Monday, March 28, 2005

HDTV market to boom, study says. But growth may be stunted by scanty content, market researcher In-Stat says. [CNET News.com] I could not have said it better myself.  Why would I want an HDTV?  I don't watch TV now because the content is frankly not worth it.  Why would I want to watch it in high definition? 3:30:52 PM    comment []

Kmart Disappears Again. The discounter's merger with Sears is complete, and a reorganized company emerges. [The Motley Fool] An interesting article if you follow retail.  Will traditional Sears stores start to look like Kmarts?  12:31:09 PM    comment []

Ore. Lawmakers Weigh Foie Gras Legislation (AP). AP - At Hurley's restaurant in hip Northwest Portland, foie gras isn't anywhere on the menu. You have to ask for it. [Yahoo! News: U.S. National] At the risk of being flamed, what is the difference between force feeding an animal, and keeping a human alive by force? 10:25:11 AM    comment []

Schiavo Receives Last Rites, Communion (AP). AP - Terri Schiavo was given last rites and Easter communion — a drop of wine, but no bread — as protesters hoping to get the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted pledged to take their fight to the president. [Yahoo! News: U.S. National] Clearly the protesters don't get it.  The President weighed in with a law that had no affect and was further rebuffed by the Supreme Court when it refused (again) to even hear the case.  The Govenor of Florida has said he is powerless, the President is also powerless and more importantly, we have seen the checks and balances system put in place by the founding fathers prove that it works, whether you like that fact or not. 10:21:43 AM    comment []

Mets' Martinez misses start with ailing back. A stiff lower back forced Pedro Martinez to the hospital as the Mets scratched the righthander from his spring training start ... [USATODAY.com MLB NL - Top Stories] This is only the first of the problems the Mets pitcher will face this year.  Count on it. 9:08:56 AM    comment []

Legal threat stops flaw info release. Sybase threatened to sue a security research firm if it disclosed details of flaws found in the vendor's database software, a maneuver that's drawing flak from some users but a sympathetic response from others. [Computerworld News] Sorry, Sybase, you lose on this one.  What you are saying to the IT community is you do not care that there are holes in your software and you will not react to getting them fixed. 9:07:23 AM    comment []

IT execs must fight for disaster recovery money. Attendees at a business continuity conference this week said their jobs often require them to convince different operating units at their companies to work toward a common goal of ensuring that data will remain available if disaster strikes. [Computerworld News] Least you think this is just an IT issue, it is happening at all levels and is not restricted to the corporate world. 9:04:59 AM    comment []

Consortium agrees to pay 11.3 billion dollars for SunGard Data Systems (AFP). AFP - A consortium of investment funds has agreed to pay 11.3 billion dollars at 36 dollars a share to buy US software company SunGard Data Systems, the two sides said. [Yahoo! News: Technology] Interesting.  I used to work for a shop with a SunGard contract.  It was not a cheap thing to maintain.  I guess they have diversified. 8:50:15 AM    comment []

IE 'Unsafe' 98 Percent Of 2004, Says ScanIT (TechWeb). TechWeb - As Mozilla and Microsoft executives argue about which browser -- Firefox or Internet Explorer -- is more secure, fans of the former have numbers on their side, says a security firm. [Yahoo! News: Technology] An interesting report as far as it goes.  No, I am not a fan of either, I would be happy to have a browser that supports the IETF standards and the W3C standards (all of them) without resorting to custom scripting to make something work like it is supposed to.  I am getting tired of using one browser for this site and one browser for that site because the site has chosen to only support one browser and it is not always the one that I am using. This is not to trivialize the security risks, simply a comment on functionality. 8:48:46 AM    comment []

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