Microsoft’s software monopoly is running out of time, says open-source guru Eric Raymond, and he’s got a precise figure for when the company’s position will no longer be sustainable: $350
Harvey Taylor, a wanted Florida sex offender and deeply stupid man, who fled into the Maine woods and got lost said he had to have several toes amputated due to frostbite because authorities were slow in apprehending him. Taylor spent at least three nights in the snowy woods in Mattawamkeag after running from a Penobscot County Sheriff’s detective a few weeks ago, he now threatens to sue the detective
According to web server information firm Netcraft, about 1 million Web sites are vulnerable to attack through recently discovered flaws in the popular PHP scripting language
Dennis Vieren, has designed and built the most beautiful aluminium case ever, called project Frozen
. He designed his case from the ground up using CAD software, and built it from plates of 3mm aluminium and 3mm acrylic glass. Now I know what I want for my birthday
Privacy advocates vow that they would have serious concerns if Australia followed US moves to allow organisations to track people’s location via their mobile phones
Describing broadband as the communications infrastructure of the future, Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski announced a AU$50 million dollar stimulus package targeted at applications developers working on broadband related packages. Meanwhile, Apertura and Optus have teamed up to offer cheaper satellite broadband services to regional and rural communities in Australia
DNA molecules are prime candidates for helping humans make microscopic machines because they have a long history of assembling things on the molecular scale. Researchers at New York University have taken a significant step forward in being able to instruct artificial DNA molecules to move in specific ways with a method that allows certain portions of DNA to bind to each other, and then release. This reversible binding method allows for control of the shape of a DNA molecule, or machine
The World Wrestling Federation failed this week in its latest bid to be allowed to share the trademark WWF initials with the World Wide Fund for Nature
Telstra’s poll rigger has come forward, alleging that members of the telco’s senior management found the entire situation incredibly funny and threatened him with legal action if he told his story
Chumbinho, a Brazilian dog with a strong instinct to retrieve brought his master an unwelcome gift Wednesday — a smoking grenade
Since 11 September last year, up to 2000 people in the United States have been detained without trial, or charge, or even legal rights. The fate of most is unknown. And while the retarded monkey boy is pimping an axis of evil, the international view believes that the United States is a part of it
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and four major law school legal clinics announced the launch of a project and web site — Chilling Effects — to empower Internet with detailed information about their legal rights in to cease-and-desist letters designed to restrict online activities
A long-awaited computer program that can circumvent government censorship of the internet has debuted at a computer conference in the US. The program — Peekabooty — promises to give people in countries such as China and Saudi Arabia safe access to the whole of the internet. In these countries, internet access is controlled by government-operated ISPs, which blacklist certain web sites. This may include news sites that are deemed unsympathetic to government policy
John Howard has officially opened the World Congress on IT, using the address to foreshadow a major announcement regarding Australia’s broadband infrastructure — a move which has been met with criticism and claims of copycat politics
A shiny white pod that began road tests this month may well be the taxi of the future. The pod, known as ULTra — Urban Light Transport — could make driver-free transport a reality and not just the stuff of futuristic fantasy
Problems with Internet Explorer, XML handling, SQL Server and Commerce Server could allow hackers to read files off your PC, or crash your server
The president of ICANN has proposed a sweeping series of structural reforms for the corporation designated with running the Internet
Plans for a web site instigated by a group of doctors could see details of ties with pharmaceutical companies made public. Dr Jim Hazel, an endocrinologist who works as a consultant at Westmead Hospital, said the aim of the Web site was to make transparent the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry
The United States faces possible exclusion from the Council of Europe, where it enjoys observer status, over its continued use of the death penalty
As of May, Sun will only be offering StarOffice 6.0 free to users of its Solaris platform
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