WizbangTech: February 2007 Archives

Firefox changes open dialog behavior yet again

Posted by Jon Marler · Published: February 24, 2007 · Comments (1)

I previously wrote an article regarding Mozilla Firefox no longer allowing one to "Open" files that are clicked on. In that article, I described a small hack that you could use to change the behavior back. Mozilla released version 2.0.0.2 of Firefox, which included several bug fixes, including bug #347230.... [Full Story]

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New Computer Technology

Posted by · Published: February 16, 2007

A friend of mine has been in the process building a new computer. He has been blogging the steps that he has taken. He has also taken photos of the parts and and the relation to where they placed. In order to show you all what I have been talking... [Full Story]

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Thoughts on DRM

Posted by · Published: February 7, 2007

Let's take a deeper look at the future of DRM. Apple Inc's CEO Steve Jobs took a bold step by calling for the big 4 music companies to abolish DRM copy protection. Jobs envisions a future sans DRM. This stands in very, very sharp contrast to the Microsoft strategy for... [Full Story]

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The Internets Are Under Attack

Posted by · Published: February 7, 2007 · Comments (1)

First a clip of a news article about it then some background: Hackers Attack Key Net Traffic Computers WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.... [Full Story]

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Steve Jobs' Thoughts on Music - And Mine

Posted by · Published: February 7, 2007

Steve Jobs has written an open letter called "Thoughts on Music" to the big 4 music companies. In it, he urges them to drop their DRM restrictions on music. It's very well written and Jobs like, in that it is aimed at helping the end user understand what DRM is... [Full Story]

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The Dangers of Truncation in Programming

Posted by · Published: February 6, 2007 · Comments (1)

Warning: Truncation produces sometimes unexpected results: Click for full size I bet that seemed like the right number of characters at the time.... [Full Story]

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Bill Gates: Living in Fantasy Land

Posted by · Published: February 2, 2007

With the release of Vista, Newsweek's, Steven Levy sat down with Bill Gates and discussed the new OS. Gates came off looking like a world class doofus. First he admitted that main reason to get Vista was that it looked better than XP: NEWSWEEK: If one of our readers confronted... [Full Story]

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