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Yearly Archives: 2006

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I’m sure the company will claim not to actually eavesdrop on in-room conversations, or cell phone conversations. And just how different are these special phones, anyway? Can the software be installed on off-the-shelf phones? Can it be done without the owner’s knowledge or consent? The potential for abuse here is enormous.Schneier on Security: Auditory Eavesdropping [...]

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Corporate blogging event tijdens 10 jaar NewsEngine PR.

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Op 14 december verschijnt de 400ste Villa PC column in Data News. De eerste Villa PC verscheen in november 1992 in hetzelfde blad. Het internet zoals we dat nu kennen bestond toen nog niet en van een online archief is dan ook geen sprake. Ergens op zolder moet dat nummer van Data News nog te [...]

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Bruno Segers: “Het gaat niet over gelijk hebben maar

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Wrap rage: The Hard Truth About Hated

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Dit document is gepubliceerd op de website van het Office of the United States Trade Representative. Het lijkt er op dat AllofMP3.com’s dagen geteld zijn: Fighting Internet Piracy

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Arab News: “A Kerala student has developed a technique for portable data whereby the data can now be stored on ordinary paper. And to boot, larger amounts of data can be had on lesser space.” Leuk, maar niet helemaal origineel idee. Ik herinner met dat Byte (of was het PC Magazine, of beide?) in de [...]

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Molly Wood: We’re figuring out that DRM isn’t the best way to buy. And Microsoft can put the nail in the coffin in two, three, or five years when they end support for Plays For Sure formats–making sure all those tunes you bought while they were trying to attack Apple with Plays For Sure are [...]

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Scott Karp: The widely-used and much reviled term

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Brian Bagnall, auteur van On The Edge: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore: The common misconception that Apple started the home computing industry is simply wrong. Commodore was the first to show a personal computer, the first to deliver low-cost computers to the masses, the first to sell a million computers, and the first [...]