Eric Almly, the ‘Khaki Bandit’, stole 130 corporate laptops, often by just walking into companies like he was an employee, before being caught after stealing laptops from Outback Steakhouse in Tampa. They caught him with security software that transmits a … Read More
NBC just can’t stop whining about Apple’s iTunes. Apple didn’t ‘destroy’ pricing, it found a price level that customers were willing to pay. This is what a free market does. What NBC wants is called price fixing, which is generally … Read More
Stanford University has made VectorMagic, tool for turning bitmapped graphics into vector images. Vector images can be re-sized without distortion and print at native printer resolution. I have a couple of tools for doing this but ImageMagic is both faster … Read More
What we consider “empty space” is pretty much anything but. It’s really a very hostile environment, as the recent work on the space station has revealed. Along with signs of damage to the solar panel mechanism there have also been … Read More
After trying to force license bureaus to issue NY driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, Governor Spitzer has now backed off. Now he’s supporting a type of tiered system where illegal immigrants will get some type of Federal ID. I don’t understand … Read More
A Rochester judge has held that the RIAA had no evidence in a default judgment case, including no proof of any downloading or transmission as well as failing to show that the defendant in the case was the person named … Read More
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