What is Apple TV? If you want to watch movies, TV shows, movie trailers, podcasts, and photos from your computer on your TV? Apple TV brings iTunes movies and music to your widescreen.
$299
A video showing a plugin designed to bring YouTube videos to your Apple TV is online.
Can't find a link to the actual plugin and everything I read mentions that it will be posted soon.
In follow up to our story last week about Microsoft claiming Linux violates over 200 of it's patents
Changes to the next version of the GPL (Gnu Public License, what makes Linux free) along with Microsoft/Novell's Linux vouchers could grant immunity to all Linux users
The vouchers were put into place by a deal between Microsoft and Novell (makers of the SuSE Linux Desktop) to help bridge a gap and offer immunity to customers of Linux. Though the deal was heavily frowned upon by the Linux community, it could be what in fact be the biggest help with the patent arguments
Intellectual Property Indemnification - Some companies may not be aware that they are liable for "unauthorized" use of the intellectual property rights contained in software. To help protect organizations from the risk of litigation, Microsoft provides uncapped monetary intellectual property indemnification on server and client software. In contrast, Linux and other open-source software vendors provide limited, if any, indemnification coverage.
OpenOffice is a free office suite that can be downloaded at OpenOffice.org. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, and even presentation program. All for free and open sourced.
Worm that attacks OpenOffice like the worms that hit Microsoft Office
Cross platform, so even Linux users are not safe
While the worm is simply a proof of concept, it is nice to know that someone is looking at the security of OpenOffice products. The more people find holes, the quicker those holes can be fixed.
I would not be surprised if the folks at OpenOffice have this hole patched soon.
Seems pricey, but that is for movies released in theaters, that day
You will be able to watch a movie just released in theaters in your home
Downside is the $50 price tag, but it is a good start. Though in the article the president of Comcast said studios were willing to go as low as $30, which makes this a MUCH better deal than going to the movies.
Meebo's core product is a browser-based IM platform, allowing people to use multiple IM accounts on the one webpage. Meebo has 2 million registered users and gets about 1 million sessions and 100 million messages per day. According to the press release, meebo rooms "are places where people can chat and view media live with IM buddies, both inside meebo.com and across the Web on their own pages." Meebo has partnered with a number of content providers - including blip.tv, Capitol Music Group, CNET Networks, NBC Universal, and others. They are launching with pre-assembled meebo rooms from the 14 initial partners, with more to come. Techcrunch has more info on the features,
Change 3 light bulbs that are on for more than 4 hours to compact fluorescent bulbs
Set your Water Heater temp to no higher than 120 degrees
Drive 10 miles less per week
Replace old TV with Energy Star TV
Unplug electronics when not using them
Insulate your water heater
Security & Privacy
Run as Non-Admin User in Windows
Running as a non-administrative user is what gives Linux and Mac OSX some of its security
In Windows you run as an Administrative user, pretty much all the time. In Windows XP, the first account you type in, is an admin on the box and has access to the entire OS and it's registry. As well as the files on the hard drive.
Windows Vista kind of handles this with something called User Access Controls (UAC) but what about Windows XP Users?
Koby has gone completely Linux in his House and as a result, he has been utilizing many resources to get some of the latest & greatest Linux software installed.
Stories linked to an HD-DVD decryption code were posted to Digg
Digg removed them upon receiving a "cease & desist" order
The Digg community claimed censorship and revolted, linking to multiple sites with the code and then ensuring they all got to the front page (image )
Kevin Rose (creator of Digg) eventually made a blog post, claiming "we hear you" and that they will not remove anymore stories related to the code, even if it means Digg getting shut down.
Ever gone to play a game, had your fun, then got back to your desktop only to realize that your game resized your desktop and moved all your icons around? You probably spent a lot of time getting those icons where you like them. Enter DIManager X.
Allows different icon profiles for multiple resolutions/users
Optional Automatic Icon restoration on resolution change
Self install, no entries to your Windows registry or hard disk (aside from you unzipping it)
People often laugh and Derek and I for being so security cautious, but being secure in your online activities is important
The good folks over at eWeek have a nice slide show that goes over 12 common things people do that are un-secure.
Let's go over some of these and we will also give you some quick tips on how to fix them.
"Equal Access" = Not logging out of a public computer properly allowing others to come along later and read your email, check your back account, or some other website you looked at
Fix this by making sure that you log out of websites throughly when accessing them from a public computer (internet kiosk or library computer)
"Don't Leave Home Without it" = Not encrypting the hard drive on your laptop that you carry around with you and contains all your personal data.
Download a hard drive encryption program like TrueCrypt or if your OS has it built in (Windows Vista Ultimate has BitLocker) use the built in option.
"Keep Close Attachments" = Clicking on attachments sent to you in emails from people you do NOT know
If you do not know the person who the email is from, you are better off not even opening it. If you think you might know the person then you might want to call them or email them back and verify their identity.
"My Password is 'Password'" = Having nonsecure passwords or having a secure password and leaving it written down somewhere by the computer.
Use a password locker like KeePass to create and store secure passwords for the different websites and accounts you log into.
Xbox game was beautiful, this just makes it more pretty
Hopefully this is a forerunner to a new Ninja Gaiden game
If you have the Xbox version there is nothing new here, just upgraded graphics.
Editorial ("Power Up")
DRM, DMCA, Censorship, and You Discussion
In reference to our story about Digg censoring stories we had at the beginning of the show we though we would discuss these issues
Definitions
DRM = Digital Rights Management
DMCA = Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DMCA makes it illegal to rip a DVD to your computer (even for back up purposes)
Also pulls into question the right to fair use (ripping your CD to an Mp3 player)
Makes reverse engineering of encryption technologies illegal
Should websites take down stuff that allows fair use?
What about if they are served with court documents saying they should?
Do you feel that if a site takes down stories or information like a code that allows you to decrypt your HD-DVDs effects the integrity of that site? Call us and let us know what you think. Do you have questions about this kind of stuff? Give us a call and we'll try to answer them.
