Update: Crap. I hate it when WP eats my posts/edits. Now where’s the URL of the last enry I put here and what did I write again? Bah. I’ll see if I can remember it tomorrow morning, instead.
It’s only getting better:
So far, two reporters from CNET and one from the Wall Street Journal have disclosed that their phone records were obtained by the company HP hired for its investigation into boardroom leaks.
Seven other reporters were also caught up in the investigation, according to the source, including a Business Week reporter.
The targets included nine journalists who have covered Hewlett-Packard, including one from The New York Times, the company said.
Nice diverse group you’ve got there, HP.
An update (via GrokLaw) on MarketWatch:
H-P spokesman Ryan Donovan confirmed that Dunn would resign her board seat if she was asked. Donovan also confirmed that the company’s board is to hold a special meeting by phone this weekend to discuss the matter.
Resignation is the least of her worries as far as I’m concerned. IANAL, obviously, but just as with others writing on this topic that doesn’t prevent me from speculating, and I think Dunn knew exactly what she was asking the agency or person hired to do and should be held accountable for it under the relevant laws.
What do you think?
It looks like they’re in a truck load of trouble and I hope the responsible persons get what they deserve, sheesh!
Quote from Dan Gillmor:
Once upon a time, honorable people were in charge at HP.
Quoting a comment from Schneier’s blog:
Whoever is responsible for this has to be slapped down, hard, to make it clear to corporations that they cannot do this. Corporations have all the information they need to “steal the identities” of their employees, ex-employees, and members of the board of directors: they can provide social security numbers, names of family members, addresses, phone numbers, and enough personal information to convince phone company employees that it’s a legitimate request for information. It is vital that they do not abuse their power. — Joe Buck
Exactly.
Looks to me like Britney is playing copy-cat here:
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But I don’t think she could ever get close to the original, do you?
Amazon has begun selling groceries (Ars Technica). So far so good, they sell some cat food and coffee, what more could you ask for?
Well written article (Daring Fireball) about the differences between Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and others, and why you would choose one over the other. I use both OS X and Linux, and several of the reasons listed one way or another sound very familiar.
I’ve started playing with del.icio.us, you know, that domain where nobody can remember where to place the dots. My collection of links/tags is still rather empty.
Being bilingual myself I find this kind of research (New Scientist) fairly interesting and knowing that a few of my readers are as well, I figured you might too.
Got some CDs in which you’ve lost interest? Want to exchange them for something that you do like? Perhaps La La is the way to go then. No, I haven’t tried it yet, but it’s certainly tempting.
I guess it was time for one of these, again.
Some MacBook computers may appear to be running too warm, with the fan running consistently and heat emanating from the top and/or the bottom of the computer.
If this happens with your MacBook, check the rear vent of the MacBook to make sure it’s not blocked.
Some MacBooks may have left the factory with a thin piece of clear plastic covering the rear vent. This is used in the factory to prevent dust from getting into your computer. If your MacBook has the plastic still over the vent, simply remove and discard it.
Lovely.
Bad move, Greenpeace:
Greenpeace is not the first organisation to issue a half-finished release and then wonder why everybody was laughing at it afterwards, but few of them could have done as much damage as the missive sent to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Part of it read, apparently:
‘In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world’s worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE].’
Pointed out by Charles Arthur.
![[IMDB Showtimes Map - 2006-06-03]](/wp-images/local/inconvenient-2006-06-03-sm.jpg "IMDB Showtimes Map for June 3, 2006")
You know, I quite agree that people should go and watch Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, but unless it’s going to be shown somewhere somewhat closer… I’ll have to wait for the DVD or so.
According to the movie’s own listing the closest it’s going to get anytime soon is in Lawrence (in July), Wichita or Olathe in Kansas, and Springfield or Kansas City in Missouri, all of which are at least a 2-3 hours drive from here, a bit much for going to see a movie, no?
Looks like The Pirate Bay is back online, and now in the Netherlands:
$ host www.thepiratebay.org www.thepiratebay.org has address 85.17.40.35 www.thepiratebay.org has address 85.17.40.36 www.thepiratebay.org has address 85.17.40.37 www.thepiratebay.org has address 85.17.40.38
And then:
$ jwhois 85.17.40.35 [...] inetnum: 85.17.40.0 - 85.17.40.255 netname: LEASEWEB descr: LeaseWeb descr: P.O. Box 616 descr: 3500AP, Utrecht descr: Netherlands descr: www.leaseweb.com
Related news articles at Slyck, Slashdot, CD Freaks and (in Dutch) Tweakers.net.
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