The Rigged-Up Net

Atari’s CIO looks at Linux as historic cost-saving opportunity. Game Maker Atari Now Playing With Linux

Managed Web host Rackspace Managed Hosting Europe (rackspace.co.uk) announced on Thursday that it has awarded Approved Reseller status to independent UK network service provider Connectology. Connectology to Resell Rackspace Europe

Flash storage manufacturers SanDisk and M-Systems are slated to announce Friday at CES a new USB standard called U3, which enables users to carry, store and launch applications directly from a USB flash drive without installation. ICQ will be one of the first adopters of the platform, and the instant messaging software will come enbedded […]

This document describes how malicious or unwanted comments (‘comment spam’) affect weblogs, the techniques spammers use to abuse weblogs, and the tactics that can be used to prevent and defend against these attacks. Also included is a review of the strengths and weaknesses of each tactic, instructions for implementing them on your weblog and ones […]

Consumers scrambling for sexy new flat-panel televisions may want to tune in to this less-publicized feature of the trendy boxes: They don’t deliver pictures as clearly as traditional tube TVs do. Flat-panel TVs can’t topple tubes–just yet

Rackspace Managed Hosting, the fastest-growing managed hosting provider, today announced that it has signed a hosting agreement with Atari Inc. (Nasdaq:ATAR), one of the world’s largest and best-known developers of interactive entertainment. Rackspace also announced a new business alliance with Internap (AMEX:IIP), the market leader for intelligent route-control solutions, and together the companies will provide […]

The service will also allow recorded content to be pushed to mobile devices, such as two new personal media players from FIC and GoVideo. While the new players can connect directly to DVD recorders and other devices through their integrated USB ports to download movies, the players will apparently need to use a PC as […]

So you just bought a superb ultra-flat 25″ LCD monitor, but it looks like there are a few ‘spots’ on it. Depending on how many and it’ll mean return to the vendor or live with it. Or you could be about to buy one in a store and want to make sure there aren’t any […]

My god, of all the poeple with the same name as me… why did this guy have to make such ugly things?! [sigh] http://www.rakuten.co.jp/coolstyle/486445/526321/

In Phase 1, EMI consolidated roughly 100 EMI sites hosted at the two largest providers by moving those Web environments to the new Web infrastructure at Rackspace. The project team built out two fully redundant IIS Web farms, a high-availability SQL 2000 database cluster, load-balanced .Net application servers and one-plus terabytes of online storage for […]

Movie studios hate it. File-swappers love it. Bram Cohen’s blazing-fast P2P software has turned the Internet into a universal TiVo. For free video-on-demand, just click here. The BitTorrent Effect

Got a new camera yesterday… Canon PowerShot SD300 Digital ELPH… retiring my S400, the new one is much smaller… much faster… and does a really good job with video. Here’s a review: Canon PowerShot SD300 Digital ELPH

Overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control pill, respectively, than women of lower weight, according to new findings from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that will be published in the January issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Getting pregnant while […]

It was only a matter of time. For several years, electronic devices in cars have monitored acceleration and braking to save fuel and improve safety. Now, they’re saving some of that data to give automakers and police a better idea of how you drive. 30 million cars now record drivers’ behavior

At least 13 airports are sending motorists to “cell phone lots” to wait until the arriving travelers call for a ride, a new attempt to unplug road-clogging bottlenecks at passenger pickup spots. Cell phone parking lots simplify pickups at airports

For a few years now, search engine darling Google has worn the tiara as the tech world’s “it” company. Will Google stay as hot as its lava lamps?

