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Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, dies: Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, diesI thoughtHe was a comic book artist...RIP, Mr. IC.You did good work!That's Kirby......assuming you were serious. :)Jack Kirby was possibly the greatest comic book artist ever (Silver Surfer, anyone?).Carl RapsonKirby was the God of comic books!he died about 6 years ago :-(YeahI know...; Tags: Kirby, integrated circuit, Carl Rapson; Discussion threads 2005-06-21

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UFO News (gadget): Direct links to George Noory of Coast to Coast Am reaching 20 million listeners each night, Jeff Rense his radio show reaches 15 million listeners each night and 78 of the top UFO, Alien abduction, Cattle mutilation and Crop circle researchers on this planet starting with Mar Allin, Colin Andrews,...; Tags: Horn, Sidebar Gadgets, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-16
kirby Alarm And Task Scheduler Pro (44): Kirby Alarm Pro is an easy to use alarm clock /reminder and task scheduler that will display a note, run a program, play a sound,or send an email, execute a backup, transfer a file by ftp, say time, or say message at user defined intervals. Very powerful scheduling options. Kirby...; Tags: Kirby Alarm Pro, E-mail, Backups, Construction, Online Communications; Software downloads 2007-10-18
The iPhone impact: Treo, T-Mobile take biggest hit: The iPhone impact: Treo, T-Mobile take biggest hitThe OPM* FactorCrackberries are very often supplied by one's company. That is the only reason I had one, it didn't cost me anything.* OPM: Other People's MoneySo sad...If only Palm and Treo had continued to innovate the way it did in the late...; Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, T-Mobile, user interface, Apple iPhone, Palm Treo; Discussion threads 2007-10-15
Time: early electric car one of 50 worst of all "time": Time: early electric car one of 50 worst of all "time"I saw "Who Killed the Electric Car?"I saw the documentry, "Who Killed the Electric Car" last month on one of the HBO channels. The few people who drove them praised the vehicles and wanted to keep the cars. GM just...; Tags: Fuel cells, General Motors Corp., electric car; Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Lawgarithms Links for 8/13/07: Remember that between entries here you can keep up with the Live Web and other issues I'm spotting by subscribing to my Google Reader Starred Items. Among the links now playing:Two-word license agreement: "F--- YOU!", from Boing Boing by Cory DoctorowFair Use for YouTube & MySpace Users, from Slashdot...; Tags: Google Inc., BitTorrent, Google Reader, Blog, Lawgarithms, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-08-13
Stallman's dream and GPLv3: Stallman's dream and GPLv3You begin with a false premis"If you don't share his views, and work in the propriety software industry, then this might be a very scary thing."I don't believe anyone is "scared" by Stallman, his views, or open source. No more than they scared by the whacko...; Tags: Linux, Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Wind River VxWorks, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, Stallman, software; Discussion threads 2007-08-09
Sue-happy RIAA gets hit with malicious prosecution claim: Sue-happy RIAA gets hit with malicious prosecution claimOld Harry would envy these guysSee my small cartoon:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/06/the-new-old-har.htmlBye,OliverGo gett'emI hope her and more people go after these sick twisted freaks.We need some street justice.....monitoring internet connection without warrent, time to stop these anti-Americans.I was out on a popular hacker site and it...; Tags: Litigation, RIAA, music; Discussion threads 2007-06-27
Crystal ball: Macworld Expo 2007: Crystal ball: Macworld Expo 2007I tend to agree with the macphone as red herringNot long ago I was reading a web bio of The Steve and while I have long believed that he is a visionary and that he has singlehandedly affected our modern lives more than any living human...; Tags: TVs, Wireless LANs, Corporate communications, iTV, Apple Inc., Wi-Fi, big screen, video, phone; Discussion threads 2007-01-02
Verizon adds Windows Live services: Verizon adds Windows Live servicesVerizon online , truly sux .Look at that , two companies that sux are joining forces to create a bigger vacuum cleaner . Kirby the maker of the supreme vacuum cleaner had better watch out now .money money mommyWhy not take advantage of the nternet tax....; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Live, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows, Windows Live Services; Discussion threads 2006-08-29
Google Checkout vs. eBay Pay Pal: Where is the competition?: Google’s much hyped Google Checkout is not turning out to be the eBay PayPal killer that was speculated at launch less than two months ago.Google planned on users flocking to “Find it with Google. Buy it with Google Checkout,” but the touted “checkout option that makes buying across the web...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Checkout; Blog posts 2006-08-20
Sun makes Java free: Sun makes Java freeSun is on the right track and it bodes ill for Linux.Not that Linux is bad, but Solaris is clearly better and it is not encumbered with the GPL.Now all the Linux supporters are gonna flame me for that statement but that doesn't change anything. With...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., CDDL, Sun Solaris, OSS, GPL, Java; Discussion threads 2005-12-01
Where is open source innovation?: Where is open source innovation?Is there even any inovation at all? That is the real question.Amaya started in 1996 http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ This predates FrontPage.Mozilla actually was started with NS 5.0 code by Netscape. Netscape predates MSIE. XUL predates XAML and Mozilla has had plans to intergrate SVG with...; Tags: Web browsers, Apache Software Foundation, SVG, XUL, open source, commercial open source, Mozilla Corp., sponsored project, content management, Microsoft Corp., innovation, Netscape Communications Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-11-25
SCO anagram wants a piece of XML action: As posted by ZDNet's Martin LaMonica, a small company called Scientigo is trying to lay claim to XML, of all things. That's sort of like someone trying to claim royalities from HTML or ASCII usage. Thus, the SOA and Web services world now has its own "SCO." SCO; Scientigo. ...; Tags: IBM Corp., Scientigo, SCO Group Inc., XML; Blog posts 2005-10-22
Finding a solution to the ISP wars: Finding a solution to the ISP warsA bit complicated no pun intendedDoesn't it become rather tedious to try to figure out who is connecting to what through where? If it is rather easy and there are only a handful of situations to track for each ISP, then go ahead...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, Cogent, Level 3 Communications Inc.; Discussion threads 2005-10-07
Slowly, telework making strides in DC suburb: Telework is making headway in Virginia's Loudon County, a suburb of Washington that suffers from major commuting gridlock, according to the Washington Post. County officials are using software provided by the Telework Consortium, a nonprofit organization with a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Dept. ...; Tags: Loudon County, consortium, Telework Consortium; Blog posts 2005-08-24
Is Cisco killing their own reputation?: Is Cisco killing their own reputation?Thanks for the infoI was wondering if this flaw was being exploited. It seemed like too good of a flaw for some groups to let go unused.I also find it interesting that Cisco did not inform their customers of the severity of this flaw....; Tags: Network technology, Cisco Systems Inc., flaw, router, Cisco IOS; Discussion threads 2005-08-01
Robots ring the alarm: Robots ring the alarmLooks like Kirby......the video game character, not the vacuum cleaner.Can they modify it to shoot a taser or immobilizing foam?; Tags: Robots, robot; Discussion threads 2005-06-03
Robots ring the alarm: Robots ring the alarmWait a minute, Is it just me?Is it me or does anyone else think this thing looks like a blue Kirby?http://www.absoluteanime.com/kirby/kirby.gif; Tags: Robots, robot, IS IT; Discussion threads 2005-06-02
Analyst: IBM's patent pledge good for Web services: Earlier this month, we talked about IBM's pledge to provide the methods behind 500 of its patents to anyone that wants to use them, at no charge, with no fear of legal repercussions. (My original post about "IBM's patent surprise" is here.) AMR Research's J. Paul Kirby has just weighed...; Tags: patent, IBM Corp.; Blog posts 2005-01-26

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