Book Reviews
-- Comment() SGI launches R16000: "SGI has just launched a new CPU - the long expected R16000. The new CPU works on 700MHz, has 4MB secondary cache and more goodies. For now the new CPU is only used in SGI's Fuel workstations, but we should expect to see it pretty soon in SGI's Origin servers as well. With new high density compute nodes this should make the Origin's the fastest supercomputing server per square foot." [Slashdot]
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-- Comment() Microsoft Sued After Phone Deal Goes Bad: "Sendo Holdings plc, once a Microsoft partner in the smart Web phone arena, has sued its former collaborator, claiming that Microsoft conspired to steal Sendo's trade secrets." [Google Technology News]
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-- Comment() Welsh Web designer pleads guilty to virus creation: "A 21-old Welsh Web designer has pleaded guilty to creating and distributing three mass mailer viruses, in a hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court this morning." [Google Technology News]
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-- Comment() Taking Back Control Of Your iPod: "I bought my tunes and I want to play them anyway I want, and that includes using the iPod to move them from one computer to another." (O'Reilly Network via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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-- Comment() Flirting With The Dark Side: "Although Apple labels itself the "Think Different" company, the Macintosh of 10 years ago was much more different from the computers of the "Dark Side" than the Macintosh of today." (Gannett News Service via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]
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-- Comment() Get creative points to Lawrence Lessig: "... creative reuse of creative content is what CC is all about [...] It appears that these licenses were designed in according to the Jon Udell's philosophy: Expect, and encourage, unintended use." [Sam Ruby]
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