If you haven’t read this, you MUST… its crazy what these two guys pulled off: The Graphing Calculator Story

HDTVs aren’t cheap…yet. But 2004 may be remembered as the year when they got a whole lot more affordable. During the 2003 holiday buying season, HDTVs were the hot buy, and 2004 looks to be another big year for the growth of the HDTV installed base. State of the Industry: HDTV

It’s the never-ending argument of “to mix tape brands, or not to mix tape brands.” There have been horror stories of people mixing tape brands in their camcorders, only to have the tape be mangled, eaten, no signal on the tape, or “head clog” messages coming up if you’re lucky enough to encounter one during […]

It will be the true story of seven strangers, picked to live in a house in Austin and have their lives taped, to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. Get real: Austin to be home to 16th season of ‘The Real World’

Multimillionaire Graham Weston has such a golden touch that he could be the next Donald Trump of San Antonio. Price isn’t the object to San Antonio’s modest multimillionaire

An in-depth analysis of bacteria in US turkeys has revealed that high proportions of bacteria found in the birds are “superbugs”, resistant to many of the antibiotics used on farms and to treat people. Undercooked turkeys can harbour superbugs

Beginning Jan. 2, consumers can buy a 10-ounce container of Wolfgang Puck gourmet latte at the store and heat it by pressing a button. No electricity. No batteries. No appliances. Single-serving coffee can heats itself

Ditch your Treo for a dirt-cheap Nokia. The Super Phone You Can Get for Free

Early registration for the annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference suggests that 2005 likely will be the biggest year Austin has seen in the conference’s 19-year history. SXSW to attract record attendance

Time Warner has unwrapped a holiday gift for its cable Internet subscribers: faster downloads. The company plans to roll out increased speeds of 5Mbits and 8Mbits per second, a 2Mbit boost for its standard and premium RoadRunner cable offerings. Customers in New York will see the improved download speeds starting next Tuesday, while the rest […]

“Publicity is becoming like politics,” Kaplan says. “The spinners and handlers are getting more attention as the backstage mechanics, and people are realizing that fame isn’t something that happens accidentally.” Power behind the Oscars

Dozens of manhole covers were stolen in Milwaukee this summer. For thieves, metal transmutes to cash

This is a great deal… Unlimited inbound faxing to email with private number for only $4/month… much cheaper than eFax. This won’t solve your sending problems, but its easy to find a fax machine here or there to send the occasional fax. And fax machines are inexpensive at $30 or so these says. Packetel Fax […]

The extended simulated sex scene between two non-anotomically correct dolls which was cut from the movie Team America. Team America: Deleted Sex Scene

The two biggest names in long-distance — AT&T and MCI — are on the auction block. The question is: Does anyone want these two struggling carriers? Seismic shifts in telecom put 2 giants on the block

Short, to-the-point messages for use on the freeway as needed Road rage cards

Why? The answer, I think, is that most smart kids don’t really want to be popular. Why Nerds Are Unpopular

Nearly half of mobile phone users want a guide on ‘text etiquette’, a study by research company YouGov has found. SMS shorthand is annoying: Official

There is a WHOLE blog dedicated to making fun of how people look… thats just awesome! There are people so bored with life this is all they are left with…. wow! http://fuggingitup.blogspot.com/

Schlotzsky’s Inc., the Austin-based sandwhich maker, has been sold for $28.5 million to Bobby Cox Companies Inc. of Fort Worth. Schlotzsky’s purchased for $28.5M

Design website Coudal.Com is offering a solution to obnoxious mobile phones users by way of a series of cards that you can fill out and hand out to people that just don’t realize (or care) that they are annoying everybody else around them. Dealing With Obnoxious Phone Users

Red Hat needs to lower its prices, or risk losing customers to free versions of the open-source operating system, the Dell executive who oversees the partnership with the Linux seller said Tuesday. Dell: Red Hat needs to lower prices

The 5 a.m. commuter is no longer an oddity. The workday is starting at an increasingly early hour as more employees adopt non-traditional work schedules, a fast-growing trend that’s transforming the 9-to-5 workday. Working 9-to-5 no longer

Life expectancy is increasing in the developed world. But Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey believes it will soon extend dramatically to 1,000. Here, he explains why. ‘We will be able to live to 1,000’