Sunday, May 28, 2006

Two tier internet?? Bad!!

I found this an interesting article.
(Article link is below)

I know there have been much talking in the US about changing how the internet is presented. Basically, you pay you get.. different levels of access, different levels of advertising power...etc.

I think that essentially, this kind of internet is a terrible idea. I understand the principal of corporations making money. It's what a business is there to do.

Providing me with a bland internet where I can't find people or information that I find interesting or slowing down access to these sites (like say community based sites) would literally take me away from my PC or laptop.

Gotta try and make a buck off everything right??

(Article here)

Google and Dell deal

Looks like Google may have won an upper hand in the PC software world...

They have recently announced a deal with Dell to include their PC search software on Dell systems.

(Article here)

MySpace - Attempted extortion

This was an interesting article...

Two guys found a vulnerability in the myspace.com website and hacked it to acquire the user's private information...

They then attempted to extort myspace.com for $150 000.

But, they got caught.

(Article here)

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

New technology could lead to 'super drives'

That's right.

Some research at Drexel university may have found a way to increase hard drive space.... dramatically..

Imagine if your USB thumbdrive could hold 32.6 full length DVD movies!!!

Impossible??

(Read on!)