The EU commision is not taking Microsoft’s “the source code is the ultimate documentation” bait. They were actually surprised that Microsoft tried this tact, as they had already refused this as an option.
What they’re looking for as part of the monopoly ruling settlement are server protocols, those bits of documentation that make interoperability easy between […]

I hope all you right-to-lifers out there are happy. Through an lazer like focus on a single subject you’ve once again managed to get an inept or downright biased judge placed in a high position, this time the Supreme Court.
Now, I’ve got no problem with someone touting a whole “right to life” deal. Go and […]

What more need I say?  If you’re running on Linux and want to check out the GNU Gnash Flash player give this instructional article a peep.
What’s GNU Gnash?  It’s the horribly named flash player released by the good folks at GNU.  Basically, they took a not-really-working flash 4 player and built on it to create […]

Massachussets is still rolling on their OpenDocument initiative.  For them, this will allow one standard for future interoperability of all documents regardless of what software is used to create them.  It will also allow any software package that supports the standard to be used.
Since it’s free and thorough, this means that a single standard that […]

What do you get when you combine a maker of playfully stylish watches with a German car company?  SMART.  Swatch and Mercedes are coming to the American market in September 2006 with their radical new efficiency vehicles.
Instead of taking the usual tact and stripping their efficient cars down to the bare bones essentials they’ve gone […]

To resucitate a tired meme, Verisign has decided it’s going to keep all expiring domain names for private re-sale and that it owns, in perpetuity, the .com domain.  No more of that nasty re-licensing for them, no-sir!
Basically, we’re getting screwed by the US Defense department on this one.  ICANN doesn’t even hold any sway over […]

Microsoft, ever the proponent of.. well.. Microsoft, basically, is coming out against the idea of the inexpensive laptop for impoverished communities so they can get some form of education and instruction.  While MIT wants to bring information to the third world (yes, grain yields and weather are important) Microsoft wants to toot it’s own horn […]

I thought I’d give these guys a plug because, hey, it’s cooking.  For engineers!  While that in and of itself isn’t overly exciting (I mean. C’mon. Re-divisioning the directions will not aid you in cooking.  If you suck, you suck.) the actual recipes and content look pretty kick ass.
The biscotti look especially tempting.  Love that […]

Okay, so I’m browsing through articles over on Digg and I run across yet another “technician” wining about not being able to configure a router to do something.  While that’s great, this is the third such article I’ve read wanging about how horrible “consumer grade” networking hardware is by someone that I suspect simply over-rates […]

It appears that NASA is silencing there people from speaking at will.  Not in an effort to stiffle the information they wish to disseminate, no!  In an effort to “coordinate the orderly flow of information”.  Riiiggghtt…
What we have here is an attempt to keep everyone on “one page”, that page being “whatever we tell you […]