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This is a cool device if your like me and travel overseas a lot and get stuck watching stupid TV networks like the STAR Network or the only news is the BBC (sorry don't care for it). There is a company selling a TVBrick that is a home server that allows you to watch via the net what is playing
In what is a significant find British Astronomers have found a Solar System that is similar to the one we inhabit which moves that Solar System into the #1 spot of places to look for life outside of our Solar System. Exciting stuff now if they would just buzz over here and say hello as we sure the heck can't.
Ever wanted to know what and how companies are profiling you through your every day purchases and behavior. This is a definite must read page. If your hair doesn't stand up on the back of your neck your not human. [www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/]
I think I want to invest in this technology as it is going to sell like hotcakes. Imagine being able to feel what other people feel over the Internet, Wired uses the example of Tiger Woods hitting a golf ball. But thats not what is going to drive this market. There are applications for this technology that probably get people
Seems that big firms who have relied on Telemarketing firms to sell there products are going to start killing more trees and send us direct mailings and they also are going to be spamming us with there offers. Here is the key National Do Not Mail List and a National Do Not Spam list. Then if they really want my
The news of this is all over the place seems there is a contest that is set to deface websites. With the first group reaching 6000 sites wins. Should be interesting to see how this all falls out. [Cnet]
Ok call me a Nerd I listen to Talk Radio and I listen to it a great deal. But there is one show I never get to listen to anymore and it is because I am either on travel overseas or I am sleeping. I used to listen to Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell when Art retired I
"To millions of people, The Sims is known as a carefree virtual playground, where prompting human-like avatars to eat, wash, work and socialize can become a massively time-consuming obsession. A slogan for the game's online version aptly sums up its terrific utility as an escape vehicle: "Be Somebody. Else." But few probably ever envisioned The Sims as a tool for
"The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Tuesday that Web loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can't be held responsible for libel for information they republish, extending crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online publishers. Online free speech advocates praised the decision as a victory. The ruling effectively differentiates conventional news media, which can be sued relatively easily
Everyone likes a Grab bag even overseas there is a underground industry for it in Japan, they have these amazing sidewalk grab bag sales that women go nuts for you may ask why. They price the bags quite high ($20.00-$50.00) but there is a catch, lets say 20 bags one will contain a expensive luxury item ($1000.00) handbag, watch etc.
I think we need to make a topic on GNC just for 'Spam' since this most hated food on the internet shows up in the news daily. ;-) "An increasingly popular technique for preventing e-mail abuse is frustrating some visually impaired Net users, setting the stage for a conflict between spam busters and advocates for the disabled. Many companies have
"Comcast says "a majority" of former AT&T Broadband subscribers have switched over to its Comcast.net domain name and the change was fairly smooth--although a small number of customers experienced delays in receiving e-mail. Subscribers affected by the delays were those who had a secure socket layer (SSL) configuration to authenticate their e-mail, the cable Internet giant said Tuesday. Comcast did
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