As if web sites didn't have enough to worry about, Microsoft has posted a lengthy document describing changes made in Windows XP SP2 and the effect on web pages. Sounds like some nice security fixes, though.

We got our Airport Express boxes yesterday and I finally got a chance to turn them up this morning. So far, I've installed one (and did some network reconfiguration at the same time to increase security). The device works beautifully and has a frightening range. Right now I'm sitting in …

An interesting article today on Wired about using the internet to search for the identities of John Doe (and Jane Doe) victims. Includes a particularly in- depth discussion of one man's quest to figure out the identity of a woman killed in Kentucky in 1968.

An article from BusinessWeek discusses the long-term health of Netflix, the online DVD rental service, after its announcement that its expenses were up and Blockbuster's announcement that they are entering the fray with a lower-priced product.

An article from the Christian Science Monitor talks about a company in California (among others) that is working on a proposal to allow individuals to sell excess generated power back to the grid from their cars. Called V2G (Vehicle to Grid), the mechanism is similar to what people who have …

For $100, starting in September, you can buy an Alpine KCA-420i and plug in your dock-equipped iPod to get sound from your AiNet-equipped Alpine stereo.

eWeek claims (in this article) that it is code-named Antares. IBM will likely call it the 970MP, but in the end, it's like two, two, two chips in one. Taking a page from the book of the bigger brothers to the 970, the Power4, IBM appears to be planning on …

In another of what has been a steady stream of product delays by Microsoft, CNet is reporting that the 64-bit version of Windows XP will be delayed until the first half of next year, along with 64-bit versions of Windows 2003 server and the 32- and 64-bit versions of Windows …

Apple, creator of the iPod and iTunes has announced with Motorola that they will be supporting iTunes on Motorola's next generation of phones. With this, users will be able to play iTunes tunes (including those purchased from the iTunes Music Store) on their handsets.

Drive manufacturer Seagate announced that they will be offering a 5 year warranty for their disk drives sold through retail and distribution channels (not through OEM's, though, those are still the responsibility of the OEM to handle). Let the warranty escalation begin!

According to a report from PCWorld (among others), Real Networks (makers of RealPlayer) has stated that they will support downloading songs from their Rhapsody service to the iPod starting with the 10.5 beta version of their software. The trick basically is to modify their files to be in the …

Peter Gabriel, musician and co-founder of OD2 (recently acquired by Loudeye) is interviewed by CNN on the topic of digital music. He's happy with the movement towards disintermediation and is willing to give Apple a pat on the back for pushing the industry forward.

Blackwater USA (a security training firm in the USA) has posted a document (PDF form) that shows X-Ray pictures of one of the cans from Coca- Cola's Unexpected Summer advertising campaign that involves a cell phone and GPS device in a Coke can. You may recall some fervor (courtesy CNN …

Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic, Chesapeake & Potomac, AT&T, etc.) has announced their intention to provide "FIOS" (their name for fiber to the home) this year. According to an article on ExtremeTech, this will include a rollout that will pass 1 million homes in 7 states and will provide services up …

For those unfamiliar with the term, phishing is using web sites or spam to elicit credit card numbers (or other similarly interesting, mostly financial data) from people. It has been around for a while, but a recent article from InfoWorld does a good job of explaining why this new breed …

An article on InternetNews quotes Andi Gutmans (one of the founders of PHP) as stating that they have no intention of moving their license to the GPL in the wake of a recent dispute over the use of PHP with MySQL. The issue stems from a recent change by the …

Lindows has reportedly received $20M from Microsoft to settle the pending trademark case. Microsoft will receive the Lindows domain names in exchange for their cold hard cash and Lindows (pardon me, "Linspire") will continue to operate, but with the addition of money in the bank and no lawsuit from Microsoft …

WKMG in Florida has an article describing a robbery thwarted when a woman from Kentucky noticed robbers in the house of a friend in Florida by using a web cam that the Floridians left running. A call to the police followed, and the robbers were caught while trying to escape …

Wired is reporting that Tennessee will be launching a $2.5M pilot program to track sex offenders with GPS bracelets. Authorized by Tennessee HB3182, the bill applies to people convicted after July 1, 2004 of a "violent sexual offense". Interestingly, it also provides for the offender to pay for their …

OK, this is just plain spiffy. T-Mobile is providing the GPRS data service, for the Saeco/Cannondale Pro Cycling Team to send telemetry data in real time from their bikes and riders. You can check it out on 2Peak's site (providers of the gizmo to measure the data).