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Lets say I make Geek News Central a registered trademark which is highly doubtful considering how much it cost to do such a thing. But lets assume I have. Then you register a domain that say Ihate-geeknewscentral.com which I am sure none of you would :). Most of us are Intelligent enough to realize that hey people have opinions it's
Longhorn sounds like some programmer at Microsoft is from Texas. I really wonder sometimes how they come up with these names. I also would hate to be part of their security information team because it never fails someone always gets there hands on a rouge copy of the latest products Microsoft is working on. I would not be surprised if
The feds love to seize boats, cars, houses etc from drug dealers. Well it turns out if you have a Domain Name that is involved in illegal activity, as some bong re-sellers found not only did they go to jail but also their domain names were seized. A site that sold illegal mod card was also seized. So you never
News Aggregators have been the rage for quite some time and I found a link to this one over at Dave Winer's Weblog who got it from Chris Prillo. It is refreshing that people can still think out of the box enough to decide if they don't see what the like in the current crop of Aggregators that they have
We search for a great deal of information on Google for that matter many of use a variety of Search Engines. But have you ever tried to dig up dirt on yourself. Try searching for your address, phone number, SSN, Insurance Account Number, Bank Account Number and the varied other items that identify you as you to the world you
Could it be true we will be able to pay .99 cents for a single song. Seems this may be the coming model. I do want to say though I will be curious at what bit rate these songs will be sold at. I would also be curious to see what type of anti-copying technology will come forth. [NY Times]
T-Mobile the company the purchased VoiceStream announced today revised pricing on WiFi now I am unsure how good there coverage is but Jeez these prices are only affordable for the rich and famous. The $30.00 a month unlimited plan is nice if you don't have a ISP already.. I consider WiFi a luxury when I travel and connect where I
This site carries stories of the day dealing with Security and Privacy issues looks like a great read in a well presented site. [Computer Cops]
Seems the judge is going to give Lindows a while longer to get ready to defend itself in the Trademark lawsuit that Microsoft has brought on the company. It's about time someone was given a break. The whole case should be thrown out. [PC World]
How many times have you taken a product you own apart after it died. I have done this to a number of things including cameras and a variety of electronics. Taking apart a toasted hard-drive was fun and taught me a lot in the process. Usually we do this with the plan to not have to put it back together.
Just by doing a minimal amount of research on the Net you can quickly learn how to Mod you
Many people have run small web sites on there personal servers out of there homes using IP-Redirect services like Dynamic IP. But it appears the big and bad RIAA web site is being hosted in some dude's house in Maryland on his Verizon connection. Which has been suffering a pro-longed Denial of Service Attack. I wonder if the guy doing
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