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- Smart cards summer 2004 for Rail and Bus in Dublin |
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- ...Oh mais quel est cette mélodie ???? |
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- Quelqu'un pourrait il me dire pourquoi les mecs sont si cons à 16 ans???? Ils pensent que c'est une super technique de drague que de faire chier, ou quoi? Il parait que les garcons commencent à murir en seconde. |
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- Il m’a bien fallu Jeudi pour me remettre de mes émotions et me reposer ! Suis dans une tit Pension trognonne, tenue par une Dame âgée à l’ancienne, j’ |
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- Tiens, toi là ! T'es pas beau, tu feras le héros ! |
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- Mass Storage Leaves Microchips in the Dust [Slashdot] |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: Los Angeles Times |
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- Yes, even I have a couple older browsers on my machine -- for the simple reason some of my users still -- well use them. This morning I bring to your attention the semi-definitive Browser Archive from the good folks... |
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- There's not much that makes a person leap out of bed in the morning faster than thinking that your head... |
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- Here are the top 10 search terms leading to my site for the first week of May (April is mostly... |
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- I've always had a soft spot for Fastback Mustangs. Perhaps it was the first time I saw Steve McQueen racing... |
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- The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee will investigate a drug probe that snared dozens of black residents of Tulia in 1999, based on testimony of a now-discredited police officer, a lawmaker said.Meanwhile, the judge who conducted evidentiary hearings on four of the convictions wrote in a court filing that it would be a travesty of justice for them to stand because of undercover officer Tom Coleman’s “blatant perjury.” Coleman’s work led to the arrest of 46 people, 39 of whom were black, in July 1999. Civil rights advocates have claimed the busts were racially motivated. Coleman is white. |
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- After reading the hint entitled Disable Command-Q for quitting applications, I becamee inspired and started experimenting. Here is what I ended up entering in my terminal: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSUserKeyEquivalent... |
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- Lance: It was, it was a total electrical fire, it as like a the switches had sparks comin' out and the sockets an a... it was like the fourth of July man. Firefighter: Why aren't you wearin' your pants Joe? |
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- Private data pages would be customized to highlight confidential material. |
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- Fines possible if company violated a consent decree to boost the service's security. Broz comments: Because Microsoft could have violated the consent decree, they may have to pay a fine. this is related to the recent discovery of the huge security hole in Passport. Trustworthy computing from trustworthy Bill the Gates. |
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- The company's cable broadband unit will carry on poaching customers from DSL providers despite a price war that has had Comcast playing catch-up, says the division's chief. Broz comments: Comcast isn't worried about DSL stealing high speed data customers. i tried the Verizon site to see if DSL was available to my house. The web page just sat there blinking icons, and never told me yes or no. |
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- update With an eye on the bottom line, the company intends to quickly evolve from a PC builder to a brand-name purveyor of many things electronic. Broz comments: Gateway computer will start selling other electronic stuff, to help its bottom line. |
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- The software giant says at WinHEC that it will support all major formats for rewriting DVDs in its future versions of Windows XP. |
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- update Featured in a device from Toshiba, the TiVo Basic service will pause and record live TV programs, but will not search for programs by name. |
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- The Wall Street Journal's Web site sends stock quotes and snippets of its news stories to AOL Instant Messenger users who sign up for the service. |
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- Retail printing stations will help popularize digital cameras because they offer quick, convenient printouts, IDC concludes. |
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- Despite backing a rival proposal, Sun and Oracle plan to attend a meeting to discuss standardization of the Web services Business Process Execution Language. |
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- CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the example of a Baghdad blogger, typing away as the bombs fell, testifies to the specific value of Weblogging as well as the broader global impact the Internet may yet have. |
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- The damage from a security flaw in Passport could go beyond public relations and end up costing the company a chunk of cash. |
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- The software giant works overnight to repair the password reset feature of its online identity service after a flaw was discovered that put millions of accounts at risk. |
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- Analyst Richard Gardner at Smith Barney upgraded Apple (AAPL) to "in-line" from "underperform" on "the belief that the PC maker's recently announced "ITunes" music store could potentially be worth an additional $3 to its share price. Therefore, he raised his price target to $18 from $15. The stock is trading down 15 cents at $17.50. 'While our revised target suggests little upside potential, we see relatively limited downside potential from current levels as well,' Gardner said in a note to clients," according to CBS MarketWatch. |
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- May 8, 2003 Following two centuries of persecution from gamekeepers, and three major wildfires at specially protected moorland breeding sites this spring, one of England's most spectacular birds of prey is at the brink of extinction. |
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- May 8, 2003 In interior Alaska, the winter temperatures average slightly below zero. Frequently they dip to 20 below, and can dive to 60 below. Yet insects not only survive but thrive there. How? One scientist is harvesting the blood of small green stink bugs to discover the answer. |
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- The development and growth of the Linux operating system has brought a new question to the lips of IT managers: Why should I buy Microsoft? Almost everything enterprises once found unique to Microsoft they can now find somewhere else, without some of the baggage that comes with Microsoft purchases, like ongoing security concerns and mystifying licensing practices. Enterprises finally have a real choice, and that spells big problems for Microsoft. Broz comments: |
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- ZDNet.com.au- 5hoursago COMMENTARY--Microsoft this week showed off a new "TV client" for Windows XP Media Center Edition, which allows content stored on a Media Center PC to be shown on, and remotely controlled by, a television set. The problem is that the demonstration raised |
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- Science Daily- 5minutesago Relying on the deepest visible-light images ever taken in space, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have reliably measured the age of the spherical halo of stars surrounding the neighboring Andromeda galaxy (M31). |
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- Science Daily- 8May2003 May 6, 2003 -- Exactly how a person's eyes respond to low levels of light is even more crucial than doctors have thought in deciding who is and who isn'ta good candidate to have laser vision correction surgery, according to results announced today at |
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- San Jose Mercury News- 3hoursago TiVo wants to combine its digital video recorder with a DVD player as it faces a challenge from cable companies about to introduce their own DVRs to consumers. |
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- A campaign is launched in the UK to reduce light pollution which is threatening the view of the night sky. |
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- Almost halfway toward its goal of 1.2 million customers by the end of the year, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said the cost of adding customers is dropping and its revenue is increasing, even though losses are growing as well. Broz comments: XM is getting a lot of new subscribers. |
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- By JOHN MARKOFF George Morrow was a mathematician who was instrumental in creating the personal computer industry. |
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- The insects are more akin to herds grazing on the African savannah than scavengers, say surprised researchers |
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- But archaeological experts say a full investigation at the National Museum remains crucial to recovery efforts |
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Friday Five (May 09 2003 13:29 GMT) - Friday Five time again. 1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not? I consider myself organised... |
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- The College Four settled with the RIAA for between $12.5-17K each - they could use some help paying it off:... |
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P!nk (May 09 2003 13:28 GMT) - Okay. I wish I had THOUGHT to find pictures of her because I like her hair. I took a shower... |
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