Archive for May 18, 2008

Michael Jackson to Take on The Pirate Bay

Micheal Jackson and several other artists plan to take on The Pirate Bay. The king of pop hired the infamous ‘Web Sheriff’ to protect his rights. “Hey Michael - do you want us to pay you in small kids maybe?” was the first response of Pirate Bay admin Brokep.

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XP meets XO: Will Linux get an equal shot?

“….here’s what gives me pause about XP coming to the XO: There
’s no way Linux will get an equal shake on OLPC’s XO. In fact, I reckon that more XO units will ship with XP than Linux in the not too distant future. Why? Governments are making the buying decisions. Not kids.”

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Dot-me, baby: Clock is ticking on .me domain names

Trademark-holders have until May 20 to register their company and product names under the new .me domain, which is being marketed as a generic top-level domain by the country of Montenegro. Applicants include Apple — which registered apple.me, ipod.me and itunes.me — as well as Microsoft, Skype and Digg.

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Motherboard wars: Asus threatens to sue Gigabyte, websites

Don’t spread it, or we’ll sue you!

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Firefox 3 RC1 Now Available

I was actually expecting to still see beta 5 when I went to the developers page, but was happily surprised.

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Myspace “Outrage Indictment” Perverts Justice

Who does not feel sorry for the family of Megan Meir? I certainly do but…..

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Gorgeous new Theme Pack for Ubuntu introduced - FutureLooks!

This theme combines elements of all 3 Desktop OSs to create a seamless, modern appearence for Ubuntu and any other Debian derivatives.

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Touchscreen BlackBerry “Thunder” Due by September

“The Wall Street Journal confirms all of the details unearthed a few days ago about BlackBerry’s touchscreen Apple killah: Dubbed Thunder, it’s only got four physical keys and it’ll be exclusive to Verizon Wireless in the US and Vodafone abroad. “

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Asus to embed Linux into all motherboards

Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called “Splashtop” into all its motherboards, following good feedback from customers.

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Namco Bandai In SHOCK Soul Calibur Breast Cover-Up

Yes. Shocking. For your submission, the picture, showing Soul Calibur’s Ivy as she’s depicted on the game’s official website. On the left, how she appears on the Japanese site. On the right? How she appears on the American site.

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20% of U.S. Has Never Sent E-mail

Roughly one-fifth of all U.S. households are disconnected from the Internet and have never used e-mail, according to research firm Parks Associates.A recent phone survey of U.S. households by Parks found 20 million households are without Internet access, approximately 18 percent of all U.S. households.

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Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV Is Better Than Cable or Satellite

Microsoft’s Mediaroom is the company’s IPTV solution that brings TV into to your house (much like cable and satellite) over the internets. You might be familiar with it in its commercially released service forms such as AT&T U-Verse here in the US or BT Fusion in the UK.

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