ago | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: 11 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 42 | Views: 33,659 | Last Entry: 1 Day Ago | Overall Rating: Rating: 60 votes, 4.52 average
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