Cranky Geeks CrankyGeeks Episode 145

The Topics:

iPhone Hackers Boot Linux
A new opportunity was discovered in the ongoing battle between Apple and iPhone hackers, now that a hacker group has created an iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. The announcement of the successful kernel porting was made on the "Linux on the iPhone" blog, complete with thorough instructions and source code.

SCO's days over?
Though SCO still has the option to appeal, federal district court judge Dale Kimball has now officially written its death sentence in the form of a somewhat fierce final verdict. Judge Kimball decided that SCO was subject to a contract with Novell, which it infringed upon by revoking SVRX confidentiality provisions in a licensing agreement with Sun. Many bloggers praised the judge's decision, calling SCO officials "patent trolls."

Sling.com: Like Hulu, With a Twist
Video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web, since its launch in March. This week, Sling Media, which makes the Slingbox device that lets you watch your home TV remotely, created a "beta" version of its own video-streaming site, Sling.com. If you have a Slingbox device, which lets you control and view your TV from any Mac- or Windows-based computer with high-speed Internet access, you can also use the site to control your Slingbox.

More Yahoo! Speculations
The Sunday Times of UK reported, or speculated, last weekend that Microsoft is going to buy Yahoo's search business for $20 billion in a very complicated way. The story states that Jonathan Miller, formerly chief executive of AOL, and Ross Levinsohn, a former president of Fox Interactive Media, are going to direct the new management team. Is this justifiable a rumor?

Interpol Increases Use of YouTube
Interpol, the "world police" is boosting up its social networking efforts. Utilizing sites such as  YouTube, Interpol has been able to thus far, arrest two pedophiles and collect video clips of Rwandan war criminals through the user-video site and other social networking platforms.

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