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iconSource Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released
jadoon88 writes to share a series of old Atari 7800 games that have been unofficially open sourced. "Remember Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari's 7800 series was ...
iconHow To Get Your Program Professionally Marketed?
one-man orchestra writes "I'm the sole programmer of a small, multi-platform, commercial audio program (a spectrogram editor). After over 6 months on the market, I realized that the program would nev...
iconProfessor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Sharing Drone Plans With Student...
Hugh Pickens writes "Retired University of Tennessee Professor Dr. John Reece Roth has been sentenced to four years in prison after he allowed a Chinese graduate student to see sensitive information ...
iconCopyright Should Encourage Derivative Works
Techdirt has an interesting look at copyright and the idea that an author is the originator of a new work. Instead, the piece suggests that all works are in some way based on the works of others (eve...
iconTwo More Bills in the SCO Bankruptcy and Some Trademark Oddities
There is another bill [PDF] in the SCO bankruptcy for us to go over with a fine-toothed comb, this one from Pachulski Stang, their 20th bill. There is another from Tanner [PDF]. And we have finished...
iconPsystar Files Motion to Leave Chapter 11
Psystar has filed a Debtor's Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Case [PDF]. They would like to leave Chapter 11, and of course that means they have to have a viable plan to present to the bankruptcy cou...
iconMcAfee false-positive glitch fells PCs worldwide
When AV attacks IT admins across the globe are letting out a collective groan after servers and PCs running McAfee VirusScan attacked core system files, in some cases causing the machines to display ...
iconFirefox Gods summon New Ice Age
Fur enough Strategy Boutique You might notice that there's something subtly different about the new look of Firefox - the popular virtual memory stress test tool that's cunningly disguised as a web b...
iconiTunes minus the player: hack your Apple beats
Dodge the shareware sledgehammer Mac Secrets QTMovie, the principal class inside the QTKit framework, isn't just for playing movies.?What is your recession sales strategy?
iconKentucky payroll phishing scam nets small fortune
Blue grass county hit by Trojan-fueled cybercrime A gang of cybercrooks has made off with $415,000 from the coffers of Bullitt County, Kentucky following the conclusion of an elaborate phishing scam,...
iconNSA plans massive, 65MW, $2bn data center in Utah
Yes, Utah The ultra-secretive National Security Agency plans to build a 1-million-square-foot data center in Utah as it seeks to decentralize its computing resources and tap regions with ample suppli...
iconCarrier adds new Android phone
iconPanel PC uses "two Watt" x86 SoC
iconNetwork security appliances use Atom N270

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iconTouchdown
I landed uneventfully after a long movie-watching stint on the plane - first flight I've been on where the entertainment system worked flawlessy for the whole trip. Being able to watch everything wh...
iconIn response to: They outdid themselves
I too got this message: hal.dll file missing, install again. The repair console couldn't fix the problem and also the helpfiles on Microsoft didn't solve the problem: http://support.microsoft.com/k...
iconLinux Driver Project Status Report as of June 2009
This is a status report for the Linux Driver Project as of June 2009, describing what has happened in the past year of work. It was originally posted on the Linux Driver Project developer mailing li...
iconholidays
I suppose I should blog that yes, I am finished all my exams and projects (at least for semester 1, 2009) and am on holidays! This means of course that all the things I haven’t had time for be...
iconPrevailing myths about "geek" users and their choice of Operating Sys...
iconLeft For Wed
iconMMHUMMHMN-ffffff-Mruuuu MUMF
Yes, that’s right. Muffled screaming from under a cushion is what I have to offer you instead of blogging right now. I’ve been casting around for several days for the perfect, playful, l...
iconYou Know You're Getting Older When...
You see the headline "Pop star Stevens robbed at home" and your first thought is "Oh, no! Not Shaky!"
iconProof of life
iconMixed results for green IT goals
A majority of tech workers in the public sector do not know about the emission reduction targets they face, says a survey.
iconBillions stolen in online robbery
Details emerge of why billions in virtual cash disappeared from a virtual bank in Eve Online.
iconFacebook criticised over privacy
The social networking site comes under fire for planned changes to privacy settings.
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iconAndroid-powered G1 phone is an enticing platform for app developers