Technology opinions and digital photography
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Wired starts chasing Paedophiles on MySpace
Wired senior editor, Kevin Poulsen, has done one thing that MySpace said was impossible: Finding a registered sex-offender on the social network web site. Now, you would say that this is good news. I have a differing opinion. Let’s remember that he is now announcing the delivery of the tools that would allow anyone else…
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Bush wants to be space boss
I am not sure if this is linked to the recent attack of US satellites by Chinese blinding laser beams, but GW.Bush signed recently a policy that states that “freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power” and that “the United States will preserve its…
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Exploding batteries kill Sony profits
The last figures have now been published: Sony finished counting the beans after several months of news of exploding laptop PC batteries and of worldwide product recalls. instead of 130 billion yens, they forecast to dive into a loss of about 50 billion yens. It is left to be seen what impact it will have…
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Windows Vista drivers are coming
Windows Vista is not yet available (still in beta test under the name of RC2), but both major 3D graphic card technology providers announced the availability of their new drivers under the WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) certification. ATI, on the 26th September NVidia, on the 19th October This announces that your graphic card, either…
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BEFSX41 upgrade: v1.52.9/10 is still crap
My home LAN router is a Linksys BEFSX41 (v1.0) as you may remember from my previous information about Linksys BEFSX41 upgrades. A few days ago, I decided to come back to upgrading the router (in the faint hope of increasing its performance). The latest firmware available for download is currently 1.52.10. However, my first move…
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AllOfMp3.com has trouble with online payments
AllOfMp3.com, the MP3 music web site publishing from the territory of Russia is in real trouble. Probably really pissed of by the very low prices found there and because AllOfMp3 does not include Digital Rights Management (DRM) in the downloaded MP3 files (some of the copyright holders even tell that the sale is completely illegal…
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YouTube wipes 30000 out
Even if it may not really be linked to the Google buyout, YouTube announced that it had removed nearly 30000 videos from its web site after the request of Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) who detected infractions about the copyrights they manage. You had to admit that a significant part…
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Hunter William Associates – Another scam?
After my previous posts about another supposedly Zurich-based financial company, I received another call from a company claiming to be Zurich-based and ready to offer financial services on the New York Stock Exchange: Hunter William Associates. They want me to consider investing in some companies. The first tip they provided is relating to a respected…
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A photo blog down under
Our friends from Australia also have their digital photo blog. It is not often updated, but the reviews are quite documented.
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