Contributed by Ryan on Sunday November 22, @10:48PM
from the stuff-to-grok dept.
TechWeb takes a look at why Global.com failed and what they probably could have done to survive. They suggest that they blew all of their Venture Capital on pointless employee perks, such as a heated swimming pool. Another explanation is that the company wasted all of their money on the lamest Super Bowl commercial ever produced. I realized as I read this that I never once bought anything from Global.com. Oh well.
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Dell Announces 1 GB Hard Drive
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Contributed by Mike on Sunday November 22, @10:16PM
from the i-can't-believe-it dept.
gwen.hooper writes, "In this Ziff-Davis AnchorDesk article, Dell CEO Lindsay Cripps talks about new advances in hard drive technology which could quadruple storage density." Of course, it's still vaporware, but man that would hold a lot of MP3's!
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What If B2B.Com Merged With Be, Inc.?
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Contributed by Ryan on Sunday November 22, @10:33PM
from the a-match-made-in-hell dept.
This feature over at MSNBC argues that B2B.Com should merge with Be, Inc.. Why? Because "Be, Inc. has a CEO that is totally clueless and needs to be replaced."
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mydaily.com Bites The Dust
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Contributed by Dennis on Sunday November 22, @10:44PM
from the the-truth-is-out-there dept.
Another day, another dotcom bites the dust. This time it's mydaily.com. This article in CNN analyzes the latest victim in the dotcom downturn, suggesting that the company failed because it intended to get rich from selling out to Microsoft even though they didn't have a product.
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What's Going On With NetHerald.Com?
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Contributed by Mike on Sunday November 22, @11:44PM
from the stuff-to-read dept.
Analysts are worried about NetHerald.Com, which is not only in financial trouble but has been acting very strange lately. Instead of laying off employees that they don't need, they've increased their workforce by 46% even though in a few months they'll start bouncing payroll checks. According to some, the company is doomed because it had a business plan written on a napkin. So what gives?
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Attack of the Killer Backhoe
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Contributed by Mike on Sunday November 22, @10:56PM
from the nerds-panic-nationwide dept.
Net access was severaly disrupted earlier today by an errant backhoe that accidentally cut two major net backbone cables near Mountain View, California. Preliminary reports indicate that as much as 47% of all US-based websites were offline for as many as three hours. The backhoe operator, "Bubba" Goodwin, says that he "pulled the wrong lever". A full investigation by the FCC will commence as soon as the department receives sufficient funding.
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Software patents are patently offensive
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Contributed by Mike on Monday November 23, @12:05AM
from the kill-all-the-lawyers dept.
Gabe Goodline writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on 'rectangular computer cases'. Not good!" Jeanette Anderson pointed out an article in MSNBC about a patent on interpreted scripting languages held by Adobe. Dozens of people sent linkage to a MSNBC editorial entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by Representative Lipps. Finally, Harriet Heather sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it."
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Attack of the Killer Backhoe
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Contributed by Ryan on Sunday November 22, @10:44PM
from the nerds-panic-nationwide dept.
Net access was severaly disrupted earlier today by an errant backhoe that accidentally cut two major net backbone cables near Palo Alto, California. Preliminary reports indicate that as much as 35% of all US-based websites were offline for as many as three hours. The backhoe operator, "Bubba" Moyer, says that he "pulled the wrong lever". A full investigation by the FCC will commence as soon as the department receives sufficient funding.
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Linux Possibly Defamed Somewhere!
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Contributed by Dennis on Monday November 23, @12:49AM
from the call-out-the-linux-brigade! dept.
Several hundred people have sent word of a Linux roast-a-thon over at Salon.com. We recommend you send hostile flames to the publisher to let your voice be heard -- we simply cannot and will not allow idiots to badmouth our favorite operating system.
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IBM Unveils UltraActiveDrive® Hard Drive
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Contributed by Dennis on Sunday November 22, @10:32PM
from the i-want-one dept.
IBM has done it again. According to this MSNBC article, they've patented new technology that will allow them to produce a 1 gigabyte hard drive the size of a peanut. Of course, it's still vaporware, but man that would hold a lot of MP3's!
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Software patents are patently offensive
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Contributed by Ryan on Monday November 23, @12:16AM
from the kill-all-the-lawyers dept.
mbartle writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on 'XOR encryption'. Not good!" Woooba pointed out an article in Salon.com about a patent on pull-down menus held by AOL. Dozens of people sent linkage to a Salon.com op-ed entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by Senator Chislett. Finally, orlando.henderson sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it."
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Here It Comes: Linux 2.2.35
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Contributed by Ryan on Sunday November 22, @11:56PM
from the download-compile-reboot dept.
gabe.reinholz was the first of many to tell us that the latest, greatest version of the Linux kernel is now available at a download site near you. You know what to do.
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Modern Art Beowulf Cluster
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Contributed by Ryan on Monday November 23, @12:23AM
from the i-should-have-majored-in-art dept.
fDisewe writes, "A bored grad student at CourtneyCity State University created a modern art sculpture in the campus courtyard made entirely out of old 486 computers. The cool part is that this Rube Goldberg-like contraption actually works -- part of it is a fully functional Beowulf cluster! The Computer Science Club's website is served by the cluster, which is nicknamed Geekzilla." I wish they had cool stuff like that at my college.
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Attack of the Killer Backhoe
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Contributed by Dennis on Monday November 23, @12:45AM
from the nerds-panic-nationwide dept.
Net access was severaly disrupted earlier today by an errant backhoe that accidentally cut two major net backbone cables near San Jose, California. Preliminary reports indicate that as much as 32% of all US-based websites were offline for as many as three hours. The backhoe operator, "Bubba" Pinzer, says that he "pulled the wrong lever". A full investigation by the FCC will commence as soon as the department receives sufficient funding.
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Attack of the Killer Backhoe
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Contributed by Dennis on Sunday November 22, @11:02PM
from the nerds-panic-nationwide dept.
Net access was severaly disrupted earlier today by an errant backhoe that accidentally cut two major net backbone cables near Palo Alto, California. Preliminary reports indicate that as much as 42% of all US-based websites were offline for as many as three hours. The backhoe operator, "Bubba" Farwell, says that he "pulled the wrong lever". A full investigation by the FCC will commence as soon as the department receives sufficient funding.
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