Month June 2008

Subprime isn’t over

From Businessweek Option ARMs give you an option of how much to pay each month on a mortgage. There are generally several options or choices. However, once you owe a certain amount (like 110-125% of the original loan amount) then…

On Russian “stop list” censorship of dissent

“Senior government officials deny the existence of a stop list, saying that people hostile to the Kremlin do not appear on TV simply because their views are not newsworthy.” Wow. They even digitally delete dissenters out of videos now. Fox…

Linux greener than Windows servers

Independent tests show that Red Hat Linux pulls as much as 12% less power than Windows 2008 on identical hardware. Yes, this takes serious tweaking of servers and software, but it can be done. Think how much power could be…