TheLinuxStore.ca has started a new project. A project that will give away free Linux disks of your favorite distribution (SUSE, Fedora, Mandriva, Gentoo, Debian, Knoppix). Have a look, give feedback, donate to the cause, request a disk.
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Thursday, July 13, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Cell phone makers to standardize charger plugs... Finally!
The standardization would enable cell phone users to continue to use the same chargers even after replacing phones with ones marketed by different service providers
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
TorrentSpy, IsoHunt, Mininova, and PirateBay all in one!
A very intuitive torrent search engine that cleanly displays search results from TorrentSpy, IsoHunt, MiniNova, and PirateBay all in 1 page. One stop shopping for that torrent you've been looking for. While it is only in beta stages, it works great.
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Google Building Huge Research Center in Michigan
At an 11 a.m. news conference in Lansing Tuesday, Google will unveil plans to create a headquarters facility for its Google AdWords unit. AdWords offers "pay-per-click" ads that are triggered when Google users search for certain words. It is the company's bread and butter advertising product and its primary source of revenue
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Concept BMW 7 Series Parks by Itself
Using a windshield-mounted digital camera and a reflective strip installed in the parking space, the concept 7 series is able to automatically park itself after the owner has gotten out of the vehicle and told it to do so by remote control. (Video included)
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Firefox Usage Passes 15 Percent in US
The open source browser commands a 15.82 percent usage share in the United States, and a whopping 39.02 percent in Germany. Australians are also big Firefox users, with the browser holding 24.23 percent of the market down under.
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
Microsoft gets Sued over Genuine Advantage Auto Update
The same lawyers who sued Sony BMG over Rootkits on music CDs, and Ubisoft for Starforce on its game disks are now taking on Microsoft. A quote from the Complaint: รข��Microsoft effectively installed the WGA software on consumers' systems without providing consumers any opportunity to make an informed choice about that software."
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P2P insurer will pay your fines if RIAA sues: $19/year!
"Apparently, a company in Sweden is offering file-sharing insurance - they'll pay your fines if you're sued by the RIAA. The /. submitter translates the link as follows: 'For a mere 140 SEK ($19 USD) per year, they will pay all your fines and give you a t-shirt if you get convicted for file sharing.'"
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IE 7 Beta 3 released to public
Microsoft released IE 7 Beta 3 today. Download it
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
familyid=4C1A8FBE-FB6A-47AC-867D-BB1F17E477EE&
displaylang=en#Requirements
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
familyid=4C1A8FBE-FB6A-47AC-867D-BB1F17E477EE&
displaylang=en#Requirements
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Google the ISP with 2^96 IPv6 addresses
Google has 79 billion billion billion IPv6 addresses, is buying up massive amounts of dark fiber, and building a massive data center. Just what is Google up to?
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Friday, June 23, 2006
Librarian disciplined for upholding Constitution
Hasbrouck Heights (NJ) Library Director Michele Reutty is under fire for following the 4th amendment and not giving private info to the police without a subpoena. She faces a 30 day suspension without pay.
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Judge denies Bush's request to summarily dismiss anti-wiretapping lawsuit
"The ACLU wants the program halted immediately, arguing that it violates the rights to free speech and privacy, and says the government has already publicly revealed enough information about the program for Taylor to find it illegal. The Bush administration wants Taylor to dismiss the lawsuit."
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Tekken with Actual Humans
For all those that believe fighters aren't an accurate representation of reality (well, they're not), two marital arts dudes have created a live-action Tekken. The effects might be fake, but the moves ain't. If you're still a naysayer, these guys will kick your ass. For reals.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
A Ring Tone That Adults Cannot Hear (with MP3)
In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.
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Monday, June 05, 2006
Driver's Car Searched Due to Suspicion of Home-made Pirate Cd's Seen in Car
This is a real court case report based in Virginia. Basically a police office decided something was not right based on the assumption of home-made Cd's viewable in drivers car.
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Friday, June 02, 2006
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
ThePirateBay.org Raided - Servers Seized
ThePirageBay.org, a longtime fixture of the BitTorrent community, is currently under investigation.
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