2003 January

Obviously you won’t be reading this in classified ad section of the newspaper any time soon, but apparently AT&T has in fact sold their Latin American subsidiary for 1,000$ cash. Granted the company is heavily mired in debt, but still it makes me wonder sometimes.

I know lot of you out there are looking for work, so here is a little something to consider while choosing between all those job offers (yeah, we should all be so lucky). I have to say I was a little surprised at the results, but they seem to have a fairly solid methodology for [...]

Forgive me, I didn’t directly link the to this site in headline because it isn’t entirely family friendly and I didn’t want any to click through before knowing that (site link here). In an on going discussion of the proposed RIAA settlement, several people noted that an SSN was required to sign up to a [...]

“An Indian man is hoping to find a place in the record books for his ability to type 60 words per minute using only one finger.”

Lirva (w32.Lirva@mm), also known as Naith, is a mass-mailing worm that is UPX-compressed to a file size of 32,766 and arrives via e-mail either announcing a new Microsoft patch or offering fan access to Avril Lavigne. Once active, Lirva will attempt to e-mail copies of itself to all contacts on an infected system, shut down [...]

Nintendo said Tuesday that it will release a redesigned version of its popular Game Boy Advance handheld video game system on March 23, adding a backlit screen so gamers can play in the dark. The Game Boy Advance SP will use a hinged, clamshell design, similar to many cellphones, and the screen size will remain [...]

Ever wished your PDA had more memory? Maybe a new, longer lasting battery? A new screen? It’s all possible now, thanks to Pocket PC Techs. Their website is incredible! It’s complete with upgrades, do-it-yourself kits, and more. Hey, for $500, they’ll upgrade your PDA to 256 MB RAM! [...]

A months back (give or take) I ran a story about a USB NIC. I thought this was an interesting follow-up, mainly because of a conversation I had today regarding the direction of technology toward wireless connectivity. Although the article reviewing this unit states it really isn’t all that useful at this point. This adapter [...]

This gives you a basic, and light hearted, overview of the threats that exist on the internet. The article is written in a conversational style, designed to be understood by the layman and does get across the basic points across (i.e., who are the actors on the stage, what are their motivations, etc.). While it [...]

In the current incarnation of Sun vs. Microsoft, the judge has ruled that MS must bundle Sun’s Java with Windows. Most victories against Microsoft are cheered by the computing community and I have to agree with article here, I don’t think this one should. The writer makes the point that preventing MS from making Windows [...]

It seems two companies have gotten together to develop and then market, an ethanol based fuel cell for the mobile electronics market. They claim that their technology, once developed, will give significantly longer life to PDAs, notebooks and the like, than previously possible. Although I wonder how they can make that sort of claim before, [...]

“After a delay of several months, online auctioneer eBay has launched a program to help people who make their living selling goods on the company’s site obtain health care coverage.”

An update on the home page for The Neo Project says the group is no longer working on the Xbox “due to legal reasons.”
Project founder Mike Curry said in an e-mail interview that he couldn’t elaborate. “We cannot comment on anything that has happened in the last 24 hours; we can only say that we [...]

CEO Steve Jobs unveils a new Web browser and says software innovation has placed his company at the forefront of digital entertainment in the home. Apple’s Safari offers little challenge to Microsoft’s browser dominance, but the Mac maker could benefit enormously if it can wean itself from IE.
On the second birthday of the high-end Titanium [...]

“Nintendo has unveiled a new Game Boy only slightly bigger than a pack of cigarettes.”
See it to believe it!

“A Minnesota man who admitted surfing internet porn sites while his 13-month-old son drowned in the bath has been jailed for a year. A judge in the town of Willmar ordered Tyler Bratsch to write a letter of apology to the emergency workers and hospital staff who tried to save Logan. The 25-year-old must also [...]

“More than 100 million text messages were sent in the UK on New Year’s Day as people greeted friends and relatives. It is the first time the number of text messages in one day has topped the 100 million mark, according to Mobile Data Association research. The total number of chargeable person-to-person text messages sent [...]

“The speed of gravity has been measured for the first time. The landmark experiment shows that it travels at the speed of light, meaning that Einstein’s general theory of relativity has passed another test with flying colours.”

“The financial firm says that the new product pipeline looks ’skimpy’ and that the company’s Power Macs and other products are ‘becoming stale or remain too expensive.’ “

“The Cleveland Public Library is launching an eBook system that will let people download publications onto their PCs and PDAs. The new eBook collection, which will go online in March, is believed to be the first of its kind in a public library and will operate much the same as a traditional library system. Patrons [...]