Spencer F. Katt

Its not unusual,” laughed the Lynx when he heard that 65-year-old Welsh singer Tom Jones was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace March 29. “What is unusual is watching The New York Times report that Google has faced the fact that hiring lobbyists­­­—nonevil ones, we hope—is a necessity when dealing with the powers […]

The French horn shall now be known as the Freedom horn,” the Gallic Grimalkin guffawed when he heard that Apple may drop out of the French market because of a law being proposed in the French parliament that would prevent proprietary music-playing technologies. If passed, the law would force Apple to open up its FairPlay […]

Is that Zfone?” laughed Le Chat. “Zhen it must be for me.” The Gallic Grimalkin was giddy when he heard that PGP creator Phil Zimmermann had released public beta software, called Zfone, for securing VOIP. The Z-man claims his new software can secure VOIP connections without depending on PKI, key certification, certificate authorities, SIP signaling […]

“Occupado,” groused El Gato to the newbies who joined him in the latrine line on a crowded flight to Boston, where the Katt was skatting, following the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. It was there that El Gato learned from an Intel bigwig that the chip maker once had plans to launch its own […]

Im just trying to get a message to you,” sang Spence in his best Barry Gibb-like falsetto. The Disco Drudge was in full Bee Gees mode after hearing that a company called NaturalNano is offering a nano-based paint that can block cell phone and other wireless communication. The spray-on paint, which includes technologies developed by […]

Big Blues gonna put everyone who ever talked to McBride on the McGriddle,” laughed the Lynx, who was catching breakfast at Mickey Ds with a lawyer pal in Beantown. The Kitty was referring to the news that IBM has subpoenaed Microsoft, HP, Sun and BayStar in its ongoing intellectual property dispute with SCO over Unix. […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:22 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Microsoft invades Spain; Sun goes out on McNealy; a comment on spam “Klaatu barada nikto,” laughed Spence as he uttered the alien phrase from the sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” The Kitty and a phone pal, who was calling […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:13 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: ERP by any other name; for geeks, MIT love; Google talent search “I am stuck on SAP, cuz SAPs stuck on me,” sang El Gato into his cell phone, scaring several nearby patrons at Bukowskis bar in Cambridge, Mass. The Lynx was […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, February 6, 2006 12:10 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Editing the past; changing of the guard; the end of TV as we know it “He who controls the past,” said Spencer in an ominous Orwellian tone, “must have changed the wiki!” The Lynx was laughing with a phone pal about the […]

From: spencer_katt@ziffdavis.com Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 12:30 AM To: eWEEK readers Subject: Pay as you go; a hill of NetBeans; change agent “Sounds like everyone is suffering from a little Flash envy,” laughed the Lynx when a Penguinista pal phoned to tell him the Free Software Foundation has placed a free GPL-licensed Flash player […]