» New Intel Mac minis are cool.

And they’d be perfect without that damned ‘Intel GMA950 graphics processor’, or ‘How Apple makes Intel happy by using their crappy graphics chips on Macs’. Sad thing is: They can and will get away with it.

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2006.02.27

European Union Copyright Directive

It is less than a year since the European Software Patents law was finally defeated in the European Parliament, after a long and troubling history with the European institutions. This article is about the EUCD (European Union Copyright Directive), the European version of the U.S. DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act). This controversial law aims to limit not only copyright infringement, but also any attempt to counter copyright protection mechanisms, like its american counterpart. While the existence of such legislation in the U.S. is arguably justified by the large corporate dominance of politics, its presence in the European Union is not only alien to the culture of the land but of critical importance to the industry, technology and, indeed, society of the EU member states. In addition to the DMCA, a relatively recent example of the legislatory power of corporations in the U.S. are the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, also known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act, where by the copyright term for a work was extended by 20 years; the law was passed just when the copyright for Mickey Mouse was about to expire.
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» Come on Stevey. Use some decent components, already!

As with the PowerMac G4 MDD (aka ‘Leafblower’), the Powermac G5, the iBook G4 with the faulty motherboards, the Powerbook ‘Alu’ G4 15″ Rev.A with the faulty screens, the last Powerbook G4 ‘Alu’ 15″ (discontinued today) having audio, screen, and other hardware issues as well as many other models I won’t mention, the Macbook Pro seems to have its fair share of issues in its first revision. It’s also getting hot, as many people report.

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» Canon’s replacement for the EOS 20D is coming.

It seems, the brand new Canon EOS 35D, is coming on the 21st of February. Rumours have it that there’s a new auto-sensor cleaning function (no more blower/pecpads/eclipse dust removal chores).

[Update: The camera is actually named 30D and it seems like a very minor upgrade to the 20D.]

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» America’s pushy on GM.

Will Europe budge? “The State Department tries to twist arms through rather undiplomatic letters of protest, like the one it sent to Nicosia in July when new EU member Cyprus proposed to put GM food on separate shelves at grocery stores.”

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» Bad! Yahoo!, shoo Google.

“Your abhorrent activities in China are a disgrace. I simply do not understand how your corporate leadership sleeps at night.”

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2006.02.16

How-to: Μiniposts στο Wordpress 2.0

Επειδή από καιρό με έχουν ρωτήσει μερικά άτομα (και κυρίως o Κωστής) πως γίνεται, και καθώς τελείωσα τις σχετικές μετατροπές στο δικό μου μπλόγκ, αποφάσισα να γράψω έναν μικρό οδηγό ώστε όποιος ενδιαφέρεται να καθήσει να προσθέσει υποστήριξη και αυτός στο δικό του. Οι περισσότερες πληροφορίες που παραθέτω υπάρχουν κατα κανόνα ήδη διαθέσιμες, στο διαδίκτυο.
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» Waiting for Xgl

David Reveman of Novell, recently posted this video online. Ah, another six months I guess until this becomes commonplace. If only it were accompanied by the necessary usability and aesthetics revamp..

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