Archive for February, 2008

support for netscape finishes tomorrow – the end of an era

February 29, 2008

A sad day today, for sure. For today is the last day that Netscape Navigator will be supported. Today is the end of a great browser and one that still has echoes in everything we use today. For those of you too young, or otherwise interested in other things (like WHAT?) I’ll give you a [...]

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wikileaks.org to get legal backing

February 28, 2008

In a hearing that will determine if wikileaks.org should continue to have it’s domain records empty are getting some lawyers on their side with the help of the EFF and the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union.) The two bodies claim that removing the records goes against the freedom of speech right that we all deserve. [...]

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microsoft is the first company in 50 years to be fined by the eu for failure to pay fines

February 27, 2008

Microsoft, already owing the EU €497.2 million for an anti-trust suit regarding royalties from licensing, were imposed a huge fine of €899 Million by the commission today for failure to comply with the order. Apparently Microsoft are going to challenge the decision, as they were under the impression they were compliant and that the fines [...]

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UK watchdog to drop investigation on facebook

February 26, 2008

After pressure from the UK, and the NY Times, not to mention the thousands of ex-users and privacy advocates everywhere, facebook conceded to allow users to permanently delete their profiles. And because of this, the UK watchdog ICO (Information Commissioners Office) have decided to drop their investigation against facebook. If you need to remove your [...]

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hotmail (windows live?) dies a death

February 26, 2008

In another anti-Microsoft post (God I’m getting good at these recently) it appears Microsoft’s email servers are down. Just remember, don’t fret if you see the “Service Unavailable” message when trying to access your hotmail account – maybe it’s fate just whispering gently in your ear – “time to move to gmail…”

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ea up to old tricks again

February 25, 2008

Well they’re at it again. Not so long ago EA CEO John Riccitiello held up his hands and stated they made a big mistake when it swallowed up Bullfrog (creators of Populous and Theme Park) and Westwood Studios (Command & Conquer) with creators from the companies saying they were “buried and stifled” by EA. Electronic [...]

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intel on verge of releasing 6 core CPUs to server market

February 25, 2008

And we know what starts in the server market finishes on the desktop. Intel released details to Sun of their next chip and wanted them to keep it pretty secret, however Sun let it slip on a public server over the weekend – oops. Maybe Intel won’t be so eager to announce their intentions to [...]

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government wants ISPs to self-regulate pirates – or else they'll step in

February 24, 2008

In move that isn’t entirely unexpected as it has been hinted over the last six months, the government has shown it’s intentions to stop pirates. Firstly by “encouraging” ISPs to self regulate themselves. If they don’t the ISPs could be held accountable, legally, and could have sanctions imposed. What these sanctions would be have not [...]

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portal 2 to be released

February 22, 2008

I know, it’s not completely tech, but I do talk about gaming, and would like to a lot more on the blog – if I could recruit a certain person to write those pieces of gaming news I know you all crave once in a while.. But saving that, it has been announced, kind of, [...]

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windows live users get 5Gb for free

February 22, 2008

See what I mean? Microsoft = bad, right? Well they’re trying to change all that with more gifts. If you’re a windows live user, you now get a free, shareable 5Gb of space. Lucky old you, eh? This shows that they think the reason Google are successful and dominant is because they give stuff away [...]

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