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February 27, 2008
The Great Apathetic Revolution
"The marketing people babble on about how Digital Rights Management "enhances" your "enjoyment" of a product. But what copy control really does is make ripped-off stuff better than the legal version."
February 25, 2008
Government and corporate employees engage in an "epidemic" of snooping into databases
"Experts say some companies do little to stop such abuses even though they could lead to identity theft, stalking and other privacy invasions. And companies that uncover violations can keep them quiet because in many cases it is not illegal to snoop, only to use the data for crimes... "
February 18, 2008
February 16, 2008
Extreme Notebook Makeover - Protecting your notebook from random searches
"If your machine is searched, expect no justification or details on what they were looking for or what they downloaded. Rummaging through a computer's hard drive, the government says, is no different than looking through a suitcase."
February 13, 2008
February 11, 2008
Is Virtual Destruction an Art Form?
"The cars reared upward, groaning, like two fighting antelopes; my hood crumpled into an origami flower, the metal bending like tin foil. The windshield became a fistful of glittering ice, hurled into the air."
February 10, 2008
Unknown Device Identifier
"Unknown Device Identifier enables you to identify the yellow question mark labeled Unknown Devices in Device Manager."
February 08, 2008
February 03, 2008
The End of the Battery?
"[T]he so-called ultracapacitors on which the XH-150 is based may supplant rather than merely supplement a car's batteries. And if that happens, a lot of other batteries may be for the chop, too. "
February 02, 2008
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