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12.12.06On Windows Vista (Final Build)A few weeks ago, Microsoft had a low-key ceremony announcing the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 to their business customers. It was all pretty unceremonious because the official release of Vista to the general public still isn't for a few more months. It was important to me, though, because it meant that companies subscribing to Microsoft site licenses would be getting final Vista and Office 2007 media. Last Friday we finally got the go-ahead to download the media at work, and I spent the entire weekend testing the final build of Vista Enterprise. Having tested both Vista RC1 and ...
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11.25.06Site Design UpdatedAs you can tell by now, the site has a new theme courtesy of Derek Punsalan of 5thirtyone.com. It's a very elegant design that seems to mesh well with the text-heavy content of this blog. Hopefully this new coat of paint will also entice me into updating more often. While I liked the old design, it really did start to get on my nerves to the point where I didn't want to update the site anymore. It seems like design, especially simplistic design, is something that isn't taken seriously enough in computing these days. I always appreciate it when someone ...
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01.25.06Vending Machines in JapanSomehow I think Japan will be the first country to to pursue the use of robots and A.I. to better their society, not just in development but in actual utility. The vending machine culture in Japan right now seems as if it is a precursor to this. They've found many uses for the vending machine; some innovative, like the machines that will dispense free drinks in case of emergencies (water is often useful in these cases), and some completely unneccessary, like the machines that sell panties of young girls for perverse old men. Overall though, it's technological reliance such as ...
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01.24.06Students Suing i2Hub for RIAA SettlementsThis showed up a few days ago, but I just noticed it today as it was mentioned on This Week in Tech. Apparently quite a few students from UMASS are suing the creator of i2Hub because they were targeted by the RIAA for sharing music on the Internet 2 P2P network. Absurdity like this is possible now because of the dangerous precedent set by the Grokster fiasco--a P2P company can now be held liable if the court determines that the company was promoting their illegal filesharing aspects. What is there to say? These students obviously can't deal with the fact that ...
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