Archive for August 24th, 2008
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Remember when..
...A ten megabyte hard drive was considered monstrous (and expensive too!)
... "floppy" disks were actually flexible
... Those same "floppy" disks were 5.25 inches and you could only store data on one side of them.
... "640K of ram is enough for anybody"
... The only "color monitor" choices were amber, green ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
I just ran across an item on TorrentFreak that gives some hope for file sharing enthusiasts.
It seems that the German judicial system has been overrun by various anti-P2P efforts to prosecute anybody that shares a music track or movie with somebody else. As part of an effort that I ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
The EFF has announced that the ninth circuit appeals court has ruled in the Hepting v. AT&T case that the case is not to be delayed (this time) and is to be sent back to district court where it's supposed to proceed (though the case could well be old enough ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
It's not much of a surprise I suppose that when it comes to tech type gifts, most people today would rather receive a new phone, a new computer, an xbox 360 or one of those Japanese things that people are raving about so much these days.
While stuff like this is ...
Posted in Electronics, Entertainment, Hardware, Misc, Phones, opinion | Comments Off
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