Consumers Choose Vista over XP…. NOT!
Ars Technica, usually a good resource for information ran this bonehead article today about how, despite the bad press, consumers are choosing Vista over XP.
Fact: Most (if not all) in-store computers are pre-installed with Windows Vista
Fact: Most standard consumers don't build their own computers
Therefore, if a normal person goes to a store to buy a computer, .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Ars Technica, WindowsLife Imitates Art – Green Laser Flashed at Helicopter
This story of a couple who shined a green laser into the cockpit of a police helicopter is interesting. According to the article, they were just having fun flashing them into the sky like giant light-sabers (which sounds pretty fun to me). Unfortunately, it hit the cockpit of the helicopter which must have diffused and spread the light (or .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Lasers, PoliceNo Right to Privacy When Having Computer Repaired
According to a recent case, you have no right to privacy when having your computer repaired.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: 4th Amendment, Circuit CityFTC Approves Google Merger Despite Conflict of Interests. Accountability, Where Are You?
Even though the chair of the FTC has clear financial interests in the merger of Google and Doubleclick AND she was on the board deciding if the deal could go through AND she refused to recluse herself, the merger has been approved and there's no sign of any accountability on the way.
But it wasn't a unanimous decision. The Register .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Accountability, Big Business, FTC, GoogleInternet Blogs Partly to Credit For Blocking Bad Wiretap Law
Well good. Let's hear it for the bloggers!
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Congress, Good Stuff, Illegal Wiretapping
Ohio E-Voting Report: Surprise! It Doesn’t Work!
I should make a song. I'll call it "Duh" and repeat the word "duh" over and over. Then I'll send it to all the state election boards who have been using e-voting. Here's an excerpt from Ars Technica's writeup of this startling revelation :
To put it in every-day terms, the tools needed to compromise an accurate vote count could be as simple as tampering with the paper .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Head of FTC Has Conflict of Interest in Google/Doubleclick Merger
We Wanted ET, but Got Klingons
If you believe that life exists out there, it's easy to see why programs like SETI have been created to try and gather evidence. Now there's an effort called "Active SETI" that's no longer content to wait for signs of life, it's broadcasting signals directly to other stars that are likely to contain similar lifeforms to us.
The problem is, there are some who believe .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Aliens, SETISchools Taking Kickbacks From Student Loan Companies
Students who expected impartial advice from financial aid offices on campus were getting the shaft. Now that they've been caught, loan companies have promised to stop bribing schools.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Families, Kickbacks, Loans, Schools