Comment Vandalize the Vandals?? (Score 1) 116
Who cares 90% of the info on those sites are bougus anyway, it's like trying to fix the preputally broken!!
Feed Court Rules for Dell in a Patent Suit (nytimes.com)
A federal court has ruled that Dell Inc. personal organizer products did not infringe a patent held by Alcatel-Lucent.
Feed Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching (nytimes.com)
Metaweb Technologies is setting out to create a vast public database, paving the way for a more automated Internet.
Feed Palm Responds to the iPhone (nytimes.com)
The maker of hand-held computers has hired a top software designer to respond to the challenge posed by Apple’s new iPhone.
Submission + - Nanotechnology, ocean creatures and electronics
hakaii writes: The three-dimensional shells of tiny ocean creatures could provide the foundation for novel electronic devices, including gas sensors able to detect pollution faster and more efficiently than conventional devices. More: http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=1591.php
Feed Ex-Gateway Officers Found Liable in Trial (nytimes.com)
Two former executives at Gateway were found liable on claims that they manipulated financial results to meet Wall Street expectations in 2000.
Feed Court Orders Vonage to Pay $58 Million in Patent Case (nytimes.com)
A jury ruled that Vonage violated three Verizon patents, dealing a blow to a company already showing signs of stress.
Bookmark Jimmy D Brown 7-Day Course -- Day 1 (tearsea.com)
Bookmark Linux.com | Linux Mint freshens Ubuntu's palate (linux.com)
Submission + - PC Gaming's Future Evolution
Dr. Eggman writes: 1up.com is reporting on the GDC panel "PC Gaming in an Age of Connected Consoles", and their views on the PC. Unlike the usual doom and gloom about the "death" of PC games, this panel's has suggested that the death is of PC games as we know it; in that PC games will evolve. They believe PC gaming's future lies in it's strenghs like persistent-world environments, not just as MMOs but anything that has elements of a persistent nature such as Battlefield 2142. They go on to describe the PC's greatest edge over consoles: user created content and the supportive game communities built around it. The article also cited the panel's views on the weaknesses inherent in consoles' closed networks and content control.
Submission + - Virtualization Is Not All Roses
An anonymous reader writes: Vendors and magazines are all over virtualization like a rash, like it is the saviour for IT-kind. Not always, writes analyst Andi Mann in this Computerworld article.
Journal Journal: Democrats plan for Iraq 19
So, the democrats have finally issued a plan to end our occupation of Iraq.
*cough*
Perhaps they can also offer up timetables for pulling out our troops from other occupied countries.
Journal Journal: Humor in Tech Support: VPN edition 5
During a support call from a remote user, trying to get his VPN to connect:
"I don't have to be connected to the internet for the VPN to work, do I?"
Google Maps Unveils New Local Business Features 82
dhinckley writes "Google Maps has added some new features including pictures of the front of the locations you're searching for. Additionally, Local Businesses can enter custom information about their companies including pictures, websites, what type of payment they accept, and even offer coupons through Google Maps."
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