I don’t quite believe this. ZDNet is reporting this a.m. that Microsoft has now made the claim that free and Open Source software violates 235 patents it holds. The printed article is in Forbes.
Without specifically stating which patents are infringed upon, the licensing chief at MS, Horatio Gutierrez makes the claim that Linux (the [...]
After reading about some of the problems with the Internet lately, I was reminded of a little tidbit I read in PC World. In discussing ways to secure one’s computer a neat trick is to use a DNS server other than the one your ISP has your router point to. (You do have a router, [...]
Sacha Baron Cohen is the most amazing comedian of our day, much as Robin Williams was in his youth.
Cohen has at once delighted those with a sense that life is too serious most of the time, and frustrated those who share the idea that there are many things one should not poke fun at. His [...]
Just now, while trying to digest my evening meal, I read some rather disconcerting news on MSNBC about the ‘Law and Order’ franchise of programming. It seems that just today an agreement has been reached to allow the continuance of the trio of programs on NBC, and its cousin, the USA cable network. After [...]
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