[infowarrior] - Why's it so hard to get 'Buffy' on my iPod?

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Forno
Why's it so hard to get 'Buffy' on my iPod? By Declan McCullagh http://news.com.com/Whys+it+so+hard+to+get+Buffy+on+my+iPod/2100-1041_3-6026 753.html Story last modified Fri Jan 13 03:58:00 PST 2006 SAN FRANCISCO--Buying an iPod is easy. Filling it with video turns out to be much more difficult

[infowarrior] - USDA Using Satellites to Monitor Farmers

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Forno
USDA Using Satellites to Monitor Farmers http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060113/D8F3Q1F84.html Jan 13, 7:44 AM (ET) By ROXANA HEGEMAN WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Satellites have monitored crop conditions around the world for decades, helping traders predict futures prices in commodities markets and

[infowarrior] - First usable version of Chandler free/open PIM is out

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Forno
(c/o boingboing) First usable version of Chandler free/open PIM is out Chandler is a free and open personal organizer being developed by the Open Source Applications Foundation, with design by Andy Hertzfeld of the original MacOS GUI team. Eventually it's meant to integrate email as well as calen

[infowarrior] - Some Safety and Reliability Questions About DRM

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Forno
Some Safety and Reliability Questions About DRM ~ by Victor Yodaiken President and CEO, FSMLabs http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2006084253232 Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies are supposed to protect digitized ³content², like movies and musical performances from being illic

[infowarrior] - National uniform driver's license law is 'nightmare'

2006-01-13 Thread Richard Forno
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2006-01-12-uniform-drivers-lice nse_x.htm National uniform driver's license law is 'nightmare' By Brian Bergstein, Associated Press An anti-terrorism law creating a national standard for all driver's licenses by 2008 isn't upsetting just civil libe