Engadget has just written a review on the iPod Shuffle. As it doesn’t have much functionality, the review isn’t that long. Their conclusion: Now that it’s all charged up and we’ve had a chance to use it, here’s a few initial impressions: We love Autofill. It makes the shuffle even more random since you never [...]
Entries from January 13th, 2005
First iPod Shuffle review I could find
January 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Mobiles & Gadgets
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A nice overview about Asterisk
January 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Telephony
George Ou has written an nice overview in his column on Asterisk. An excerpt: As the commoditization and open sourcing of operating systems and applications continue to disrupt the software companies, telephony vendors have so far enjoyed a relative calm in the closed and proprietary phone systems market with substantial profit margins. That could now [...]
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Dutch firefox ad campaign
January 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Firefox & Thunderbird
Some people in Holland are collecting money for a firefox ad in the Dutch newspaper, “De Telegraaf” to heighten firefox awareness. The idea of course is inspired by the succesfull ad placed in the New York Times. The cost of the Ad is about 53.000 euros for a single page colour advertisement and 36.000 euros [...]
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Mac Mini Mini Review
January 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Hardware
Looks like the guys at arstechnica have written the first review I could find on the Mac mini. Here follows an excerpt from the conclusion and the benchmark used: It’s clear that the xMac performs considerably faster than both my iBook, which cost me $200 more than an xMac, and nearly as fast as my [...]
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This Is Going To Be A Good Year For Apple
January 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Hardware, Mobiles & Gadgets
The year has just started and already apple is about to release two mouth watering pieces of hardware. First of all the the much anticipated Mac mini which I have written about before: Here are some specs: Processor and memory 1.25GHz or 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine 512K on-chip level 2 cache at [...]
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The $100.000.000 identity heist
January 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Crime, Privacy
The BBC reports that Philip Cummings, a 35 year old British national has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for identity fraud. This for information he got as a computer helpdesk employee. An excerpt: A Briton involved in what is believed to be the largest identity theft case ever has been sentenced to 14 years [...]
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Hi, Im Troy McClure. You may remember me from such educational videos as “don’t point lasers at airplanes”
January 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Math & Science, Security
Seems that Sky & Telescope have written an article on the do’s & dont’s of pointing lasers in the sky. This of course, referring to the “terrorist threat” we are now seeing form the humble laser pointer. An excerpt that shows how FUD works at it’s best: A recent addition to the backyard astronomer’s toolkit [...]
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Find a bug, go to jail
January 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Crime, Freedom & Democracy, Security
French security researcher Guillaume Tena, who is working at Harvard University, faces 4 months in prison after being sued by Tegam for reverse engineering its Viguard antivirus software and publishing exploit codes for a number of vulnerabilities. According to a ZDNet article, he could also be sued by Tegam for 900,000 euros in damages. An [...]
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Martian Successor Nadesico Review
January 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Anime
Today I just watched the final part of Martian Successor Nadesico (for all you anime people : Yes, I know, I should be ashamed that I haven’t seen it until now). A brief description of the plot follows: The aliens have destroyed our base on Mars, wiped out our space fleets, and now, only one [...]
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IPOD your ride
January 7th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Audio, Cars & Tuning, Mobiles & Gadgets
While there are already several options for iPod owners who want to listen to tunes in their cars — ranging from cheapo FM transmitters and casette adaptors to the infamous tricked-out BMW — the market is about to get a whole lot more crowded. Pioneer, Clarion and Alpine are all at CES showing off new [...]
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