One guy from Micro$oft going to jail for 75 years?
Yes it could happen, why? Well one guy in a so-so neighborhood seemed to have a ton of cars that most of us could not afford and motorcycles valued to be around $25k. He even boasted it on his personal web site. How did he get all of that stuff? Well he worked at Micro$oft and ordered software for free, he is allowed to do that. What he is not allowed to do, is to resell that software on the street. He made a reported $9 million. I might have done that same but I doubt I would have made 9 million. GO TEAM!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134594397_microsoft12m.html

My oh my, I am glad there are smarter people on IETF
I hate having to post about this but I hate people who think they are security experts and post some wild Security Advisory. I received an email from bugtraq today, read it here, that states that Adelphia Powerlink service vulnerable to man in the middle attacks by cable modem users. The person does not go on to talk about layer 2 switching or arp cache but goes to say that it's Adelphia networks that are vulnerable. I am on an Adelphia network and I love ARP poisoning but I have to say that it is not possible on my network because I have been playing with Adelphia for years and they have noticed the activity and fixed the holes. After sending 511 ARP requests, I get 2 returns, me and the next hop. Being ticked off by this false post, I went to the site that this user tagged his email with at the top, http://www.invisiblenet.com/. I have never been so disappointed with a site before, they have two things on the front page "Invisible IRC Project" and "Support invisibleNET". C'mon, no security papers, no patches, no releases? Just an IRC project and some commerce. Whats next? A booth at DefCon telling everyone to buy your shit because your security group is so great because you know someone who found Adelphia has a layer 2 switching enviorment that let ARP Cache. </RANT>

Bad bad bad Sony, you make me scream PROPRIETY!
Sony release its own propriety memory card a long time ago called a memory stick. This has gotten a lot of talk from PC people and anyone in the scene. Well they have started improving the memory stick techmology and now... *poof* it is not compatable with older systems. They have just magically taken you and made you dissapear from the user group making you spend more money in the every growing Sony propriety technology. Way to go Sony. Read more here

Stuff tommEE wants
Christmas is coming and tommEE needs some computer stuff. Also, don't forget about his birthday. Check out some not so expensive items. If you buy me something, email me right away so I don't get doubles.http://www.samintl.com/ac/066561.htm Memory Module for Laptop and a http://www.laptop-battery.org/SONY/33.htm Battery for Slim Laptop

In Jerusalem they know about your feet.
A firm in Israel created a device that will scan your feet without taking off your shoes. The device is being tested in some airports but it is only making me think of the plastic knife issue. The device say it will scan for detecting metal items which could be used as a hijacking weapon. Then again, bad foot odor would make me give over a plane. Read more here.

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas from AOL
America Online will cut about 300 jobs Wednesday, beginning an expected wave of layoffs as it trims costs and tries to reinvigorate itself, a source close to the company said. Remember when giving gifts this year don't use AOL to do it. They don't care.

Nvidia software gets cozier with Linux - Tech News - CNET.com
So there is more support brewing for Linux. NVidia released an updated version of its Unified Driver file, which includes drivers for hundreds of Nvidia products. The driver is available here. I just wonder when ATI will jump on board. Check out the story here

So you want to live in NYC?
Well, I was just browsing the news and boy oh boy... Bloomberg must take a hike. Smoking ban going down for the people watch here (broadband). Transit workers might go on strike read it here. And I hear Bear Sterns may want to leave. Well, I know when a ship starts sinking, it's time to get out. Maybe a new captain in charge is in order.

CNN.com - Microsoft to offer Linux software? As posted on CNN, the money grubbing software people, well Micro$oft, might be making some open source software. If they do make the software, whats to say they won't just hook us on it and then close it and make us pay. Kinda like crack rock or heroin. Read more here

CNN.com - FBI: Hacker stole 80,000 credit cards
The FBI guys has been looking for him since 2001. You think they will find terrorists? Come on' since 2001 a hacker has to get caught in a stolen car to be brought in on credit theft. They aren't the quickest bunch I will tell you that. I do have respect for the FBI but I hate to loose faith. More here

You know how I hate to rant...
I was going to Sprint PCS's site to pay my cell bill today and I noticed that the front page to login has changed a bit. This concerned me. It didn't look like a change that was an upgrade to the site. I called Sprint and asked them about the page. The operator said that it would take a bit to check. I said not to worry, I will just pay my bill on the phone with the operator. She informed me that there would be a $5.00 surcharge. This was nuts to me. She said I could hang up and dial the automated line and pay it that way. I report suspicious web stuff, they cannot confirm it and then I would have to pay $5.00 in the same phone call. Just wrong I think. Heil Sprint and the 3G reich.

Hewlett-Packard and Gateway are not paying for Christmas Holidays
Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas Scrooge. The two PC makers are sending employees home without pay for the December holidays. No. 1 personal computer maker Dell Computer will also give time off, but the vacation is paid, a spokesman said. HP is requiring most employees in North America to take off the week of Dec. 23, as HP and Compaq Computer, which HP bought in May, did last year. Workers can use accrued vacation but must take time off without pay if their vacation is used up, spokesman Arch Currid said. It looks like the world is really going down that downward spiral. Read more here