So everyone has been blogging the story of the Digital Choice and Freedom Act, a bill designed to protect consumers fair-use rights. I don’t know whether the bill will ever get anywhere, but it is nice to see someone seeing the problem at least. But I want to point your attention to the very end…
Blogger Stats has been unleashed on the world. Currently only available for BlogSpot Plus users, but they hope to have it available to others soon. I’d be interested to see how it works out for anyone using it! Sun announced this week that they are going to roll out a Linux desktop system. It seems…
Found another potential problem with the installation of Internet Explorer 6 SP1. Apparently it adds and automatically checks a checkbox on your Tools/Options/Security tab that tells OE to “Not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus.” Nice idea, but the “potential virus” attachments I just tested it with, a…
Courtesy of John Robb comes this article about Intel putting in some security measures in their new chips, due next year. John’s response: “Intel to include copy protection functionality in new chips. I personally won’t ever buy a chip with type of stuff on it. Unless there is an alternative, my aggressive upgrade cycle has…
As a followup to that article I told you about previously. It now seems that the Greek Court has thrown out the anti-gaming law. More follow up on Trillian Pro from Absoblogginlutely. I agree, a free trial period would be a pretty big plus. I’ve determined to wait and see how other people’s experiences go…
Fred Langa has an interesting article on traveling with laptops and other assorted electronic devices. There’s some good points about airport security and how some people are using the increased airport security to try and get you separated from your laptop so they can walk off with it from the checkpoints. Or you could, like…