Because of an update on Apple's site yesterday, I went to look at the new VNC Server. Not recognizing the name of the company that released it, Redstone Software, I decided to go and see what they do. It turns out that they have a product called Eggplant that …

An announcement on the website of the Texas Department of Public Safety (the same organization that implements the Amber Alert protocols) states that the legislature of that state is recalling 53 state legislators to the capitol, under a provision in the State's Constitution.

Spamhaus (keepers of one of the many "black lists" of spammers' IP addresses) has penned a response to the folks at eMarketersAmerica (EMARKETERSAMERICA.ORG) who filed suit against them in Florida court claiming that Spamhaus is illegally stopping legal communication. Clearly, the spammers don't understand, but the response is nicely …

In case you were wondering if today's cars are not just a bit too gadget happy, I'm sure that Thai Finance Minister Suchart Jaovisidha would definitely agree. On the way to a function earlier this week, his BMW 520 stalled and completely ceased to function. Unfortunately, this appears to have …

According to an article from CNET, Intel has revealed a new problem with their Itanium 2 processor. Under certain conditions, affected processors can act erratically. Intel claims to have a program that can be used to detect the defective chips. The "solution" proposed by Intel is to run the CPUs …

The RIAA apologized to the Penn State department of astronomy and astrophysics after falsely accusing them of having illegal content on their FTP server. The original letter (according to this article on CNET) was received last Thursday and demanded that the institution take remove the site and delete the offending …

Microsoft has announced that they will be providing a paid radio service (without commercials) for $29.95/year. An article on CNET describes the upcoming service and its origins in MongoMusic (a company that Microsoft acquired in 2000). The reported unique feature is the ability to search for music based …

An article on BBC News recounts the story of Maria Harding from Wales, who received an apology from pension officials after they finally admitted she wasn't dead.

After a 5 hour plane ride, 3 kids in the 3 rows in my section of business class (one about 6 weeks, one about 6 months, one about three -- only one crying at any given time), and a harrowing taxi ride at over 80MPH, I finally made it to the …

OK, before anyone complains, I know that this product has been announced for almost six months, but I didn't see it until somebody showed it to me this weekend. It was just so silly (and yet useful), that I had to write about it. 3Com has an in-wall switch that …

An article on CNET shows (with pictures) one of the new ideas that Intel is working on for future laptop opportunities. This one can act as a tablet, but also has a keyboard on it if you need to do some serious text entry. Looks pretty slick, check it out …

An article in the New York Times runs over some of the more amusing aspects of the long-standing Apple-Microsoft debate over innovation. Many who saw news stories from last week's conference noted that the "revolutionary" HP computer that was being shown off looked like a combination of the 1st and …

With E3 starting tomorrow, Wired has an article that reviews last year's biggest "flop" (the Sims Online) as a preview for what may be coming this year.

In a move that is certainly more incremental than some of the headlines touting its coming, California's senate has passed a new bill that forces online retailers who hire local contractors to perform maintenance and installation to collect and remit sales tax. Although the headlines on this article refers to …

Ace's Hardware reviews the AMD Opteron (the new 64-bit chip that can run 32-bit x86 code unmodified) this month. Extensive benchmarks and a lot of background information. In the end, they think the chip family is very promising, but the 1.8GHz version can still fall behind a 2.8GHz …

ExtremeTech, a site dedicated to reviewing and previewing extreme technology, has a very in-depth set of reviews on various funky keyboards. This includes everything from one-hand to split-key and gesture boards.

In an exciting development, a Verizon has stated that the company expects to announce soon a plan to add WiFi hotspots to some pay phones. The idea is pretty simple: since the pay phones already have hard lines back to the Central Office, they can run DSL over the phone …

OK, I had to think a few minutes before I even admitted I've seen this, but I was switching channels and saw Dennis Miller and got sucked in. This movie is definitely a guilty pleasure and is probably not for a large amount of this audience, however if you want …

I've been wondering what it would take to upgrade the disk drives in an Xserve. Since Apple charges an arm and a leg for the 180GB replacement drives, that just wasn't a reasonable option. So, I set out with an 8MB cache 200GB drive and a pocket screwdriver to see …

Yes, you read that correctly. According to an article on CNN, there is a high enough incidence of mental patients only willing to speak Klingon in Multnomah County, Oregon that the state wants to hire an interpreter to talk to them.