Feb
29
2008
It looks like the ‘virtual fence’ that DHS wanted along the Mexican border is seriously flawed and delayed. Boeing, the main contractor, seems to have bowed to pressure from Dubya & Co. to deliver early and cut a few too many corners. At this point, no one is sure what the final cost will be.
Comments Off | posted in Fail, Freedom, Government, Software
Feb
29
2008
There’s no question that the Palm OS development market is in transition, and the recent shutdown of PDAPerformance, a Palm OS developer isn’t really all that shocking. Palm itself has already announced that they’re moving to a Linux-based replacement, so anyone developing tools for the old Palm OS are going to be facing a shrinking market (once Palm actually ships).
Just as long as Palm keeps the simplicity and the ‘it just works’ part of Palm OS while adding more modern features (multi-tasking), I’ll be happy.
Comments Off | posted in Gadgets, OpenSource, Software
Feb
29
2008
Comments Off | posted in Link
Feb
29
2008
Former FBI agent Patrick Dempsey says we’re unprepared to fight worldwide cyber crime and the only answer is a second ‘safer’ Internet with strong national borders. After being roasted on Slashdot, he added an update claiming his real intent was to get people focused on net crime. Sure. Okay. Whatever. Just another ‘we have to destroy the Internet to save it’ scheme that will go nowhere.
Comments Off | posted in Fail, Government, Privacy, Web
Feb
29
2008
When even Fortune magazine is calling for the end of software patents you know it’s become obvious to non-techies that something is wrong.
Comments Off | posted in Government, Patents, Software