It's not really gloating, but I would like to point out to all of the Mac fanatics that every operating system has its problems.
It's not really gloating, but I would like to point out to all of the Mac fanatics that every operating system has its problems.
The Digital Milennium Copyright Act is the hammer that has often been used to threaten computer science academics and researchers who study digital locks on DVDs and increasingly, music CDs. As I mentioned earlier this week, a graduate student pointed out that SunnComm's new copy protection technology can easily be thwarted by simply turning off […]
In their effort to slow the proliferation pirated music over the Internet, the music industry has tried a two-pronged strategy: Sue and secure. The RIAA has sued a 12-year-old and a grandmother, along with hundreds of others, for allegedly downloading music over the Internet. Meanwhile, record and technology companies have been teaming up to restrict […]
No more need for that dangerous boost phase to get a space shuttle into orbit or the super-heated re-entry. Instead, super-strong elevator cables. Very cool -- if they can get it to work.
CNet's News.com site often does a pretty good job of tech reporting -- explaining sometimes complex issues in terms most computer users can understand. However, this statement in a Q&A with State Sen. Deborah Bowen had me chuckling: The head of a Senate subcommittee on new technologies, Bowen is no technophobe. She's among the many […]
OK, my friends and I are playing "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" on the Xbox. It has a better plot than either Episode I or II. Anyway, there is a series of puzzles that require some mathematical ability, and the first three were easy. The fourth was difficult: Problem: 4 * 14 * […]
I just like the idea of a gun that fires a million rounds a minute -- and now it appears that it's real. I'm betting that Rachel Lucas would love this.
The New York Times has an article on some technology that would turn your computer screen into a scanner.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act looks to be a bigger and bigger mistake as time goes by. Of course, we shouldn't be at all surprised by the inability of anyone over the age of 30 to understand modern technology. The new litmus test for passing any law relating to computers is a demonstrated ability to […]
If you haven't heard yet, you've been hiding in a cave, but space shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry early this morning. Pray for the astronauts and their families and the United States' space program. I'm going to go out on a line and do a little prediction -- you won't have to wait until […]