It seems that EU antitrust officials have raided Intels offices all over Europe today. The most they would say is that it’s because of an “ongoing antitrust investigation”: As part of the dawn raid, European Commission officials and national competition authorities in Milan, Italy; Munich, Germany; Madrid, Spain; and Swindon, England, descended on several Intel [...]
Entries from July 14th, 2005
Internet Archive Sued!
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Crime, Internet
It seems some lowlives (Healthcare Advocates of Philadelphia) are suing The Internet Archive for archiving their old site. The apparant reason being that the cached pages in the archive were used against them in a trademark action suit: The Internet Archive was created in 1996 as the institutional memory of the online world, storing snapshots [...]
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Worldcom’s Ex-Boss Gets 25 Years
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Crime
The BBC reports the the ex Worldcom boss is going to have to do 25 years, and is obviously being made an exmple of: Former Worldcom boss Bernard Ebbers wept openly as he was sentenced to 25 years in jail for his part in the scandal which brought down the firm. Mr Ebbers was found [...]
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Cool Casemod In A Coffin
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
Just wanted to post this cool casemod I found:
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Floppy Drives – This Is The End, My Friend
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Cool Geeky Stuff, Hardware
Flexbeta has an excellent essay on the floppy drive and why it’s had its day (duh): It’s something universally recognized with computers, and something I’ve come to loathe with a passion. Even though it’s changed over the years, it’s still mostly the same. I speak of none other than the floppy disk. We all know [...]
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Build Your Own 19″ Computer Rack
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Hardware
This guy has written a report on his latest project, building his own 19″rack: I think the idea of having a 19″ rack at home is every techs dream. This was also the case when I wanted to decomission my power hungry and space consuming server PCs and replace them with a 19″ rack, but [...]
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Record Companies Pissed Off At BBC
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Music, Warez
It seems that the recent special on Beethoven in which the BBC let you download his work for free didn’t go down well with certain record companies: In fact, since they included an introductory explanation before each symphony, even those familiar with the music could learn something as well, adding to their overall appreciation for [...]
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Average Worker Goofs Off 2.09 Hours Per Day!
July 13th, 2005 · No Comments · Business
C|NET News writes that the longer days everyone’s supposed to work these past few years are having negative effects for productivity: Traipsing around the Internet is the most popular form of loafing on the job. The insurance industry is particularly rife with goofing off, and Missouri is the top state for time-wasters. Those are among [...]
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Why Is Apple Going To Switch To Intel?
July 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, IBM, Intel
There’s a great opinion piece on Ars Technica which reveals why Apple is switching to Intel: I’ve worked with Apple Authored by: overshoot on Sunday, June 12 2005 @ 08:56 PM EDT and I can tell you, there’s a very good chance that they outsmarted themselves into a “no bid” response from IBM. Part of [...]
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McDonalds To Get Designer Uniforms
July 6th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Fashion & Style
In the near future if you drive through your local Micky D’s you might be amazed by what the staff are wearing (yeah, right). So says the following BBC article: Fast food giant McDonald’s is searching for a top fashion designer to give its US workers a trendy new makeover. The firm said rap star [...]
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