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Friday, May 30, 2003
Peaceniks find something new to complain about...
Read an opinion article over at The Register. Of course being over at The Register was my first mistake but I won't digress.The jist of the article is that on monday the FCC is lifting regulations that currrently prevent companies from owning too many newspaper, tv and radio stations in an area. As a result of this action...
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on 05/30/2003 at 07:39 PM
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Microsoft pays AOL $750 million...
MSNBC is reporting that Microsoft has settled an antitrust lawsuit with AOL.Microsoft will pay $750 million to AOL Time Warner. However as usual it's probabbly more of a win for Microsoft than AOL...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Virus Writing 101?
According to CNet there's a college in Calgary, Canada planning on teaching an entire course on computer virus writing. Read the article here.I for one find this interesting but...
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Video Games Good For You?
I saw a news report on NBC news about a visual study that found that people that play video games do better. Here's the link over at MS NBC to read up.Continue reading "Video Games Good For You?"
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
802.16a - The Last Mile Solution?
In the May 19th, 2003 issue of InfoWorld there was a short insert about a new wireless standard in the works called 802.16a. It's suppose to have a 30 mile range and peak out around 70Mbps, shared-data speed.Continue reading "802.16a - The Last Mile Solution?"
Monday, May 19, 2003
Matrix: Reloaded
What can I say...Excellent movie! I saw it friday and was blown away. I think neo put it best when he said WHOA! I don't care what others are saying, the long winded speeches were excellent, the action was obviouslly killer, zion was cool, and the way it endded was perfect.
*spoilers alert* - If you haven't seen the movie yet then don't read on unless you don't mind finding out what happens!
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Wireless lan quality
I have a wireless lan at home. Two computers, a desktop and a laptop have wirless nics that connect to a WAP (Wireless Access Point) that's connected over the ether to another desktop that's the ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) box.All the equipment is dlink brand...