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  1. question about auditing. on Microsoft Audits UK Council To Prove Cost Effectiveness · · Score: 1

    How can you audit savings that will accrue in the future?

  2. Re:VA Linux on Silicon Valley - The Geeks Are Back In Charge? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You missed the point: Quattrone was the reason a company with "flat revenues and increasingly negative cash flows" was up almost 700% the day it launched.

  3. Tauzin-Dingell on Valenti to Step Down; Tauzin May Head MPAA · · Score: 1
  4. Well this is slashdot on Silicon Valley - The Geeks Are Back In Charge? · · Score: 1, Interesting
    And they are suing Microsoft

    Microsoft Patent Infringement Overview In April 2001, InterTrust commenced a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft. Since that time, InterTrust has continued its investigation of Microsoft products and expanded the litigation to now include eight InterTrust patents and many patent claims. Overall, InterTrust's current assertions against Microsoft can be characterized as relating to:

    Now you know why they were included.

  5. Quattrone is out/Torvalds is in on Silicon Valley - The Geeks Are Back In Charge? · · Score: 4, Informative
    As in you-know-who Torvalds and Frank Quattrone

    NEW YORK - The month-long criminal trial against Frank Quattrone, Silicon Valley's once-high-flying financier of the technology boom, crumbled Friday when a judge declared a mistrial after jurors deadlocked on a verdict.

    Inside Frank Quattrone's Money Machine

    Nobody knew it at the time, but the apex of the Internet rocket ride came on the morning of Dec. 9, 1999. Executives of computer maker VA Linux Systems Inc. gathered at 6 a.m. in the trading offices of Credit Suisse First Boston (CSR ) on the 17th floor of a San Francisco skyscraper for the company's initial public offering. Among those assembled were Larry M. Augustin, the chief executive, and his friend Linus Torvalds, the inventor of the Linux operating system, who was dressed in his customary T-shirt and sandals. Their three toddlers scampered around underfoot while the adults watched in stunned silence as the stock price jumped from 30 a share to more than 200 within minutes. Augustin nudged Torvalds and whispered: "Did you ever think we'd be here?" At the end of trading, the company's shares were worth 239.25 apiece, up 697.5%, making it the best-ever first-day IPO performance.
  6. Re:ever tried to use one for serious work....? on Hardware Makers Unhappy With Tablet Sales · · Score: 1
    Besides specialist applications, such as in hospitals for example

    A PDA should suffice for most hospital applications.

  7. 5 year prison terms on Senate Passes Anti-Spam Bill · · Score: 3, Funny

    Spammers please note: Spammers will get 5 year prison terms. Trying to sell tool enhancement therpies in prison is not a good idea..you'll get to know what "choke her with your large johnson" really means.

  8. Re:non MS mail clients on E-Mail Controls in Office 2003 · · Score: 1

    Which non-MS clients work as well as outlook? And how many companies use Exchange server and non-MS clients?

  9. Re:Some of the carvings found with the laser on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning · · Score: 1

    Don't reach out for catchable foul bals.

  10. So what's the secret? on Stonehenge Discovery using 3D Laser Scanning · · Score: 1

    The article says the hi-fi super duper lasers have unlocked the stonehenge secret...but it doesn't say what the secret is.

  11. Re:They better do something soon. on Sun Posts Increasing Loss · · Score: 1

    They have 6 billion in cash....don't write them off just yet.

  12. Wireless in Local Loop? on VoIP + 802.11 = Bad News For Phone Companies · · Score: 1

    Isn't this something like wireless in local loop? I've seen WLL in action in India. It's great for developing countries like India that don't want to dig up the streets to add telephone cables.

  13. Re:Insert some racist xenophibic comment here on China's Space Launch Near; Malaysia Wants One, Too · · Score: 1

    chill out...This is no different from the anti-American comments you find on most topics of this nature...

