Author: JT Smith
Not only that, according to a story at NandoTimes.com, but the mega-portal is adding insult to injury and forging a partnership with Amazon rival Barnesandnoble.com.
Expedia kissing up to privacy-loving travelers
Author: JT Smith
The travel site’s new privacy policy lets consumers decide what will be done with the information they provide, reports Wired.com, unlike Amazon’s recent CYA move that treats sensitive information as a company asset.
Category:
- Linux
System on a chip – would you like fries with that?
Author: JT Smith
Set-top boxes, thin client servers, and mobile devices are the targets that National Semiconductor has in mind with its new family of all in one chips. PCWorld.com has the story.
Category:
- Unix
We’ll go where we’re wanted, says MP3.com
Author: JT Smith
The Associated Press reports that MP3.com is finding friendlier fields in Europe’s part of the Internet, where it plans to open sites in German, French, and Spanish.
Private or not, feds want to get in our face again
Author: JT Smith
It’s not a surprise that politicians have a mind to create more regulations, and they’re looking to meddle with the Internet by setting up a federal privacy commission, according to Wired.com.
Call the posse, Sheriff – Web site offers $25,000 reward
Author: JT Smith
The Register reports that BidBay.com is hopping mad over recent intrusions by crackers who allegedly were attempting to zombie-ize the auction site’s servers. The CEO “takes it kind of personally when people mess with” the site. If you’re a cracker who’s inclined to rat on his buddies, this could be your lucky day.
Category:
- Linux
Streaming lawsuits and multimedia patent flinging
Author: JT Smith
“Oh yeah? Well, take that!” If you listen closely, you can almost hear the catcalls of the lawyers as Digital Island and Akamai trade litigation for litigation in the latest round of their Hatfield-McCoy-ish battle for supremacy. Infoworld has the story.
Brazilian Linux distro vulnerable to remote exploits
Author: JT Smith
All holders of the affected version are advised to upgrade immediately, says LWN.net
Category:
- Linux
Vibrating phone is truly…ahem..interactive
Author: JT Smith
Nokia is going to extremes to make sure we really like our cell phones with the introduction of the first “physically interactive” units, with which would-be callers can be blasted by aliens and even shake hands with opponents in online games through the use of vibrations. Hey, watch where you put that hand! From Internetwire.
It’s all marketing with the Road Guardian
Author: JT Smith
A plastic-sheathed cable and lock, along with encryption software, are being touted as the best way to protect your laptop from theft and your data from prying eyes, by a company called PC Guardian. Hey, isn’t that amazingly similar to, but about 20 times more expensive than a bike lock? Read about it at NetworkWorldFusion.
Category:
- Linux