http://bpmonaco.com Quite Simply, A Technology Blog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:12:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you've probably noted, I have next-to-no time to devote to this blog anymore. Therefore I'm placing it on indefinite hiatus, though you'll still be able to access archived posts. Thank you for your understanding. http://bpmonaco.com/2008/09/05/indefinite-hiatus/ Yes, really. The content is from a post at the blog of an LA attorney who writes under the pseudonym of Patterico. The post was a letter from embattled Judge Alex Kozinski's wife, Marcy Tiffany, who was defending her husband from what she calls false accusations by the LA Times. Now ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/06/17/wait-for-itthe-ap-uses-content-from-a-blog/ Apparently under the impression that its the only news organization in existence that doesn't need to follow federal fair use laws, the Associated Press now wants to charge bloggers about $2.50...per word. No, I'm not kidding. As we wait with bated breath for the Associated Press to come down from the ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/06/17/ap-now-attempting-to-charge-250-perword/ Meet the Bulbcap by MollaSpace. Unlike your typical lampshade, the Bulbcap is directly applied to the lightbulb, leaving some *cough* Gizmodo *cough* to place their minds firmly in the gutter. Simply pull the "shade" over any typical lightbulb under 40 watts: and you've got a....an....er.....let's face it, you've got a conversation piece. As ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/06/17/meet-the-bulbcap/ Lori Drew, a Missouri woman on trial for her alleged role in a teenager's suicide after she allegedly created a fake MySpace account to taunt the 13-year-old, plead not guilty to conspiracy and other charges in a federal court today. The trial centers around the October 2006 suicide death of St. ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/06/16/myspace-hoax-mom-pleads-not-guilty/ The blogosphere is rightfully upset over the Associated Press' sending of notices to a lefty blog to stop using quotes from their articles. They asserted that the use of the content somehow infringed their copyright. TechCrunch's Michael Arrington wrote: The stories over the weekend were bad enough - the Associated Press, ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/06/16/am-i-missing-something-with-this-ap-story/ A massive new online business is scheduled to launch on July 11: Apple's App Store - an online hub for third party iPhone and iPod Touch applications. Beginning later this month, developers will begin to upload apps to the store accessible by iPhone users or to a new section of the ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/06/14/developers-and-consumers-get-ready-for-apples-iphone-app-store/ There's no doubt that an iPhone update is imminent. But while nearly everyone has agreed on that, nobody knows anything definite about the specifics... except that the new iPhone will be compatible with the Microsoft Exchange email services. There's a link on the main Apple.com iPhone page where you can ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/06/04/iphone-3g-and-wwdc-announcement-predictions/ According to Gizmodo, Apple is set to unveil the 3G iPhone on June 9 at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. Here's an excerpt from the Gizmodo post: "We all suspected it, but now it is confirmed: someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/05/21/3g-iphone-coming-june-9/ Still doubt that the 3G iPhone is coming soon? This settings screen with a 3G toggle switch (see image) was found in the latest beta release of the iPhone's 2.0 firmware. Why would you want to turn off 3G? Because 3G drains cell phone batteries very quickly. In this screenshot, Apple has ... http://bpmonaco.com/2008/05/12/iphone-3g-settings-pic/