Tech News December 3, 2009
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DTV Sucks For Anyone Not Living in Metro Area
Now, the FCC is thinking about VOIP. (PDF . . .)
Windows 7 Problems
Patent Infringement. (read more . . .)
Bing Maps
Eh. (read more . . .)
A Complete List of All Major Algorithms
<Applause> That took allot of time. Looking for HTML5 algorithms, if any. (read more . . .)
PDF Password Protected?
No Problem. (read more . . .)
Linux Server Doesn’t Mean Your Network is Virus Free
Any Windows machines connected to the network is/are the problem. (read more . . .)
Comcast Is A Big Deal
Comcast has a minority interest in A&E, Biography, The History Channel, The Weather Channel, Lifetime and Hulu.com. (read more . . .)
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Motorola invests in touchscreen tech. (read more . . .)
14 Days and Only Sold 5 — Not good.
China’s online store to sell the iPhone isn’t getting interests. Reasons high price and lack of Wi-Fi. Another reason the USA should have a national WiFi, better gadgets. (read more . . .)
Movies Aren’t Immune
Washington-based Global Findabiliity filed suit against distributor Summit Entertainment. The Cage movie “Knowing” infringed its real-life patent on geocoding technology. (read more . . .)
Friendster Gets Makeover
I still have my account. (read more . . .)
Air Travel Major Change
Hello Areoscraft! (read more . . .)
AT&T Isn’t Looking So Good
It isn’t just me. Spending money on Commercials instead of actually investing in infrastructure and quality of product. What will AT&T do when the iPhone is available on any network? (read more . . .)
Henrik Anderson New Tech Hero
Danish guy ripped 100 DVDs to his computer for his own personal use and then demands to be arrested under Denmark’s DRM law. (read more . . .)
Comment Clash
IT Director installed SETI@home on computers 9 years ago. School finds out about it, fires the guy, and claims it will take $1,000,000 to uninstall the software. (article . . .)
“Why does it cost a million dollars to press “Add remove programs”?” (comments . . .)
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Aw, this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done.