STATE FAILURE 101. Iraq spent another night in total darkness due to a cascading infrastructure failure that shut-down electricity throughout the country. It was another major tactical victory for Iraq's global guerrillas in their campaign to keep the country in perpetual failure. … [Global Guerrillas]
Symantec Said to Be in Talks for Veritas
Symantec Said to Be in Talks for Veritas. Symantec, which produces the Norton line of computer products, is in talks to acquire Veritas Software, a maker of data backup programs. By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN. [NYT > Technology]
Court Upholds Patent Ruling Against Maker of BlackBerry
Court Upholds Patent Ruling Against Maker of BlackBerry. A United States appeals court upheld a finding of patent infringement against Research In Motion Ltd., which makes the BlackBerry data device. By REUTERS. [NYT > Technology]
Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database
Google Is Adding Major Libraries to Its Database. Google plans to begin converting the holdings of leading research libraries into digital files that would be searchable online. By JOHN MARKOFF and EDWARD WYATT. [NYT > Technology]
Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Rivals
Linux: Fewer Bugs Than Rivals. An analysis of the 5.7 million lines of Linux source code shows that it contains fewer bugs per thousand lines of code than commercial counterparts. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News]
How to handle and interpret BSODs on Windows
How to handle and interpret BSODs on Windows. Today I read a post by Susan in which she makes some good recommendations on how to get a dump when a system crashes. I found a few of her points could be expanded upon and slightly modified, and started to comment on her blog. Then I… Continue reading How to handle and interpret BSODs on Windows
Linksysinfo.org
Linksysinfo.org. LinksysInfo.org is a wonderful website mentioned in an Inquirer article. The website collates information on modifying your Linksys. The site is also the primary support site for WiFi-Box, HyperWRT and HyperWAP Firmware. Underneath the hood of the WRT54G is a 200MHz MIPS processor running Linux and anywhere from 16 to 32MB of RAM and… Continue reading Linksysinfo.org
MarsEdit report
MarsEdit report. In the spirit of Gus Mueller’s after-development report on VoodooPad 2.0, here’s mine on MarsEdit 1.0… (Note: I may ramble a bit. And: this is mostly about programming.) Mitosis The genesis of MarsEdit was the idea of mitosis, that we could remove NetNewsWire’s weblog editor and create a new, separate weblog editor—and thereby… Continue reading MarsEdit report
Rumsfeld should go
Rumsfeld should go. With all the turnover in President Bush's cabinet, I find it very hard to understand how Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld survived. It is now clear to any impartial observer that the occupation of Iraq has been poorly planned and executed…. [ProfessorBainbridge.com]
Canny Brits cashing in on weakened dollar
Canny Brits cashing in on weakened dollar. Thousands of Britons are cashing in on the weakness of the dollar by snapping up a host of cheap goods in the United States. [The Scotsman]