Wednesday, January 7, 2009

07-Jan-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

A look at Apple's new 17-inch MacBook Pro from Engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/apple-unveils-all-new-17-inch-macbook-pro/

journalspace.com loose absolutely everything. Having relied on RAID 1 for "backup" they can only shut up shop & hide from angry bloggers:
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/mirroring-isnt-a-backup-solution/

Slashdot catches uop with New Zealand's "Guilt by Accusation" law and doesn't need much help in making our government a laughing stock:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/06/0351202

Apple will end using DRM on its iTunes store, selling songs without copy protection:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7813527.stm

A look at the code behind the 30GiB Microsoft Zune crashes experienced at the beginning of 2009, and how to do it right:
http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/01/lesson-on-infinite-loops/

Probably unrelated to the above, but Microsoft is rumoured to be considering firing around 15% of the workforce around mid-January:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10130165-75.html

A review of the Microsoft 7 beta replacement for Vista:
http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2009/01/windows_7_beta_first_impressions_1.html

All together now: "2009 will be the year of the Linux desktop":
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/05/linux_in_2009/

FreeBSD Brings out release 7.1:
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/announce.html

Honda advertise their new breed of hybrid cars using solar-powered billboards for illumination:
http://www.gizmag.com/hondas-hybrid-billboards/10658/

And finally. Xkcd bring you a handy guide to understanding the metric system. Excellent for educating American geeks:
http://xkcd.com/526/

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