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The Librarian of Congress today rejected a proposal that would force Webcasters to compensate musicians and labels for songs streamed to each listener of online radio stations, a plan that many Webcasters argued would drive them out of business. [newsbytes]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the First Amendment Project today asked the California Supreme Court to uphold a lower court's decision to permit publication of the source code for DeCSS technology, which circumvents digital copy protection systems. [newsbytes]
The company that created the program known as Kazaa says it doesn't have enough money to continue battling copyright-infringement lawsuits in the U.S. [newsbytes]
Google.com has been a great search engine and is widely used by those of us that have seen the light. To have some fun I recommend that you try the following tips and tricks with the google search engine. Google has the ability to search for files with a specific dos extension. search terms filetype:ext try searching for doc, mdb,
As we surf the net we leave a wide trail of personal information, including what we like to download types of materials we like to review etc. Cookies are the dirty little culprits responsible for most of the information information gathered about us. Check this site out to see what type of information your letting people know about you. http://www.leader.ru/secure/who.html
I have been reading the latest copy of 2600 and have found a particular article very interesting. I will be posting some links they recomend from the magazine hope you enjoy. My posting time will be curtailed over the next few weeks you can find out why over at my personal blog www.toddblog.com
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Your current Internet Explorer settings for the Restricted Sites security zone could expose your PC to intrusion. We recommend that you disable all scripting, ActiveX controls, and cookies for the Restricted Sites zone. Step by step instructions are here: Pitstop
Groove 2.0, released a few weeks ago. Users simply install the software on their workstations. The program shuttles data between PCs over the Internet or an office network, keeping the document updated so participants see each other's changes as they happen. There is no need for a central computer or server to run things.
RealNames will cease operations on June 30, two days after its two-year contract with Microsoft expires. In March 2000, Microsoft made RealNames its exclusive provider of keywords for Internet Explorer in exchange for a 20 percent stake in the company and $40 million. RealNames paid Microsoft $15 million last year, but was unable to pay the $25 million due this
This article derived from the Crack Talk Newsletter Spamkiller program goes a few steps beyond mere filtering. When a message is flagged as spam, its sender receives an automatic "bounce" message--a falsified one--intended to convince the sender that your address is no good, possibly in hopes that they'll delete you from the list of the millions they send to.
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