My.Press.Com Goes Out Of Business
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Contributed by Dennis on Thursday April 03, @07:50PM
from the holy-cow dept.
Another day, another dotcom bites the dust. This time it's My.Press.Com. This article in TechWeb analyzes the latest victim in the dotcom downturn, suggesting that the company failed because it didn't try to convert the large number of visitors into paying customers.
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Modern Art Beowulf Cluster
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Contributed by Dennis on Thursday April 03, @06:51PM
from the i-should-have-majored-in-art dept.
bhealey writes, "A bored grad student at James Madison Community College created a modern art sculpture in the campus courtyard made entirely out of old 286 computers. The cool part is that this Rube Goldberg-like contraption actually works -- part of it is a fully functional Beowulf cluster! The Computer Science Club's website is served by the cluster, which is nicknamed Geekzilla." I wish they had cool stuff like that at my college.
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Software patents are patently offensive
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Contributed by Ryan on Thursday April 03, @04:25PM
from the kill-all-the-lawyers dept.
Haley Ellzey writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on 'CGI scripting'. Not good!" Angel Brundage pointed out an article in Wired News about a patent on server side includes held by AOL. Dozens of people sent linkage to a PC Week editorial entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by Representative Endicott. Finally, Orlando Harle sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it."
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Modern Art Beowulf Cluster
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Contributed by Ryan on Thursday April 03, @02:33PM
from the i-should-have-majored-in-art dept.
fredrick writes, "A bored grad student at Porter College created a modern art sculpture in the campus courtyard made entirely out of old 386 computers. The cool part is that this Rube Goldberg-like contraption actually works -- part of it is a fully functional Beowulf cluster! The Computer Science Club's website is served by the cluster, which is nicknamed Geekzilla." I wish they had cool stuff like that at my college.
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Contributed by Dennis on Thursday April 03, @01:33PM
from the i-can't-believe-it dept.
Another day, another dotcom bites the dust. This time it's Yozo.Com. This article in CNN analyzes the latest victim in the dotcom downturn, suggesting that the company failed because it employed a bunch of teenagers who learned everything they knew about business from running a lemonade stand when they were younger.
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Linux Possibly Defamed Somewhere!
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Contributed by Dennis on Thursday April 03, @12:34PM
from the call-out-the-linux-brigade! dept.
Several hundred people have sent word of a Linux roast-a-thon over at TechWeb. We recommend you send hostile flames to the editor to let your voice be heard -- we simply cannot and will not allow idiots to badmouth our favorite operating system.
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Software patents are patently offensive
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Contributed by Dennis on Thursday April 03, @10:50AM
from the kill-all-the-lawyers dept.
Theresa.wyatt writes "I was browsing IBM's patent server when I came across this disturbing patent on 'triple-click shopping'. Not good!" Frances Priester pointed out an article in InfoWorld about a patent on floppy diskettes held by Network Solutions. Dozens of people sent linkage to a PC Week feature entitled "Why Software Patents Benefits Consumers" written by Senator Hackman. Finally, Steve Jennings sent us an rebuttal editorial about the evils of software patents. Click below to read it."
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Attack of the Killer Backhoe
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Contributed by Mike on Thursday April 03, @09:59AM
from the nerds-panic-nationwide dept.
Net access was severaly disrupted earlier today by an errant backhoe that accidentally cut two major net backbone cables near San Jose, California. Preliminary reports indicate that as much as 35% of all US-based websites were offline for as many as three hours. The backhoe operator, "Bubba" Hackman, says that he "pulled the wrong lever". A full investigation by the FCC will commence as soon as the department receives sufficient funding.
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Riceucleatium.Com Files For Bankruptcy
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Contributed by Mike on Thursday April 03, @08:02AM
from the the-truth-is-out-there dept.
Another day, another dotcom bites the dust. This time it's Riceucleatium.Com. This article in CNN analyzes the latest victim in the dotcom downturn, suggesting that the company failed because it built a website with gratuitious Flash, JavaScript, and ActiveX features that irritated everyone.
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Modern Art Beowulf Cluster
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Contributed by Mike on Thursday April 03, @05:35AM
from the i-should-have-majored-in-art dept.
Mable Curtis writes, "A bored grad student at Black Cherry College created a modern art sculpture in the campus courtyard made entirely out of old 286 computers. The cool part is that this Rube Goldberg-like contraption actually works -- part of it is a fully functional Beowulf cluster! The Computer Science Club's website is served by the cluster, which is nicknamed Geekzilla." I wish they had cool stuff like that at my college.
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