Category: Technology

“This raises the logical dilemma of whether an agency which admits to lying can be believed when it says it doesn’t exist. Is the agency’s supposed non-existence the first piece of disinformation?” Does the OSI really exist? I would say so!

A guy has decided to take Sun Microsystems to court because they sacked him, but kept on and even hired more immigrant visa workers. Not sure how this one will pan out, but looks like Sun may win it, I can see his point though in relation to undercutting wages.

John Poindexter has been targeted this week by the lads over at Cryptome. He is head of a supposed anti-terrorist government agency in the US. And as his job involves something the privacy lobby and many online activists do not like, they have collected and posted a wide range of information about Mr. Poindexter, and…

In their annual report IDC have said that 2003 will see Internet commerce pass the $1.5 trillion mark, Linux will increase market share (good!), WiFi will see more growth and this will adversely affect 3G rollout. ZDnet has the story here, Onlineblog has it here and the IDC report is here. (But it costs an…

They have done it now, just when I thought that 48x would be the fastest they would go, Asus have gone and brought out a 52x burner. That means burning a 700 MB CD in 2 minutes 30 seconds. God that’s awful fast, I am amazed the CD does not melt. HotHardware has the review.

Andres Orlowski writes an excellent article for el Reg. The DMCA is an amazing piece of legislation, and how it can be used seems not only unfair, but unjust. I will be posting more DMCA stories in the future. It is designed in favour of corporations, and not of the Internet. (The parody site mentioned…

Covered on many online news outlets this story is an example of honest to goodness online activism. It could happen to you: fraudulent cheque and you are down one hefty and expensive piece of equipment. One guy decided he was not going to let this one go lightly.

For people who have not heard about it, Google are testing an online shopping comparison and search engine for any product you desire. Go here to try it out

Alan Ralsky, the man who can send a billion emails a day and has made a fortune from filling our inboxes with rubbish, has got a taste of his own medicine. Thanks to the lads over at Slashdot, he now gets tonnes of rubbish delivered to his house and email. A concerted and worthwhile campaign!

Yes those Chinese are at it again. First it was their very own space station and now they are building aircraft to rival the US. Another blow to US power? Time will tell.