And now some geeky fun: a collection of funny articles from Microsoft's Knowledge Base. Personal favorites: Q276304: Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords Q110317 Screen Corruption When Aircraft Crashes Q264443: Wall Will Not Glue or Is Not Cleaned Up Q136022: Israel Anthem Suddenly Stops
The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team touched off a storm this week when it recommended for security reasons using browsers other than Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer. Yahoo Story Wired News article
A teenager was arrested early Wednesday in a California theater showing "Spider-Man 2" after a projectionist using night vision goggles saw him using a camcorder to make an illegal copy of the superhero sequel. The U.S. movie industry is enlisting theater employees to help combat piracy, offering a reward of up to $500 for every person they catch illegally recording films and report to the police. This is the first of many possible arrests. The full story can be found here.
Apple Computers announced June 21, 200 that it received a contract from the U.S. Army for $5.8 Million dollars to combine 1566 dual processor servers into one super computer which has been dubbed "MACH-5." Read more about it on MacCentral and Cnet. http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/06/21/xservearmy/index.php?redirect=1087831468000 http://news.com.com/Apple+sells+supercomputer+sequel/2100-1010_3-5242487.html?tag=macintouch
The flight of the first private astronaut was not as perfect as it first appeared a number of glitches occurred during the flight, some potentially catastrophic. http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996052
