Microsoft drops Mac IE
The news, which came in a statement on Friday, may not have come as a complete surprise to Mac users: Microsoft announced back in June 2003 that it was ending Mac support for IE.
Microsoft has not upgraded the software in three years, leaving IE 5–rather than version 6, which is available for Windows–as the [...]
China Bosses’ Best Pal: Cisco
Take Cisco. The company "earns $500 million a year in revenues [in China] and holds 60 percent of the Chinese market for routers, switches, and other sophisticated networking gear."
That includes "the watchdog router that prevents Internet users in China from gaining access to banned websites."
And it includes Policenet, which "connects officials [...]
Bell Canada launches downloadable music service
Bell Canada launched a full track music download service powered by Groove Mobile, which also enables a similar service recently launched by Sprint Nextel Corp.
Bell Canada said consumers are charged $2.58 per song and that the service is available using the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. A920 device.
A Bell Canada spokesman said the [...]
Texas to get broadband over its power lines
The plan was announced on Monday by Current Communications Group, a service provider that specializes in broadband service over power lines (BPL), and TXU Electric Delivery, the largest electric company in Texas.
The companies estimate that roughly 2 million homes and businesses in northern Texas will be able to subscribe to the new service [...]
Dutch piracy link site returns
The people behind the site, which now uses the URL Releases4u.net, say that linking to pirated files isn’t illegal as long they don’t host them.
Releases4U was a popular site because the links were checked for content and quality. The site was closed, along with its Dutch rival ShareConnector, after Dutch anti piracy organisation [...]
HOW TO: Run Other OSes On Your PC
This tutorial explains how to make any x86 Operating System run on the newly released VMware Player with the least amount of hassle. Using the method explained here, you could be running Mandriva Linux 2006 from your own Windows XP box in 15 minutes.
Music 2006: P2P Ascends as Moguls Fall
In 2005, music execs found themselves boxed in by P2P, iPod, boring albums, and prices higher than the market was willing to bear. They responded by rootkitting customers’ computers, planting viruses on file sharing networks, and suing grandmothers.
Amazingly, sales still fell. Email Battles suggests a different avenue for building customer loyalty.
Senate Blocks Extension of Patriot Act
The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans’ privacy, dealing a major defeat to President Bush and Republican leaders. In a crucial vote Friday morning as Congress raced toward adjournment, the bill’s Senate supporters were not able to garner the 60 votes [...]
Rootkit Guru: The Evil in Sony BMG
Few on the planet know rootkits as well as holy_father, the mysterious creator of Hacker Defender. As the Sony BMG story just won’t go away, Email Battles asked holy_father for his insights. As usual, he didn’t disappoint.
Fight The Copyright Cartels!
Problem
People like the riaa, mpaa, and others are on a copyright enforcing rampage, destroying innocent victims along the way. They are using automated tools (web spiders) to find people hosting ‘illegal’ content to sue. Sometimes the spiders catch innocent people in their web of evil.
Solution
Since our politicians think the [...]
