My replacement DSL Modem/Router/WAP arrived yesterday. Actually it arrived Friday but I wasn’t home so I didn’t get it until Saturday. I received the 2Wire 2701HG-B Gateway and ordered it directly from AT&T (my DSL provider). It contains the ADSL2+ broadband interface, four 10/100 Ethernet ports and 801.11b/g wireless support. My previous post discusses why [...]
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Dilbert fans may remember Phil - The Prince of Insufficient Light, the ruler of heck. Phil hasn’t been mentioned in awhile and appeared to be missing. I found him. He’s here in my house tormenting me by causing frustrating but minor computer glitches.
The latest occurred last night. I was watching TV, working on my laptop [...]
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This is a bit off topic, especially since I don’t have a Zune or XBox, but Microsoft is doing something Apple could have done long ago but didn’t.
Microsoft announced Ignition on Monday. Ignition is a service available to emerging recording artists and it leverages Zune, ZBox Live and MSN to offer promotional opportunities with exclusive [...]
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First Apple tried suing to stop the rumors. They caught a lot of flack for that and the PR was bad. Now it’s a week before Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) and the rumors were ready to fly. Then Apple caused thousands of bloggers to cry out as they had to destroy a week’s [...]
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My first reaction was this was a new low for our legal system. But after reading the article I realized it’s still on the fringes and that system seems ready to laugh them out of court, should they decide to go there.
Two companies (one is a subsidiary of the other, so just one bonehead decision [...]
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Microsoft Talks Patent Trash
Microsoft made news again this week when Steve Ballmer and Microsoft’s top lawyer were quoted in Fortune. The tone of the article is that Microsoft will go after open source software users for royalties, From the Fortune article:
Microsoft counters that it is a matter of principle. “We live in a world where we honor, and [...]
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