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Submission + - IT: How To Survive in 2007

Submitted by JoeG on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:51PM

JoeG writes: Forget fake year-end top 10 lists, Network Computing takes a look at the tech trends of 2006 and what to care about in 2007 — its Survivor's Guide issue is the real stuff, no link-bait but a deep look at key areas like wireless, security, networking etc... From the article: "Unlike past years, when vendors focused on increasing speeds or selling new must-have devices, 2006 was characterized by consolidation. One example: the merging of AFEs (application front ends) and WAFS (wide-area file systems). The so-called branch office in a box includes features such as routing, switching, wireless access, network storage and DNS/DHCP. Appliances and management products also are coming to the fore for DNS and DHCP — both more critical than ever given the growth of VoIP and NAC."

Submission + - Humans not as similar to chimps as was believed

Submitted by on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: Scientific American reports on research that found we humans are a good deal more genetically different from chimpanzees that we'd been lead to believe. The much quoted 1.5% difference between chimps and humans is more like 6%, which makes chimps slightly less closely related than we thought they were.

Bookmark Cell Phone & PDA Reviews (pcworld.com)

by techitout on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @05:21PM

Submission + - Second Life interview disrupted by flying penises

Submitted by

netbuzz

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @04:42PM

netbuzz writes: "Thirty years of conducting interviews and not once have I had one interrupted by flying penises. Of course, I have yet to conduct one in Second Life, the much-hyped "virtual world" where interviewers and interviewees are apparently at the mercy of airborne members.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/9893 "

Journal Journal: Bad choice by Verizon 4

Journal by Marxist Hacker 42 on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @03:32PM

New fiber link to China is coming ashore at Nedonna Beach, Oregon within easy driving distance of the Silicon Forest, which was decimated by foreign competition in the first 5 years of this century. I expect ex-Intel employees with axes to be heading for a beach vacation- repeatedly.

Submission + - Twelve-year-old Gets Porn-Filled Zune

Submitted by

FishWithAHammer

on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @03:32PM

FishWithAHammer writes: "Gizmodo has a story running about a twelve-year-old getting a Zune for Christmas — and finding homemade pornography on it. From the article:

Apparently the Zune, which Martin purchased at a local Walmart, came with a 1-hour and 44-minute homemade porn video. We're talking guy-on-guy action here. Walmart's response? After blaming MS for the porn, they refunded the Martins and gave them a $25-dollar gift certificate.

Fox Chicago has a video report as well."

Submission + - Gates Criticises DRM

Submitted by AArmadillo on Wednesday December 20, 2006 @03:12PM

AArmadillo writes: BBC reports that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates believes current DRM to be too complex for consumers.

From the article:
"DRM is not where it should be," said Mr Gates, reported blogger Steve Rubel. "In the end of the day incentive systems (for artists) make a difference," said Mr Gates. "But we don't have the right thing here in terms of simplicity or interoperability," he added.
...
Blogger Michael Arrington, of Techcrunch.com, said Bill Gates' short-term advice for people wanting to transfer songs from one system to another was to "buy a CD and rip it".

Submission + - Sony plays off failed advertising campaign.

Submitted by

kinglink

on Wednesday December 13, 2006 @05:47PM

kinglink writes: "Sony's site has finally admitted to being a shill for the site. Sony's response to the public is to shrug it off and act like there was no problem. "Busted. Nailed. Snagged. As many of you have figured out (maybe our speech was a little too funky fresh???), Peter isn't a real hip-hop maven and this site was actually developed by Sony. Guess we were trying to be just a little too clever. From this point forward, we will just stick to making cool products, and use this site to give you nothing but the facts on the PSP.""

Submission + - Sex Offender Email Registry Proposed

Submitted by

Clever7Devil

on Wednesday December 13, 2006 @05:47PM

Clever7Devil writes: "The Roanoke Times in Virginia reported Attorney General Bob McDonnell's upcoming legislation proposal.

From the article:

Attorney General Bob McDonnell said Monday he will propose legislation that would make Virginia the first state in the nation to require sex offenders to register their online identities with state police.

By putting the information on the state's Sex Offender Registry, authorities hope to curb what they say is the escalating problem of sexual predators going online to find young victims through e-mail and Internet chat room banter

The Attorney General's office has been working closely with MySpace, as they hope to use this list to block sex offenders from using their service. You can read the Attorney General's press release here; and the MySpace press release here."

FTC To Investigate 'Viral Marketing' Practices 299

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday December 13, 2006 @05:46PM from the take-what-ya-can-give-nuthin-back dept.

mcflaherty writes "The Federal Trade Commission has stated that it is going to investigate the use of 'Viral Marketing' by corporations. This is the type of advertising that seeks to start a word of mouth campaign for the product via consumers themselves. Previously, consumers themselves set the buzz. But lately advertisement firms are stepping up to the plate themselves, seeding the market with buzz that looks independent of the company, but is in fact funded by them. The crew at Penny Arcade contend that corporate generated buzz is not Viral Marketing, and perhaps Guerrilla Marketing would be a more apt term. Either way, it appears to be a profitable advertising model."

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