Tech News
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What not to do when you get cracked
Published: Saturday, December 29, 2001 | By: DennisThis article basically tells you (the organization) what NOT to do when or if you suspect you've been cracked. The subtitle on this one is 'a loser's guide to failure'
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SBC Communications now has 16% of Yahoo
Published: Saturday, December 29, 2001 | By: DennisIn an interesting twist, SBC communications has increased their holdings in Yahoo by 3 percent. A deal to sell DSL service to AOL members, plus second largest shareholder in Yahoo, sounds to me like SBC is pushing not just getting people on-line, but helping decide what they see. SBC will be a company to watch in the next few years.
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HP releases its High Security Linux
Published: Saturday, December 29, 2001 | By: DennisHere are some details about the new Linux Distro from HP. I've been waiting for this one. HP based their new High Security Distro on Red Hat 7.1, stripped it down and added 'compartments'. With the success of a proven Linux distribution plus HP's new team of Linux pro's will surely make for an interesting combination. I'd like a review copy of HP-LX. I hear it will be VERY expensive.
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XBox, Game Cube, and PS2 go head to head
Published: Saturday, December 29, 2001 | By: Dennis
Now this is what I like to see. All the info about each box, inside and out. A great read for console afficiandos who need a fix of the technical. They got all the dirt on all the parts, where they came from, and why it matters, catch the goodness here -
Walter Hewlett ups the ante
Published: Friday, December 28, 2001 | By: DennisIn what is shaping up to be a serious Wall Street brawl, the director of HP, Walter Hewlett made official his stance against the proposed HP-Compaq deal. The Packard family still intends to vote against the merger. The two families together hold about 18% of HP shares.
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2001 a good year for Linux
Published: Friday, December 28, 2001 | By: DennisIn 2002 two of the larger distributions, Red Hat and Suse, look to make inroads in banking and other financial sectors. Security will be get a big boost at Red Hat, and Suse is aiming for the mid-level server market. Symmetric Multi-Processing with over 16 processors is a goal as well.
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Soltek Announces the SL-85DRS2
Published: Thursday, December 27, 2001 | By: DennisThis just in Soltek has announced a second version to their SIS645 based motherboard the SL-85DRS2. This board has been upgraded to provide a 15% gain in performance over the original. Now all we need is a sample to review
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New weapon in the war against Karaoke
Published: Thursday, December 27, 2001 | By: DennisPrime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia has ordered that all karaoke bars be closed immediately. Any karaoke bar found open are to be destroyed by tanks. Not a bad idea in theory, though the application may be a little harsh.
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Dell signs motherboard deal
Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 | By: DennisHon Hai, a firm that make motherboards for Compaq and Apple, has just signed an agreement with Dell that will make it the worlds largest motherboard manufacturer in 2002. We here at Ninja Lane still have our favorite though.
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Steve Jobs earns $1 this year
Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 | By: DennisHe earned one dollar, but he got a 43.5 million dollar plane for free. Poor guy, maybe if they paid him some money he would be motivated to actually help the company to perform.
