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20090810

Gordon Moore has one law but weve got him beat. Here at the (unofficial) Tech Law Brain Trust, we maintain a definitive, ever-expanding archive of the laws that govern your technology experiences--whether you know it or not. Please scan these lists to ensure that you are in compliance. Basic PC Laws Lets start with Nerve Central--the computer. Law 1: For every fix that a Windows Update patches, the update will break two more things on your PC. --Darren Gladstone, PC World Law 2: The likelihood that Windows will automatically install time-sucking critical updates is directly proportional to your need to get your PC started. --Steve Fox, PC World Law 3: The hard drive always fails just before you were going to back it up. --Denise Paolucci, Dreamwidth Studios via Help A Reporter Out (HARO) Law 4: Your data will get corrupted just before you plug in your new backup external drive. --Darren Gladstone, PC World Law 5: Your backup plan is only as good as your last successful restore. --Michael Fisher, ElephantDrive. com via HARO Law 6: The number of USB ports on your Mac will always be one less than you need at any given time. --Blair Hanley Frank, Macworld Law 7: Feeling time pressure to make a computer fix quickly will cause you to take longer. --David Marshak, via PC World Facebook page Law 8: If you close the PC case with screws before testing, it wont work; If you test before closing, it will. --Harry Liebman via HARO Tech Support Rules Now that youve mastered the basics, youre ready to move on to Tech Support. Law 1: Fix a computer for a friend or family member, and youll be tech support for life. --Danny Allen, PC World Law 2: Build a computer for someone, and he/she owns you! --Louis Farbstein, via PC Worlds Facebook page Law 3: Recommend a product that youve used with no problems, and the friend/family member who buys it will immediately descend into RMA [product ret ...

Un pirata informático ha llenado docenas de páginas web holandesas con leyendas a favor del Islam e imágenes del político Geert Wilders manipuladas. Según la página web Zone-H, aLpTurkTegin, el pirata informático, cuyo pseudónimo es aLpTurkTegin, habría alterado como mínimo 147 webs en sólo siete días, la mayoría con imágenes de Wilders modificadas donde su boca o su nariz aparecen sustituidas por las de un mono. Es una locura, es bastante sucio pero ¿qué puedo hacer?, se lamentó Wilders. Wilders, dirigente del Partido por la Libertad tiene una postura anti Unión Europea y anti islamista y tuvo problemas hace un año por su documental Fitna, donde mostraba el Corán como un libro que incitaba a la violencia y que recibió las críticas de numerosos ...

Microsoft, which has been at odds with the Linux community over the years because of intellectual property issues, said on Monday it has released 20,000 lines of Linux code to the Linux kernel community. Available for inclusion in the Linux tree, the code includes three Linux device drivers; it will be available to both the Linux community and customers. It will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 virtualization software, according to Microsoft. Code will be offered under the GNU General Public License 2. [ About two and a half years ago, Microsoft forged a Linux partnership with Novell that still generates controversy. ] We are seeing Microsoft communities and open source communities grow together, which is ultimately of benefit to our customers, said Microsofts Sam Ramji, senior director of platform strategy in the companys Server and Tools organization, in a statement released by the company. The Linux community, for example, has built a platform used by many customers. So our strategy is to enhance interoperability between the Windows platform and many open source technologies, which includes Linux, to provide the choices our customers are asking for. Todays release would have been unheard of from Microsoft a few years ago but its a prime example that customer demand is a powerful catalyst for change, said Ramji. Indeed, Microsoft has been involved in ongoing disagreements with open source advocates, with Microsoft claiming open source projects like Linux violate 235 Microsoft patents. Ramji also cited the current economic climate as a driving force. Many companies are turning to Microsoft more frequently to help them succeed in a heterogeneous technology world because we understand that reducing complexity is a key factor to reducing cost. We are seeing interoperability as a lever for business growth, Ramji said. In a statement, the executive director of the Linux Foundation saw Microsofts effort as validation of open source. We see the move by Microsoft to submit its device driver code to the Linux kernel as a validation of the open source development model and the GPLv2 license, said Executive Director Jim Zemlin. Even if ...

Moors law states that the amount of transistors in a single electronic chip doubles every two years. This concept is often applied to other computer products whose characteristics increase at the same rate. For hard disk drives, it is storage capacity. 2. 5-inch HDDs have even been developing ahead of the schedule recently. About two years ago 160GB models were introduced and then 250GB models came out half a year later. And now we are ready to test 500GB products based on two platters. Thus, the recording density has grown from 80GB to 250GB per platter in two years. This progress was made possible by perpendicular recording technology. Replacing longitudinal recording, it has helped HDDs grow up in recording density and capacity. In fact, it is for 2. 5-inch HDDs that the increased recording density is the most beneficial because such products cannot utilize a large number of platters to offer more storage space. Currently, there is a race among the manufacturer for maximum-density platters because high-capacity HDDs help attract the customer and claim a leadership in the industry. By the way, the tight competition has made 2. 5 ...

The U. S. Federal Communications Commission has begun its latest inquiry into the state of broadband in the U. S. , an annual effort that touches on areas of growing national debate. On Friday the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on how it should define and measure broadband availability, whether current services are good enough and what the agency should do to accelerate broadband deployment. It asked companies, organizations, individuals and other responders to file comments between Sept. 4 and Oct. 2 for a report to be delivered to Congress on Feb. 3, 2010. This is the sixth so-called 706 Inquiry since the process was mandated by Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and the first one under the Obama administration. Under a law passed last year, the inquiry will now be carried out annually. The Commission, led by new Chairman Julius Genachowski, said it was starting the process with a clean slate after Congress called for a National Broadband Plan as well as more granular data about broadband deployment across the country. The FCC has already begun gathering that more detailed information. Critics have attacked the governments recent assessments of the countrys broadband status, saying it overlooked large areas that dont have access to true high-speed Internet access. In all five reports, the FCC has concluded that deployment of broadband was reasonable and timely nationwide. However, the FCC has defined broadband as 200Kb per second (Kbps) or more, which falls short of typical DSL (digital subscriber line) and cable modem services, as well as much faster services available in some other c ...

Un tribunal estadounidense ha condenado a un estudiante de la Universidad de Boston a pagar 675. 000 dólares (unos 473. 000 euros) en concepto de daños por haberse descargado de internet una treintena de canciones para después compartirlas en la red mediante programas peer to peer. El acusado, Joel Tenenbaum, de 25 años y estudiante de un doctorado en Física, deberá pagar 22. 500 dólares por cada canción descargada, según informaciones del diario Boston Globe. Tras tres horas de deliberaciones, el tribunal finalmente no le impuso la pena máxima, lo que se habría traducido en 150. 000 dól ...

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