Lawsuit against the 3 game console makers

Texas based company “Fenner Investments” sues microsoft nintendo and sony for infrigment of the company’s patent – “Low-voltage joystick port interface”

The patent, filed in 1998 and later awarded in 2001, is summarized: “The joystick port interface according the present invention is a low power port which interfaces a typical 5 Volt joystick peripheral device with [...]

Terrorists Using “Google Maps”

The Telegraph reports that terrorists in IRAQ using print outs of Google maps to pinpoint attacks on British Troops.
I wonder how far would Google expanding authority get…
As a google Fan, i use alot of what Google has to offer, however i can’t stop thinking about the expanding power Google has on us.
Lack of privacy was [...]

The real Microsoft lovers in IT

To start with I have nothing against Microsoft, But I have a bit of a problem with people that deny everything else besides Microsoft’s products because they are mostly afraid to adjust themselves to something else than what they know.
 
Surprisingly (or not) I have found the true problematic people about this issue, the DBA’s (Database [...]

Build your own BGP LAB

If you need to test your bgp configuration before implementing on your routers,
or just for learning purposes you might want to consider zebra.
 
introduction
zebra is a free software that manages TCP/IP based routing protocols, that includes OSPF,RIP,BGP.
using either a total free solution based on solaris 10, or using a virtual machine system such as vmware, you [...]