Category Archives: Tech
eBay (threaten) to can Skype
After spending $US2.6 billion in 2005 on Skype, eBay is threatening to close it because of licensing problems. On of the largest global telecommunication providers was sold to eBay by the Skype founders in 2005. But an integral part of … Continue reading
Are you a twit about trends?
With the recent death of Molly Sugden, twitter has been abuzz with tribute tweats to her. The hash tag being used is #MrsSlocombesPussy which, as you can see, displays no search results. Although, without the hash, MrsSlocombesPussy displays a list … Continue reading
How do you count to Windows 7?
If the next version of Windows is version 7, how do you get to that number? The last version of Windows with an advertised version number was Windows 3.1.1. So there must be 3 different version of windows in the … Continue reading
Government vs Internet
Unless you have been living under a rock, or have no internet connection, you will know that the Australian government is proposing to censor the internet in Austrlia. The recent events in Iran, and people’s use of twitter, show how … Continue reading
Bus and car meet on George and Liverpool
On the corner of George and Liverpool streets this afternoon I noticed this altercation between a tour bus and a car. The bus driver was trying to get the car to reverse away. Looks like the bus tried to turn … Continue reading
StarCraft2 Beta & StarCraft on Intel Macs
Recently read on a tweet that Blizzard are looking for people to Beta test StarCraft 2. Seems nice. You have to login to Battle.Net, and tick an ‘opt me into beta testing’ box. But I can’t seem to remember what … Continue reading
1001 1.0.17
1001 The flickr upload software for MacOS X, 1001, has been updated to version 1.0.17. This release seems to fix the problems that I recently started to experience with 1.0.15: No sets were being listed, and Photos were not being … Continue reading
The Apple Buzzle Puzzle: Did AAPL control insolvent reseller
Apple Australia is being sued for allegedly controlling a failed reseller, trading while insolvent for months. This reseller (and by inference, its managers) was so grossly incompetent that Apple did not trust its management’s ability to manage and account for … Continue reading
Oracle devours the Sun, religious ferver over MySQL
IBM decided not to buy them, though Oracle seems to think it is a good idea. It will be interesting to see how the acquisition of Sun fits into Oracle’s host. One question that comes out of the acquisition is: … Continue reading
Pirate Bay sunk
The Pirate Bay court case if over, and the owners of the service have been marched down the plank. The four were found guilty of promoting copyright infringement (2, 3). Now, are the users of Pirate Bay to be deprived … Continue reading