Comment Re:It will work... (Score 1) 907
About a year ago we bought an OEM version of Windows Server 2003. The store sold us a case screw for $.01 with it. Legal? Don't know, don't care. It worked just fine.
New Study Links Plastics To Heart Disease, Diabetes 266
fprintf writes "There have been a number of studies over the years, some of which have been debunked, linking plastics with human disease. Now British researchers have released a study again linking common plastics used in food/liquid storage with human disease."
Submission + - MS accidentally announces XP SP3 for this year
nicolastheadept writes: "Microsoft have released a press statement that says that Service Pack 3 will be released this year.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may0 7/05-21MSJuniperPR.mspx
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may
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Submission + - Windows Shares-- Fixing Permissions?
An anonymous reader writes: I was wondering what people are using to get a handle on Windows file share permissions. Figuring out what a given person or group has access to is a bit of a pain, and figuring out if anyone actually uses the data is also an exercise. Any suggestions?
Submission + - Hack DNS for lightning-fast Web browsing
jcatcw writes: Preston Gralla provides instructions on a simple way to get to Web sites faster by changing the way your PC uses the Domain Name System (DNS). He begins with OpenDNS, but also suggests editing the HOSTS file or adjusting DNS cache. In a companion piece, Fix your DNS problems, he recommends pinging sites to verify they are live when you have trouble reaching them through the browser. If the site is live, but you can't reach it, it might be because of an error in your HOSTS file or your OpenDNS configuration, an outdated item in DNS cache, or a problem at your ISP.
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Feed 'Arctic hippo' hints at a once-balmy North Pole (pheedo.com)
Fossil evidence of a hippopotamus-like creature found on an Arctic island hints at a once-balmy climate, "rather like Florida"
Feed Ads police say 128Kbps AAC is CD quality (theregister.com)
Nokia 1, Consumers 0
Nokia - unlike Creative - has been allowed by UK advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to claim that its Nokia 5300 Xpress Music phone can deliver CD quality sound from compressed, lossy audio formats.
Feed Lawyer says accused 'sharers' should resist legal claims (theregister.com)
Feed Who's the biggest PC maker ever? (com.com)
Blog: In the first quarter, Hewlett-Packard officially entered the ranks of the PC giants.HP racked up a 19.1 percent worldwide...
Submission + - Religious Web Sites Ape MySpace, YouTube
BackAgain writes: In the name of MySpace, YouTube and the holy Internet, amen.
A number of religious Web sites are aping the names and styles of some of the Web's most popular sites. Chief among them are GodTube.com, a video-sharing site for Christians, and MyChurch.org, a social networking realm.
Feed Thunderbird 2.0 final released (slashdot.org)
Better late than never. The Thunderbird 2.0 release is finally ready for release. Builds of Thunderbird 2.0 have appeared on the Mozilla Web site ahead of an official announcement scheduled for Thursday that the release is available.
Submission + - NCSU encourages students to push back RIAA
EB writes: North Carolina State University (NCSU) is reportedly advising students that have been targeted by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to fight back. The University's Student Legal Services department has been advising students to fight back all the way to federal court. NCSU is one of many Universities in the U.S. that received pre-litigation notices from the RIAA in February.
Submission + - Failing Muni WiFi in Madison?
patrickbunker writes: From WKOW in Madison, WI:
WiFi provider ResTech Services is cutting off service to all of it MadCity Broadband customers at the end of May. Restech states, from an initial 2,000 customers they are now down to 700. ResTech states most customers that canceled service complained of unreliable signals.
As a customer of ResTech since August 2006 I'm sure the reason most people canceled there service has nothing to do with the reliability of the signal. My 2nd story apartment is located just 12ft from a transmitter and is at eye-level. I can always get a reliable connection, the problem lies in there is never enough bandwidth for all customers. During winter and spring breaks at the University of Wisconsin, when lots of customers leave town the service works perfectly. At other times I can maybe pull up google after 10 attempts, but with a very strong connection signal. Sounds like this is more of a case of the provider not being able to afford a big enough pipe for customers. Is Muni-WiFi just not a good business plan?
WiFi provider ResTech Services is cutting off service to all of it MadCity Broadband customers at the end of May. Restech states, from an initial 2,000 customers they are now down to 700. ResTech states most customers that canceled service complained of unreliable signals.
As a customer of ResTech since August 2006 I'm sure the reason most people canceled there service has nothing to do with the reliability of the signal. My 2nd story apartment is located just 12ft from a transmitter and is at eye-level. I can always get a reliable connection, the problem lies in there is never enough bandwidth for all customers. During winter and spring breaks at the University of Wisconsin, when lots of customers leave town the service works perfectly. At other times I can maybe pull up google after 10 attempts, but with a very strong connection signal. Sounds like this is more of a case of the provider not being able to afford a big enough pipe for customers. Is Muni-WiFi just not a good business plan?
