Why You’re Better Off Avoiding the iPhone

iphone3g-small.pngIf you’re a free software lover who’s concerned about your privacy and the limitations of DRM, you don’t want an iPhone. Amidst Apple’s iPhone advertising blitz helped along by positively bubbly media coverage, the Free Software Foundation calls out the dark sides of the new iPhone.

Fuck the iPhone… a i kasne s tim čudom … :-)

Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta Released
July 17, 2008
Opera Mobile 9.5 BetaAfter a short delay, the 1st and long awaited Beta of Opera Mobile 9.5 was just released. So far, this release works with Windows Mobile only and Symbian support will be added in the upcoming (or final) build(s).

Tko zna, možda jednog dana i zabrane svinjarije kojima se služe kojekakvi mutni tipovi kad varaju sve koji su dovoljno nepažljivi. I Europa se sjetila da nije dosta reći… pa piše vam u ugovoru koji ste potpisali… na koji ste kliknuli…

EU launches crackdown on rogue mobile services
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s consumer chief on Thursday launched a crackdown on websites offering mobile phone services such as ringtones after a probe found most were ripping people off, notably teenagers.
"We need to get a clear message out particularly to teenagers and children — be on your guard. It’s all about the smallprint … make sure you are not signing up for more than you bargained for."

Ali cilj je postignut. Ovisnost jednaka onoj cigaretama je stvorena… možda čak i gora… :-))

Young people ‘consider their mobile phone to be their best friend’ and would choose it over all other forms of electrical entertainment. So says the annual Mobile Life Report from the Carphone Warehouse. The report is the latest stage of a research project started in 2006 looking at..

Muljatori i dalje muljaju.

Google accused of ad fraud over AdWords on parked domains
from Ars Technica by nate@arstechnica.com (Nate Anderson)
After a lawyer spent a hundred bucks on Google ads that appeared on parked domains and error sites (and generated no conversions for him), he decided to sue the company for fraudulent advertising and to seek class-action status.

Hehe… koji je ono glavni parametar za određivanje smještaja nekog datacentra? :-)

Electricity dictates datacentre locations
Portable datacentres can be sited close to power supplies, adding flexible capacity to capability
Martin Courtney, Computing, 17 Jul 2008

Neki dan sam gledao kako su negdje u Švedskoj sredili dobivanje energije (Bioplina) od kravica i drugih bioloških otpadaka. Sve se miješa pa se anaerobnom razgranjom dobije metan (koji BTW nema mirisa kako neki misle) i onda se taj plin koristi za… sve… aute, autobuse čak i mali vlak. Ostatak koji ostane nakon razgradnje je odlično gnojivo. Nešto ko MadMax sa Tinom Turner i onim mješačima svinjskih govana samo treba sačekati da netko zavikne… "Embargo on…" :-)

Ministers signal support for anaerobic digestion
from The most recent News from VNU Business Publications by James Murray
James Murray, BusinessGreen, Thursday 17 July 2008 at 09:36:00
Defra outlines plans for £10m investment in demonstration projects
The government yesterday outlined plans to ramp up the UK’s use of anaerobic digestion (AD) technologies capable of generating energy, biogas and fertilizer from organic waste streams such as food…