Archive for December, 2006

Adam Heckler: How-to Create Encrypted Disk Partions

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Adam Heckler explains how to partition your disk with a GParted (FREE) then encrypt it with TrueCrypt. [via reddit]

You can Fake Being Cool, but…

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

(From GoodMorning Silicon Valley): Esquire’s Chuck Klosterman says YouTube is inspiring a renaissance in guitar wankery:

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Matthew Kirdahy — Forbes Technology Sneak Peek

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Matthew Kirdahy writes in Forbes about what analyst Joanna Makris of the firm Canaccord Adams has to say about advancments in broadband networking.

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Scarborough Country — Worried about George W. Bush

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Jamie Holly writes about the dramatic shift in attitude about President George W. Bush evident on a recent Scarborogh Country show on Fox.

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Dave Winer, Poet?

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Dave Winer wrote this gem:

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GoogleOS Speculation

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Emre Sokollu writes at Richard MacManus’ Read/Write Web blog about GoogleOS II: Starring Linus Torvalds. It’s interesting reading.

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Nitendo Wii Remote, Airbags and MEMS

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Michel Marriott writes in The New York Times about the Nintendo Wii motion sensing game controller.

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Olivier Baujard and Comminfotainment as Future of Telecom

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Victoria Shannon writes in The New York Times about what Olivier Baujard, chief technology officer at Alcatel-Lucent calls “Comminfotainment.”

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Andrew Wooldridge on XAML and WPF/E from Microsoft

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Andrew Wooldridge writes about WPF/E, which he calls “a strange name for Flash/Adobe killer”

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Juniper Networks $900 Million Restatement

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Mark Schwanhausser writes in The Mercury News that “…Juniper Networks said today it will take a charge of about $900 million to account for tainted options issued to Chief Executive Scott Kriens and others during the frenzied tech boom.”

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Craigsnumber — Free, Auto-expiring Phone Numbers

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Craigsnumber is a new service where you sign up and (almost) instantly get a phone number that’s not listed or (supposedly) traceable to you.

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Xbox 360 and Red Circle of Death

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

A gamer buddy is not happy that Time Magazine has declared the Sony PS3 a failure. He suggested I read this GameTab article about problems with Microsoft’s Xbox 360.

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