My BIG 30

2004-03-29T18:38:00.000+02:00

daily links
Will India price itself out of offshore market?: "Growing demand from the United States for offshore services in India is raising the cost of labor there, causing U.S. firms to begin eyeing China, Romania and other options. But India has some tricks up its sleeve."

In CNET News.com

Extra headaches of securing XML: "XML and Web services applications are becoming widely used, creating a fresh target for malicious attacks."

In CNET News.com

Debate rages over Internet phone fees: "A rewrite of federal telephone regulations used to collect $25 billion annually has the "highest priority" at the Federal Communications Commission, its chief of policy development says."

In CNET News.com

Who Should Govern the Internet?: "The summit, which lasted two days and was organized by a U.N. Internet task force, was intended to provide a platform for developing countries to offer a laundry list of their proposals on topics from spam to root server operation."

In zeropaid.com

RIAA suits still not received: "With impending litigation threatening to send a stern message to IU file-sharers, the legitimacy of the Recording Industry Association of America's lawsuits has come under question."

In zeropaid.com

New Zealand Government: You can copy CDs legally: "New Zealanders are to be given the legal right to copy CDs, but under condition that they own a genuine, original recording. It will also be made possible for consumers to shift the format of music from CD to MP3 without infringing copyright."

In zeropaid.com

Microsoft Readies News, Blog Services: "MSN Newsbot, Blogbot will roll out this year, with Answerbot to follow."

In PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories

Office 2003: Disaster or Comedy?: "Microsoft erased one of my favorite programs without asking me. (, )"

In PC Magazine: the Official John C. Dvorak RSS Feed

2004-03-12T14:41:00.000+01:00

tech geeeks
McDonald's Wi-Fi recipe could define industry: "The fast-food chain is cooking up the details of its plan to offer wireless access in selected restaurants--a massive hot spot deployment that could delineate the business."

In CNET News.com

AT&T begins selling Net phone service: "The phone giant begins offering unlimited local and long distance Internet phone service for $40 a month, a move that's expected to roil the telephone industry."

In CNET News.com

Microsoft loses bid to move RealNetworks trial: "A federal judge denies the motion for a change of venue in its pending case against RealNetworks, which charged the software giant with anticompetitive business tactics."

In CNET News.com

Hitachi Releases 400GB Super Drive: "To give you an idea of how big this drive is, the Deskstar 7K400 provides enough capacity to store the 400 hours of standard def TV, 45 hours of HDTV and more the 6,500 hours of high quality digital music"

In zeropaid.com

George Michael Shuns Music Industry: "Pop star George Michael is abandoning the music business to release his songs online for free instead."

In zeropaid.com

2004-03-11T20:44:00.000+01:00

speed freaks
Progress halts as Yamaha heads for Europe.: "Yamaha's final pre-season test before meeting their full MotoGP competition at the IRTA tests ended at Phillip Island today with Valentino Rossi unable to break the 1min 30.72secs barrier, set yesterday."

In Crash.Net MOTOGP

Rossi matches best on day two.: "Improved weather conditions at Phillip Island today allowed the four Yamaha riders to put in some serious laps, the best of which saw Valentino Rossi trim a few hundredths from the M1s fastest time around the Australian GP venue."

In Crash.Net MOTOGP

Rossi surprised by F1's MotoGP passion.: "MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has admitted he was surprised by the level of passion which the Formula One world has for its two-wheeled equivalent."

In Crash.Net MOTOGP

Rossi meets Schumacher.: "Five-times world motorcycling champion Valentino Rossi took advantage of Yamaha's upcoming test session at Phillip Island to visit Sunday's Australian Formula One Grand Prix, at Melbourne's Albert Park circuit."

In Crash.Net MOTOGP

Hayden in command as Valencia test concludes.: "Having been out paced by new team-mate Alex Barros on the opening day of testing at Valencia, Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden hit the top on the second and final day - but was just a fraction clear of the fastest factory Ducati."

In Crash.Net MOTOGP

2004-03-11T20:23:00.000+01:00

another day in the paradise
BT, Yahoo mix VoIP with messaging: "The companies jump on the Internet calling bandwagon with a forthcoming service in the United Kingdom that will let users make calls from an instant messaging client to any telephone in the world."

In CNET News.com

AOL to offer Covad DSL: "The Internet service provider on Thursday is expected to announce a partnership to offer broadband Internet service through Covad Communications Group."

In CNET News.com

SCO's soap opera: "CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos follows the money as he lays out the possible endings to this tech industry novella."

In CNET News.com

Search upstarts storm Google's gates: "As speculation of a Google public offering hits a fever pitch, would-be rivals are looking for signs of weakness that could cut short its reign."

In CNET News.com

FCC releases Net phone guidelines: "The Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comment on the key question of how to treat Internet phone calls that reach traditional phones."

In CNET News.com

Steal this video! KORN releases anti music biz video: "According to this news submission, KORN has released an anti record company video/song accusing the music business of stealing from it's artists and over charging consumers. I can't say much about the song since i am not a huge fan of KORN, but I must say they have some balls for releasing such a track."

In zeropaid.com

EU Tightens Copyright Laws: "The European Parliament has passed an anti-piracy law, covering everything from handbags to music downloads."

In zeropaid.com

Rights groups target antipiracy directive: "Civil liberties groups are engaging in a last-minute attempt to alter a controversial intellectual-property law that they claim will lead to a flood of frivolous lawsuits against consumers and small businesses."

In zeropaid.com

Online piracy 'devastates' music: "The impact of online piracy on the US music business has been "devastating", says the head of the Recording Industry Association of America, Cary Sherman. He told a conference in London that a 31% decline in music sales between 1999 and 2002 was primarily due to piracy. "More music is being consumed than at any time in history, it's just that less of it is being paid for," he said."

In zeropaid.com

Kazaa case ruling: Sharman considering appeal: "Sharman Networks, the owner and distributor of the Kazaa file-sharing application, is thinking of appealing yesterday's court decision which upheld a ruling allowing the record industry to conduct raids on its premises last month."

In zeropaid.com

Another Court Bans DVD X Copy: "DVD software provider 321 Studios suffered another legal setback Wednesday when a New York judge granted a preliminary injunction barring the company from manufacturing, distributing, or otherwise trafficking in software that allows users to copy DVDs."

In zeropaid.com

Employees still swapping at work: "Employees are still swapping music and other files on peer-to-peer applications at work despite the legal threat from the record industry, a survey released Wednesday said."

In zeropaid.com

File-swap 'killer' grabs attention: "Los Gatos, Calif.-based Audible Magic has been making the rounds of Washington, D.C., legislative and regulatory offices for the last month, showing off technology it says can sit inside peer-to-peer software and automatically stop swaps of copyrighted music from artists such as Britney Spears or Outkast."

In zeropaid.com

2003-08-06T11:18:00.000+02:00

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2003-07-23T06:11:00.000+02:00

Obviously, I just turned 30. "Great!" someone might say, but not so if you ask me. Had a great life so far, can't complain, but ... haven't accomplished much. To add to this mess, I got laid off 3 months ago ... yeah another computer guy.

But I don't give up & to CELEBRATE my 30th birthday, I decided to go to Europe & live a little :)

Well, my trip officially starts on 26th of June, when I land in Lipzip, Germany. Why there ? MOTO GP baby!

So check here (smi)daily as I'm going to tell you the story of my BIG 30.