MacJournals News : Legal Copy We had planned on including the transcript of the HD screen full of tiny disclaimer text in Apple’s new ‘Legal Copy’ television ad, featuring Justin Long as \’a Mac\’ and John Hodgman as \’a PC,\’ in the next issue of MDJ. Honestly, though, once we got it entered, we realized […]
Physicist Stephen Hawking rushed to hospital (Reuters): \”Reuters – Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world\’s foremost physicists, has been urgently admitted to hospital, Cambridge University said in a statement on Monday.\”
Periodically, I have needed to change the settings for Windows CD Autoplay… Feel free to offer a more streamlined suggestion, or anything else in the comments… Windows XP Open My Computer or Explorer Highlight the CD-ROM drive, right-click the CD-ROM drive and click properties. Click the AutoPlay tab. Within this section you will be able […]
Sophos Labs are reminding us that The Security panel on the Windows OS is not a secure application… Evidently Malware has started to be able to register themselves in the Security panel as \”real\” applications… For example: So please keep your eye\’s open… And stay sharp… (View the rest of the article at Fake AV […]
If you\’re looking for a job, here\’s a list of successful, influential corporations you might want to work for. That is, as long as you don\’t ask too many questions.\” (See the Rest of the Story at io9 – 15 Evil Corporations in Science Fiction – Evil corporations.)
Vincent Connare designed the ubiquitous, bubbly Comic Sans typeface, but he sympathizes with the world-wide movement to ban it. Mr. Connare has looked on, alternately amused and mortified, as Comic Sans has spread from a software project at Microsoft Corp. 15 years ago to grade-school fliers and holiday newsletters, Disney ads and Beanie Baby tags, […]
Q: \”Are You On Twitter?\” A: \”Not Till the Denton Cops Booked Me for Possession.\” Plenty of government agencies are dipping their toes into the Twitter waters these days, but when we found the Denton Police Department\’s Twitter page this afternoon, we knew we\’d found something truly special. With automated posts for everyone booked at the […]
Evidently the IJIS Arctic ice records are showing the highest levels since the last 7 years…. Two of the Arctic ice sites show April 16 ice at recent record levels. Â The Japanese site IJIS has a seven year April record going back to 2003, and reports 2009 levels at the highest extent on record for […]