“Amerikkalaismedia kohtelee kaikista maan yrityksistä parhaiten ohjelmistojätti Microsoftia, kertoo konsulttiyhtiö Delahaye. Delahayen rankkaus perustuu tutkimukseen, jossa lasketaan, kuinka paljon myönteisiä uutisia kustakin yrityksestä on julkaistu. […] Microsoft ja Wal-Mart olivat kärkikaksikkona myös edellisessä rankkauksessa.”
net.nyt: Akiban avainsanat
“[Akiba] on upottanut webbisivuilleen hakukoneille tarkoitettuun meta keywords -tagiin peräti 138 avainsanaa. Mukana on mm. sellaisia helmiä kuin “warez”, “Janina” ja “LJH”. Voi vain miettiä, missä muodossa warezia ja Janinaa Akibasta loppujen lopuksi saa? Entä miten kilpailija LJH liittyy asiaan?”
Minä löysin listasta 143 sanaa, ja warez ja Janina olivat siellä kyllä, mutta LJH ei ollut. Onkohan se siistitty sieltä pois heti kun net.nyt siitä mainitsi?
Joka tapauksessa tuo on minusta webmasterilta melko amatöörimäistä touhua. Kuten net.nytin jutun kommenteissakin joku huomauttaa, Google jättää koko litanian huomiotta, joten aika, joka noiden rustaamiseen käytetään, on ihan hukkaanheitettyä.
Flexible Computer Keyboard
“The Super Kool Keyboard is a Virtually Indestructible Keyboard, a silicon-based flexible computer keyboard, features a unique combination of durability and soft, comfortable feel. The washable, “roll-able” keyboard has been called “the best thing to happen to typing since the backspace key.””
Check out Alternative Keyboard Gallery too (also via TSOB).
Massive Linux handout set for French schools
“Thousands of secondary schools students in the French region of Auvergne will receive CDs containing free and open-source software when they return to school in September. The project, which has been funded by the local government, will distribute 64,000 packs of CDs to students, according to Linux Arverne, a Linux user group involved in the initiative. The project aims to get students and their families more interested in free and open-source software.”
Mac OSX x86 on PC
“The Apple Developer kit version of MacOSX x86 has indeed been fully cracked! An anonymous source has sent us a video showing MacOSX x86 booting natively on a Pc notebook Mitac 8050D (Pentium-M 735/1.6GHz).”
Musicians Try to Join ITunes in Japan
“Japanese musicians under contract with Sony and other labels that haven’t joined Apple’s iTunes Music Store are starting to defy their recording companies and trying to get their music on the popular download service launched last week in Japan.
At least one artist has already gone against his label to offer his songs on iTunes. And a major agency that manages Japanese musicians said Wednesday it was interested in a possible deal with Apple Computer Inc., regardless of the recording companies’ positions. ”
CCleaner – Crap Cleaner
“CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less that a second to run) […]”
Kielissä valittavissa asennuksesta alkaen myös suomi.
Ext2 IFS For Windows
“It provides Windows NT4.0/2000/XP with full access to Linux Ext2 volumes (read access and write access). This may be useful if you have installed both Windows and Linux as a dual boot environment on your computer. The “Ext2 Installable File System for Windows” software is freeware. […] Linux Ext3 volumes can also be accessed.”
Microsoft back to drawing board on piracy
“[Barely] 24 hours after the announcement [of WGA], simple code to bypass the check – a line of Javascript – was posted on the internet. Within a week, two more methods had been posted to different sites. A Microsoft spokesman said […] WGA was not designed to catch counterfeiters or prevent hacks.”
SMH (®) via The Inquirer via BlogsNow
some links added
Um, what was it designed for, then? According to the spokesperson, “its intent is to help innocent customers realise the full value of authentic Windows software while protecting investments made by our partners.”
So they think people undervalue Microsoft software because they’re using illegal copies – which are inferior to legal copies… how? And “protecting investments” – isn’t that just trying to spin “knocking out the pirates” so that it no longer looks like “knocking out the pirates” when asked whether or not they’re, in fact, just trying to “knock out the pirates”?
(How To) Disable WGA Validation Check
“Problems with the Windows Genuine Advantage check? Dont need the hasle? Well Microsoft made the check as an add-on so heres how you disable it ;)”
link via Juha
Alternatively, you could use Linux to download the updates, bypassing the WGA test (via /.).