BBC NEWS | Technology | Kazaa site becomes legal service > File-sharing site Kazaa will become a legal music download service following a series of high profile legal battles. > The peer-to-peer network has also agreed to pay $100m (£53m) in damages to the record industry. I remember trying Kazaa aaaages ago, and found it [...]
Archives for Computers
MPAA is at it again…
bit-tech.net | MPAA is at it again… > Meet Shawn Hogan. He’s your average 30-something computer programmer, probably enjoys walks in the park, candlelit dinners, and whatnot. He also likes the movie Meet the Fockers, and bought it on DVD. > So imagine his surprise when his phone rang, and a lawyer on the other [...]
Angelic Penguins: SLED Menu For Ubuntu (Uslab) Now In Repo
Angelic Penguins: SLED Menu For Ubuntu (Uslab) Now In Repo Schweeet!
Exploring the Google Web Toolkit
Ajax for Java developers: Exploring the Google Web Toolkit > The recently released Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a comprehensive set of APIs and tools that lets you create dynamic Web applications almost entirely in Javaâ„¢ code. Philip McCarthy returns to his popular Ajax for Java developers series to show you what GWT can do [...]
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
NOVELL: Novell Announces Next Generation Desktop: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop > SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 enables organization to gain flexibility in their IT infrastructure, have greater control of their environment, improve end-user security and dramatically reduce operational costs. > It is the only enterprise-quality Linux desktop on the market designed for general-purpose business. Developed [...]
Sun Denies Open Source Java Imminent
Sun Denies Open Source Java Imminent > Sun was quick to deny published reports today that it plans to open source Java in the next few months. The company is working on the project, but any transition to open source is closer to a year away. Bugger, but I guess this will give GNU Classpath [...]
RIAA’s Grand Total: 10,037 – What are Your Odds?
Slyck News – RIAA’s Grand Total: 10,037 – What are Your Odds? > The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) began their lawsuit campaign against alleged music pirates in June of 2003. When the first RIAA lawsuits began rolling off the assembly line, an enormous media frenzy accompanied this event. Since that time the lawsuits [...]
LI padding/margin in Internet Explorer
While reworking my HTML in ClockingIT to support TaskList reordering with Drag and Drop, I ended up with some strange padding around empty LI’s used to make sure a tasklist never ends up empty (to work around a dropOnEmpty problem with Prototype/Scriptaculous). After several hours of trying just about everything, it seems IE decides that [...]
Spam, spam, spam…
As I get more and more spam, and Akismet is unable to catch it all, I’ve installed wp-hashcash which is a really good idea. I wish there was some similar functionality for phpBB, as my forum gets even more spam. And you don’t want to see my inbox, it’s horrible after a few years with [...]
Almost there…
We’ve been hard at work lately and we’ve implemented a new design which we’re both very happy with. I’ve also ripped out domTT and created my own tooltips implementation, as domTT was way overkill and created all kinds of problems with stuck tooltips. I’ve also changed the ajax working indicator into something I think gives [...]