Archive for January 17th, 2008
Worth watching
Time Warner Cable is experimenting with a high-speed internet service that would bill customers based on the amount of bandwidth they consume rather than by flat fee.…
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IBM touts low-end Power6 and fresh mainframe onslaught
On, Boxen!
IBM's CFO Mark Loughridge put on his product marketing cap during an earnings conference call today, revealing the imminent arrival of new Unix boxes and mainframes.…
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Wireless industry slams NAB’s white space ‘misinformation’
TVGoHome
The row over US ‘white space’ spectrum continues, with the newly formed Wireless Innovation Alliance stepping up its campaign to convince the FCC and the industry that wireless devices can be used in these areas without interfering with digital TV signals.…
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Nick Carr’s Big Switch
A computer revolution - or the next Fail?
Review Nick Carr's weblog is one of the rarest things on the web: intelligent technology criticism that you'd actually want to read for pleasure. He's an elegant writer with a waspish wit, and I've a special reason for seeing him prosper.…
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Online crime gangs embrace open source ethos
Malware gets globalized
Add the malware bazaar to the list of marketplaces being radically reshaped by the forces of globalization.…
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Anti-spammer fined $60K for DNS lookup ‘hack’
Whois also ruled dodgy by North Dakota court
David Ritz, the veteran American spam-fighter, has been hit by $60,000 in fines plus lawyers fees after losing a civil suit that accused him of illegal hacking.…
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The OLPC XO laptop
Is the mean, green thing hacker-friendly?
Review Originally known as the '$100 laptop' from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, the XO laptop is now available through retail. I bought one under the Give One, Get One program where for a $400 donation, OLPC would send one XO to the donator, and another to a child. This is my story of working with it for a couple of weeks.…
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IT industry plugs into UK.gov green scheme
Power off
Intellect, the UK’s trade body for the technology industry, has signed up to a government plan to phase out energy-guzzling consumer electronics products.…
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Boro council in child data theft flap
Nine nicked laptops hanging on the wall
A break-in at Middlesbrough Council has resulted in the loss of nine laptops containing sensitive case files on up to 63 vulnerable children.…
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Get a celebrity autograph on your mobile phone
Sign your £££s away
The search for more stuff to sell to mobile phone owners, who have had their fill of Crazy Frogs and versions of Tetris, continues with celebrity autographs from Mobile Fun.…
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