The involvement of Lori Drew (an adult) in the suicide of Megan Meier has been an unavoidable topic. Last week, Drew was tried on three counts of accessing computers without authorization, a legal statute meant to stop hackers. She was acquitted of all felonies but convicted of three misdemeanors. The lawsuit itself was hugely problematic [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Engineers Rule – Forbes.com
Honda has never had an unprofitable year. It has never had to lay off employees. In the fiscal year that ended in March, profit grew 12%, to $5.1 billion, on $84 billion in sales. In the U.S., which accounts for 43% of Honda's sales, vehicle sales are up 7% through July, even as the industry [...]
Ubuntu Clothing
Ubuntu has had some pretty nice art in their last few releases. One of the best was the included Heron wallpaper. It’d be nice if Ubuntu would add some of their iconic release art to their clothing store – I’d totally buy a tshirt with that on it. Or better yet, something Ibex related.
Daring Fireball: Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs
Daring Fireball: Google Mobile Uses Private iPhone APIs.
Why legislative organizations shouldn’t try to write tech law
This is an unfortunately common type of situation – the people making the laws don’t understand the concepts of security or attack, or not well enough to figure out a way to respond to them. Rather than trying to put in efforts to block the implementation of botnets or criminalizing the ways in which they’re [...]
Rockabye Baby! – Transform your favorite rock music into baby music.
Nine Inch Nails as Lullaby’s. What could be any more awesome? Rockabye Baby! – Transform your favorite rock music into baby music.. Best tagline – “If your child bites the hand that feeds, try this album”.
McCain Camp Retools, Targets Obama | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com
The power of the Obama operation could be measured: doubling the turnout at the Iowa caucuses, raising twice as much money as any other candidate in history, organizing volunteers by the millions. (In Florida alone: 65 offices, paid staff of 350, active e-mail list of 650,000, 25,000 volunteers on any weekend day.) The ultimate test [...]
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