“This is the EULA for Windows XP Home Edition. […] What does this document contain? Most people don’t know, because it is written in legal-speak. Still, you are expected to read it and are required to agree to it before using Windows XP Home. Even if you don’t read it, you are still bound by it, so it’s good to know what’s in there.
Let’s take a look at just what rights a user of Windows XP Home has given up.”
LinuxAdvocate.org via Juha
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Windows XP EULA in Plain English
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iTTUSB – Turntable with USB Record
“ION has created the world’s first USB turntable allowing you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with the included recording software. […]The ION USB turntable includes Audacity software for Mac/PC for recording as well as a trial of Bias Soundsoap 2 for cleaning and restoring vinyl.”
ION via Juha
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Hacker hits Toronto transit message system
“GO Transit spokesman Edmund Shea explained that Toronto-based Exclusive Advertising Inc., which set up the signs inside the trains, is usually responsible for programming the messages on them. “These are basic scrolling signs with advertising messages and GO Transit messages,” he said. “They were installed at least six years ago, and they’ve been problem-free until someone hacked into them and [changed the messages]. There have been about half a dozen incidents since last [April 27]. Unfortunately, they put a message on it that was a slur to our Stephen Harper, our prime minister – obviously, it’s not our message. We don’t endorse it. We regret that it happened and we’re sorry if anyone’s been offended, including our prime minister.””
Computerworld via Juha
The message inserted by the hacker was “Stephen Harper eats babies.”
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The Computer Bed
“This model of European Murphy Bed is in the popular computer bed format. […] Operation is from gas assisted pistons often referred to as intuitive in nature. In reality the gas piston dampens the natural action of weight transfer from bed to desk to bed.”
FlyingBeds.com via Juha
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Linux versus Mac OS X on Intel Dual Core
“Linux is found to be much faster than Apple’s OS X for statistical computing. For example, in one benchmark Linux is more than twice as fast. The results on this page were conducted on a MacBookpro with a 2.16Ghz Intel Core Duo chip and 2GB of RAM.”
J. Sekhon via Juha
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Dell Charges $49 to Remove Their Own Spyware
“Having purchased a Dell before, I was well aware that Dell computers ship full of bloat. I anticipated to find garbage such as AOL coach, Dell Picture Studio and Internet Explorer. What I was shocked to find, however, was My Way Search Assistant. […]
What Dell is doing should be illegal. They are being paid to install spyware on new computers. They are making it difficult for customers to remove the spyware on their own. Then, they charge $49 to teach you how to remove it. This would be like a doctor being paid to infect you with a disease and then charging you for the antidote.”
M. Righi via Juha
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Space Cube
“The Space Cube is the world’s smallest personal computer. The unbelievably minuscule cube (2 x 2 x 2.2 inch case) packs 300 MHz CPU and 64 MB of SDRAM.”
Epic Empire via Hemmy.net via Juha
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Allmans, Cheap Trick sue Sony
“The class-action lawsuit claims that the artists’ contracts require Sony to pay its artists about 30 cents out of every 70 cents it gets for digital downloads–out of a total of 99 cents that iTunes charges per song. But the complaint maintains that Sony is only paying artists 4.5 cents for each song.
The case hinges on whether a digital download is comparable to a sale of a CD, as the labels contend, or more on par with a license of a song for use on a movie soundtrack, for example, as the artists claim.”
mp3.com via Juha
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Chipbench
untergrund.net via Just Sopivasti
I was a little disappointed that typing ‘dir’ in the Shell didn’t reveal anything. But the nostalgia effect is awesome nonetheless.