Month June 2006

Guantanamo suicides a ‘PR move’

A top US official has described the suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a “good PR move to draw attention”. Well…no. They killed themselves out of despair. The US official’s comment however was…

Who was Zarqawi?

Mythical figure and terror mastermind Abu Musab Al Zarqawi was killed in an air raid, according to a statement of the Iraqi government. Zarqawi has been upheld both in official statements and the media as head of “the Sunni insurgency”,…

WordPress bloggers, upgrade to 2.0.3

Do it now. This new version is more secure, lessening the possibility your blog could be hacked. WordPress found a possible weakness and slammed the door on it. Good. Full details on my tech blog The process is simple enough,…

Maybe MySpace, isn’t

Musicians are starting to pull content off of MySpace because MySpace’s terms of use claim ownership of anything you put on their service: Musicians’ rights: Lost in MySpace?

Scoble leaving Microsoft

Noted Microsoft blogger Rober Scoble is leaving Microsoft for PodTech.net He says nothing was wrong at Microsoft, just that this opportunity popped up. Chris Pirillo has more In the world of tech blogging, this is an earthquake.