Archive for April, 2006

“Work Safe”

Monday, April 24th, 2006

An administrative law judge in New York has recently ruled against the City of New York in a lawsuit filed by an employee terminated for surfing the Internet on city time. The judge ruled that “surfing the web is equivalent to reading a newspaper or talking on the phone” and has suggested that “only [...]

Ding Dong the Emperor is Gone!

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Scott McNealy has stepped down as Sun’s CEO. All I can say is that it’s about time!
Hopefully they can now do something with the wonderful intellectual property they have socked away in the vault.
scott mcnealy, sun

If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Proving that the combination of pen and checkbook is mightier than the sword, RSA Security announced the acquisition of PassMark Security for approximately $45 million dollars (far less than RSA’s acquisition price for Cyota).
The acquisition will bring together the top two multi-factor and risk-based authentication vendors serving the financial services space. While both RSA/Cyota [...]

Another Disgusting Power Grab By The Bush Regime

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

In another power grab orchestrated by the Bush Regime, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez has announced a push to require ISPs to maintain records of all sites a user may access while online. A particular quote of interest from the article included:
Mr Gonzales also said that he is also investigating ways to ensure that ISPs retain [...]

I Pitty The Fool . . .

Monday, April 17th, 2006

who doesn’t recognize these two guys…

Minding my own business on the observartion deck of Sears Tower, I was treated to the sudden outburst of these two. Mr. T and Conan O’Brien were tapeing a bit for Conan’s show (BTW, the show will be live from Chicago in early May). I’ve got to say, [...]

Penguins in Pajamas

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

A group of enterprizing volunteers has come up with an ingeious way to save penquins caught up in oils slicks off the coast of Australia. Excerpts from the article:
… women in New South Wales have undertaken an unusual service project, knitting sweaters for cousins to the loveable stars of the Academy Award-winning documentary narrated [...]


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