Tech It Like A Man!

Yahoo has been pimping Internet Explorer 7 right into your Inbox. They tout is as more secure, but I am thinking *more secure than WHAT?*

Take a look at what I got in my email:

I don’t know about you, but I would rather not be told that they recommend my upgrading. Do they even know what browswer I use? Apparently not, nor do they care.

You also have to love how the free upgrade is optimized specially for Yahoo. Makes you curious…you start thinking “What did they do differently just for Yahoo?”.

I use Firefox myself, and am patiently awaiting the full release of Firefox 2. So Yahoo, save your breath. I don’t plan on *upgrading* to the beefed up Internet Explorer 6 also known as IE7.

Specifics:
It will use Yellow Dog Linux running system.
There will be 2 memory levels available 20GB for $499 and 60GB for $599
22 games will be released at the same time. Games will be $59.99.
Release date is set for November 17th.

The 20GB system will not include a memory card reader or built-in Wifi, whilst the 60GB system will include both of these extras. Both configurations will include an HDMI port, as announced at TGS 2006. The 60GB and 20GB configurations will support bluetooth wireless controllers.^source

You will still be able to watch movies on either unit. They will also allow you to have video chat, Internet access, digital photo viewing, and digital audio and video.

To highlight the PS 3’s Blu-ray high-definition storage discs, Sony will package an HD version of the movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” with the first 500,000 PS 3s that it sells in North America.^source

It has some pretty impressive specs, too. Check them out here.

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FBI Director Rober Mueller is supporting a law that will make service providers keep logs of every client and their whereabouts on the Internet.

“As we all recognize, cyber crime is a growing threat,” he said. “Today, terrorists coordinate their plans cloaked in the anonymity of the Internet, as do violent sexual predators prowling chat rooms.”

I don’t go anywhere *that* unusual, but that doesn’t mean I want my service provider using my cookies against me. Seriously, the US already polices the world, why not the world wide web? The ever present *threat* of terrorism is spurning a lot of controversial moves to invade law abiding citizen’s privacy.

Is it worth it? What do you think?

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Yes, with its fun 2 times and you are out rule for Vista installation, the price of updating just got a little too high. Microsoft is saying that you can only install Vista two times: once for initial installation and once for another computer ONLY if you have uninstalled Vista on the first machine. That’s it. If your computer crashes one too many times, if you are a person who has more than one computer in your house, or if you are a computer tech who builds and rebuilds systems all the time get ready to open your wallet and shut your mouth. Who cares if you get a whole year warranty if you can’t even use the one program more than twice?

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Just trying this thing out. I heard about it and decided to check and see if it worked. I just wish I could figure it out for Livejournal, too.