The baddie we’re talking about today is called Leap-A or the Oompa Loompa worm, depending on which you hear, and it spreads via iChat. I’m going to be very cafeful about my language; because it’s definitely not a “virus,” as…
RIAA Says Ripping CDs to Your iPod is NOT Fair Use
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is now claiming that ripping CDs to your computer for use on your iPod, Zen Vision, or any other digital music player is NOT fair use; in fact, the copying of their music…
The Technology Behind the Torino Olympics
ShortFlip (an online men’s magazine) has a story about some of the awesome technology that’s bringing the Torino Olympics to the world, and keeping everyone there connected while the games go on. Here’s a short excerpt from the piece that…
The BBC’s Climate Change Study Screensaver
Looking for a way help climatologists studying the effects of global warming on the global environment? So are we, but climatologists have long been saying that the kind of processing power they’d need to run simulations and experiments isn’t available…
Windows Defender Beta Released Today
Worried about spyware and malware sitting on your computer? Microsoft to the rescue! (okay, I had to play that line, but you’ll never hear it again. I mean, Microsoft to the rescue? How often does that happen?) The program formerly…
Sony Rootkit DRM Debacle
The story really gathered steam in December of 2005, when it came to light that Sony was secretly installing rootkit technology on the computers of people who had purchased music on the BMG label in attempt to keep them from…