  14. Of course Verizon opposes it.. on FCC Still Pushing for Number Portability on Nov. 24 · · Score: 1

    As do most wireless carriers that have landline networks. According to the number portability law, you can transfer your land line to your cell phone. Carriers like Verizon have more to loose. Wireless only carriers like Nextel/T-mobile have more to gain from number portability.

  15. Re:Been there, done that, got the t-shirt on China Plans Manned Space Flight October 15 · · Score: 1
    Been there, done that, got the t-shirt

    Is the t-shirt made in China, the land that invented gunpowder?

  16. Alcohol police? on Vancouver Bars Network Together to Track Patrons · · Score: 1
    Cops go to bars to arrest drunks

    In the ongoing effort to keep public places clear of intoxicated citizens and drunk drivers, some police agencies are using a controversial tactic - going directly into bars and restaurants in order to make arrests.

    Tavern owner Jimmy Cirrito says it was intimidating and unnecessary to have some ten officers show up in SWAT-like attire. He notes police seemed to be tagging people at random, despite their telling bar owners they had undercover agents inside, calling in to provide specific descriptions of certain individuals.

  17. Michael Powell is on the side of the media cos on 9th Circuit Overturns FCC's Cable Modem Decision · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Michael Powell supports media consolidation redardless of the side effects(mostly negative for the consumer). In this example, Fox is squeezing Cox(;0) by demanding cox pay a higher rate for Fox Sports. This means higher cable bills for consumers which in turn drive them into the waiting arms of Direct TV, also owned by Fox parent News Corp.

  18. The economics of music on Will Legal P2P Music Distribution Succeed? · · Score: 1
    Something i read in smart money magazine, June 03 edition..rough numbers

    Of the 1$ iTunes charges per song

    12 cents goes to the artist

    40 cents go the the website(in this case iTunes)

    30 cents go to the record label

    10 cents go to affiliates like Amazon/AOL

  19. Why is "aging" used in the pejorative sense.. on Replacing the Aging Init Procedure on Linux · · Score: 1

    The wheel is an "aging" idea too..Don't get me wrong: I support the new process if it makes the bootup process better/faster...you should be pointing out the limitations in the init process.

  20. Re:Well gee. on India Blocks Yahoo Groups Over Political Content · · Score: 2, Informative
    Access to news website blocked?

    KARACHI, May 30: A Washington-based news website - South Asia Tribune - has claimed that the government has blocked access to its URL. A press statement issued by the Tribune on Friday said Internet access to their website, www.satribune.com, "has been blocked" by Pakistan Internet Exchange (PIE), the Internet backbone provider for Pakistan. But Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari expressed his ignorance about the development when asked to comment about the alleged denial of access to the website.

  21. What difference does this make? on MPAA Calls for Ban on Screeners · · Score: 1

    The actor with the English accent playing the retard will still win the Oscar, whether the MPAA actually watches the movie or not.

  22. Amazon may support the sales tax on States Push for Net Sales Taxes · · Score: 1
    The only good thing i see here is for states to simplify their tax laws for ALL businesses.

    Internet Sales Tax May Get Amazon.com's Support

    The legislation would put the federal government's stamp of approval on a state-led effort to require online retailers to apply sales taxes to nearly all of their transactions. In return, states would simplify their complex tax laws to make collecting taxes easier for Internet businesses.

  23. What i really want for christmas.. on Nokia 7600 All-in-One Phone · · Score: 1

    A cell phone that converts to a wrap around display that fits over my eyes like oversized goggles and lets me watch movies.

  24. Re:Optimal office on The Bionic Office · · Score: 1

    Toilet stalls that extend all the way to the bottom?

  25. Re:Windows Means Work on Virus Knocks Out U.S. Visa Approval System · · Score: 1

    Microsoft is getting into the anti-virus business. Which means it will bundle its own anti-virus software with windows. Which means it will hurt symantec et al. Which means less jobs for IT workers...