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December 2008

Online Pets?

Okay, I guess I’m going to show my ignorance on the toy industry here, but I couldn’t believe this when I saw it in the store. I was walking through Target last night going after some last minute Christmas gifts and saw this sign. Apparently the whole aisle was designated …

RIAA Wants Us to Pay Twice for Our Music

In the past I’ve not really had an opinion on the RIAA. Their tactics of going after individuals is pretty ridiculous, but pirating software, music, and movies, etc. is still morally and ethically wrong. If someone creates a piece of work, whether software, music, movies, or any other digital art …

openSUSE 11.1 On VMware

Yesterday I decided to install the new 11.1 release of openSUSE. Since I didn’t have any spare machines laying around, I threw it on my desktop using VMware Server. The installer was much smoother and a lot more slick than past releases, but probably what impressed me the most was …

Patch for IE to be Released Out-Of-Cycle

A very serious flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been found with a patch to be released soon. The BBC reports that the flaw is so severe that Trend Micro’s Rick Ferguson is urging consumers to find an alternative browser at least until the flaw has been fixed. The vulnerability …

Mac OS X 10.5.6 Available

Apple has released version 10.5.6 of its Leopard operating system today. The update has been called by AppleInsider the “most extensive” update to the Leopard operating system with over 100 fixes in the patch. The update is available now via the Software Update on your Mac OS X 10.5 system.