Archive for May 21st, 2006

FBI to get veto power over PC software?

Americans don’t have the right to use software such as Skype or PGPfone if it doesn’t support mandatory backdoors for wiretapping?

That interpretation was confirmed by an FCC spokesman

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Fast OS Switching on Black MacBook (video)

New black MacBook running Ubuntu, WinXP, and MacOS all at the same time! This is the ultimate setup!

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Afraid Of Re-installing Windows XP?

This site has a very useful tutorial if you have an old and slow XP machine with hundreds of programs and you want to re-install. This site will show you how to save your old partition in a virtual machine, and have a nice, new install of Windows.

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It’s official: Apple say no 12″ MacBook Pro is coming

Dave Chartier was wondering if Apple would produce a 12″ MacBook Pro to replace the 12″ Powerbook, and was told on the phone by Apple that “a 12-inch MacBook Pro ain’t gonna happen.”

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Windows Media Player 11 w/ Urge Review - Nice features, but it’s no iTunes

Microsoft’s new Windows Media Player 11, released in test form last week, looks and works little like older versions of the company’s music and video organizer — starting with its front-and-center placement for Urge, a new music store from MTV, designed to compete with the iTunes Music Store.

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Hotel TV Hack for Free Movies

“Hereâ??s a tip for those of you that stay in Marriot hotels. Marriot has installed a PPV system nationwide called â??On Commandâ??. As far as I can tell, there is a radio frequency module attached to the TV that signals some master hotel unit to order movies and add charges to your hotel bill.” I’m sure this is illegal.

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