“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”

I like most of what Joss Whedon comes up with (the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and Firefly, for instance), so when I heard that he was involved in this site, I had to check it out. I’m not sure who plays Dr. Horrible, though he looks very familiar (he might be one of the …

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“Apple files suit against Psystar”

The collective tech sphere (which has been holding its breath wondering what lawsuit-happy Apple was waiting for) can now breathe again. The article says that this “pretty much spells the end for Psystar.” He’s probably right, because it’s not likely Psystar can afford to defend itself… but if it can take this all the way …

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“Bruce Schneier Facts”

I love this extremely-tongue-in-cheek page I stumbled across today: “Bruce Schneier Facts: Things you might not know about Bruce Schneier“. Some of them (like this one) would only be understood by other people in the computer security field, but others are accessible to nearly anyone. I especially like this one. (Bruce Schneier, for those who …

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AVG LinkScanner Problem Solved?

If you run your own website, you might have been following the brouhaha over the new LinkScanner feature of GriSoft’s AVG virus scanner. I can’t find this text on the GriSoft website, but it was quoted in a comment on another blog I was reading today: Following is AVG’s official response to LinkScanner concerns: We’d …

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Google Gears License

Interesting Terms of Service on Google Gears… not only does it explicitly exclude open-source products from the usual disassembly prohibitions, but it enjoins you (if you develop code that uses it) to “protect the privacy and legal rights of those users” (section 5.5). Not the sort of thing you generally see in a software license, …

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