From the archive

February 2003

95 posts

SearchGuild

SearchGuild is intended to be a forum for the discussion of search engine optimization and search engine issues. This site has potential there are a few like it out there but they have some good topics and intelligent posters. [www.searchguild.com]

Squeal on a Pirate and get Paid

Well they have tried everything else now they are going to reward informants that squeal on illegal DVD production centers. Primarily they seem to be going after the Booming Asian pirating outfits. But they could do this in the United States also. Talk about spinning distrust on the net. I will say this about Asian bootleg DVD's most are poor

XP passwords rendered useless

Microsoft has been beefing up security but they let this big one slip by. Lets say someone at your work wants to take a peak at your system but they need to get past your password. Well never fear Windows 2000 is here. Pop the 2000 disk in the CD drive and within minutes your password has been compromised and

Daily Rotation

Current headlines from more than 190 tech news sites, all on one quick loading page. [www.dailyrotation.com]

Shell Extension City

A site with more than 3500 Windows tweaking and customizing programs, and a Message Board where the help keeps coming. [www.shellcity.net]

Spammers must be getting Hurt!

A group of e-mail marketers have put on-line an Internet forum for people to air grievances about spam filters. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! You have got to be kidding. Someone needs to post this on Slashdot as we all need to go over there and complain how our spam filters are doing such a great job that we wish they would mail us

A Chilling Disposition “READ THIS NOW”

I have just read a very chilling article in which every last one of you that visit this site better read. I will paraphrase several items directly from the post to wet your taste-buds. "Never forget that the internet is as huge as it is tiny. Your off-the-cuff remark on some website you don't even remember visiting may someday be

California Spam Legislation a Joke

I had to laugh California legislators actually think they are going to be able to impose a $500.00 fine per each Spam mail rcvd. Now I tell you what folks if they think they can enforce this let alone collect the money it will be the California Spam Rush as everyone will move to California. Lets see turn off all

Roxio 6

This article says the upgrade will be in stores in a few days. Well I found it here in Texas on Saturday. I have normally been an early adopter of Roxio products but I am going to sit on the fence on this one and see how the product fares. I also should get a discounted upgrade advertisement here shortly.

TiVo thinks you need to watch Discovery

In a move that has TiVo owners up in arms they are finding that TiVo has been meddling with there systems setups in recording Discovery commercials and turning there TV's on in the morning. It does not surprise me, as Discovery is a major stockholder. When will companies wake up and smell the roses. I would be pissed if I

Cameras in Phones a Privacy Issue?

While I was traveling in Japan recently many times I had to jump out of peoples way because they were not looking where they were going. The reason they weren’t is because they were looking at their cell phones. On top of that I inspected some of the top of the line digital camera phones they have over there and

Google “Big Brother Award?”

A very interesting piece that is simple and from what I can tell factual, should make you say hmmm. [www.google-watch.org]

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