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Toshiba touts Quantum Key Distribution
Toshiba research scientists have developed a method of distributing quantum keys more efficiently, the company has claimed in a statement: "[Quantum Key Distribution -- ] QKD --... More
Bloggers test mobile WiMax in US
Now that Sprint's XOHM network is up and running, hacks and bloggers got invited to Baltimore (now 70 percent covered in WiMax-y goodness) to check it out and test it out. The jkOnTheRun... More
UK to sue Iceland over internet bank c...
The UK government is apparently going to take legal action against the Icelandic government over the collapse of the UK internet bank Icesave, which was of course part of the Icelandic... More
Featured Talkback
Why do so many (virtually all) software packages think that they are so important that they have to be started automatically every time the computer boots? What is the largest number of "speed access", "update check", "camera download" and whatever other background programs you have ever seen running? Of those, how many did you really need?
By: J.A. Watson
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Annoying software: a rogues' gallery
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Can you imagine what would have happened if the great philosophers, scientists, musicians, artists and writers had patented their ideas so that nobody else could use them without paying. We today wouldn't be able to have a conversation without violating somebodies intellectual property. The arguement of the free software community is that software should be treated in the same manner, copyrightable but not patentable.
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Microsoft exec talks patent politics
Vista - Still Running and Stable After...
Six weeks ago, when I wrote Renewed Adventures with Vista, I wondered if Microsoft had finally managed to fix it sufficiently that I wouldn't be forced to give up on it after a few... More
Official MS Windows 7 Bloggers
Check this out: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7...spx Its an official blog "Engineering Windows 7" Nothing. That's what is revealed. Until there is real... More
Microsoft's Mojave just a desert vista
It didn't seem fair to wade into Microsoft's “Mojave Experiment” advert quite so soon after the flat earth incident. But The Economist has no such qualms: in this week's issue, it wonders... More
