YaYoGakkDave's various insights on the world..NET Chosen for POS System!- January 26, 2005 Paderborn, Germany - 25 Jan 2005 - The joint value proposition between Microsoft and Wincor Nixdorf, focusing on Microsoft's Smarter Retailing Initiative (SRI), has resulted in more than 15 major retailers, including Axfood, ICA, Metro Cash & Carry and Superdrug ordering a total of over 60,000 licences of BEETLE point-of-sale (POS) systems that use the Microsoft&174; Windows&174; XP Embedded operating system. The decision to invest in new technology for the store and back office...http://www.microsoft.com/emea/pressCentre/PressRelease.aspx?file=wincorPR_250105.xml Musicians Dig the Net- January 23, 2005 Musicians believe the internet is an essential tool to help create and market their work, but at the same time more than half of artists say file sharing of unauthorized copies of music should be illegal, according to a new report. Click here for the entire article.http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65927,00.html Bringing .Net rules to light- January 20, 2005 Products give business people and programmers a shared language that helps them implement changes quickly. Click here for the full article.http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/appdev/story/0,10801,97944,00.html?so... "High Risk" and "Serious" Registered Sex Offender Map- January 20, 2005 If you have kids in San Diego, then you need to check out this web site brought to you because of Megan's law: http:www.sandiego.govpolicenewsflashsexoffender.shtmlhttp://www.sandiego.gov/police/newsflash/sexoffender.shtml Your Neighborhood Is Really Going To Shit When...- January 20, 2005 ...you take a walk around it and you see shopping carts littering the sidewalks. I live in the Carmel Valley area of San Diego, which is pretty affluent. Why this started happening here about three or four years ago is beyond me. The funny thing is the carts are never far from the actual store Don't these people have a car If not, are they really pushing home that much that they need a cart Come on people!!http://radio.weblogs.com/0105124/2005/01/19.html#a146 Oh, So Linux Does Have Problems :-)- January 16, 2005 Linux vendors Red Hat, Novell and Mandrakesoft on Wednesday released patches for several vulnerabilities, ranging from flaws that could allow denial-of-service attacks to buffer overflows. For the complete article click here.http://radio.weblogs.com/0105124/2005/01/16.html#a145 Rock Band Cares About More Then Just Themselves!- January 16, 2005 INCUBUS ANNOUNCES "MAKE YOURSELF FOUNDATION" GRANTS FOR 2005 Band Donates $100,000 to the American Red Cross New York, NY - Grammy award nominated rock band Incubus today announced a number of donations today through their non-profit organization, the Make Yourself Foundation. At the top of the list, the band is donating $100,000 to the American Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund. Founded in 2004 by the band, the Make Yourself foundation was established to donate funds to various charities which are.http://radio.weblogs.com/0105124/2005/01/16.html#a144 Leave Your Baby At Home!- January 9, 2005 Last week I went to see "Meet the Fockers" at a movie theater in Mission Valley here in San Diego. I heard the movie was great, maybe even funnier than the first so I was excited to go check it out. My excitement severely dropped when I saw (and heard) at least four small infant babies being brought into the theater by their parents! So I prayed and hoped they would not cry&133; I was wrong. Not only did one or more of them cry during most of the movie but I swear that they all were crying at...http://radio.weblogs.com/0105124/2005/01/09.html#a142 |