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The old IBM PC has turned twenty five years old today. It is the day I became a geek. The IBM PC came with a floppy disk drive and MS-DOS. It was the first computer that was not considered a toy. It was a business machine.
From the Article:

A floppy disk is [...]

Symantec announced that they have a zero-day vulnerability that can be used by hackers to gain access to systems.
The zero-day vulnerability is do to the fact that Symantec Antivirus is susceptible to a remote code-execution wit System-level privileges.
I like how this bites them where it hurts. I am sick of all of these virus [...]

Techcrunch.com has written a nice little blurb on a nice wine site; winelog.com, designed in the age of web 2.0.
I personally prefer corkd.com. It seems to be a little more intuitive.
Check it out here.

AllofMP3.com is the number two place to buy songs in the UK, behind iTunes, according to this story from the register.
What ever happened to Napster? or Real? or Yahoo Music Store? or Microsofts store?
It looks like it’s a tough market out there for anyone that isn’t Apple, and doesn’t sell songs for almost nothing (allofmp3.com).

Wow, and we always thought that the United States was all about freedom…it turns out the U.S. government doesn’t trust its own citizens very much.
When you make a phone call; think about the fact that there could be an overweight man eating potato chips listening in on you. He works for the NSA.
Cool, eh?

Did [...]

The Gadget Brando Night Vision Camera gets reviewed (with possibly the least text I’ve seen in a review, nice pictures though) by Get in Gear! They found the night vision camera to be quite sufficient for a low-cost alternative. The camera can be connected to a regular TV, Monitor, or VCR, and is [...]

The Overclockers of Australia have reviewed the X-Micro Mini DiscGo 20GB portable disc drive. The little drive is quite spendy at about $199 suggested retail, but it makes up for it in it’s appeal, and size.
Let’s just jump to their conclusion:

This is a very cool little gadget. I can tell it’s cool, not only [...]

The button filled Orange SPV M5000 communicator gets reviewed. It is a direct competitor to the Nokia 9300 communicator. The Orange SPV M5000 includes a 1.3 MP camera, Windows Mobile 5.0, and 10,000 buttons (kidding, kidding).
The review conclusion from infoSync World:

What’s positive:Unparallelled connectivity; powerful; outstanding thumbboard; persistent memory What’s negative:On the verge of [...]

JVC announced their newest hard disk camcorders, the Everio GZ-MG70, in a press release today. The GZ-MG70 includes a 30 GB hard disk drive for storing up to 10 hours of DVD quality movies.
Now you can capture your sweet home videos using two resolutions; including 16:9, and 4:3. Also, instead of carrying around [...]

Alienware has long been known as the company that can produce a high-quality gaming laptop. This hasn’t changed. The Aurora m7700 is their newest in their line of desktop replacement laptops.
The Aurora m7700 includes a 17″ widescreen LCD; dual-core processors, including the 32-bit 64 FX (for gaming), or the 64-bit X2.
You can customize [...]