Geek And Poke

Simply Explained - Part 9: CAPTCHA

Before CAPTCHAs die (see Larry Dignan) let's explain them.

Elton Johns SOA

See Joe McKendrick about a Survey: companies investing millions in SOA, but don’t exactly know why and Russell Shaw about Elton John to Larry King: I don’t have a computer or a mobile phone.

Cell Phones And Reproduction

See Russell Shaw.

Simply Explained - Part 7 & 8

See Slashdot about Multitouch Gesture Patents.

Looking Back On "Vista Capable"

Now that  "Vista Capable" Lawsuit Is Now a Class Action (Slashdot) it's time to look back on the history of "Vista Capable"

The History Of.... (I Have No Idea)

After the war is over and the folks try to heal the damages (see Josh Taylor about What format war? Just convert your HD DVDs to Blu-ray) let's look at the history of format wars.

The Last Word On The Sun/MySQL Acquisition

After the Sun/MySQL acquisition has gone to past it's time for the last word on it.

(Thanks to Armin Wallrab for the idea to this cartoon)

Business And IT

Simply Explained - Part 6: EULA

See Slashdot and Techdirt about End User License Agreements (EULAs).

How To Be A Good Manager

Michael Krigsman posts about ways to prevent project failure by showing the strategies of a healthy management.