News-Record.com - Greensboro, North Carolina: News: Homeless man blogs about his experience
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One of the defendants in the RIAA's latest rounds of copyright extortion has filed a motion to dismiss in the state of Texas on the basis of their predatory litigation tactics and the unconstitutionality of seeking damages of $750 per $0.99 cent song, among other things.
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Google Pages exposes GMail email addresses of users in the page url which can be easily harvested. A discussion of the threat and countermeasures.
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What's the catch? You have to watch three live webcasts over a four-day period and fill out a short evaluation for each one. More details at the Microsoft Small Business Summit website.
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To test the stability of the Firefox browser, this individual decided to test it by installing 100 of the most popular extensions and see how Firefox performs.
Splasho » The Superbrowser
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Work is under way for Debian to have an official live CD of its own. This would allow people to use a "pure" Debian live CD when trying to rescue a system, demo functionality, or just test hardware to see if Debian will work out of the box. Maybe other liveCD distros will start to use this as a base?
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A user at the OSx86 Project forum has gotten VERY close to booting Vista... and has made some progress with XP! Check out this page and forum thread for more info. If you're an expert in this area, lend a hand!
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The Dilbert Blog: Famous People Met Famous People
Published Monday, February 27, 2006 by Stangrunner.
A Milestone for iTunes; a Windfall for a Downloader - New York Times
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"Scientists in Clayton, Australia, say they have, for the first time, grown a human prostate gland from embryonic stem cells." Useful stuff.
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Prepare yourself by writing a script that pops up on the screen via a web server to inform the thief that you are aware of the theft and that files will be deleted.
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The arrangement of a mother's genes could affect the sexual orientation of her son, according to a new study. The finding, detailed in the February issue of the journal Human Genetics, adds fuel to the decade-long debate about whether so-called "gay genes" might exist.
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The CoolIT USB Beverage Chiller looks like a big iPod with a blue wheel. The wheel is the cold plate and when plugged in, will chill down to 45 degrees Fahrenheit. The TechZone says it doesn't work.
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Macworld: First Look: MacBook Pro: First day, first Lab tests
Published Thursday, February 23, 2006 by Stangrunner.
The giant had to shut off registration today due to too many people signing up for their new Google Page Creator software!
"...Google Page Creator has experienced extremely strong demand, and, as a result, we have temporarily limited the number of new sign-ups as we increase capacity..." :P
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"...Google Page Creator has experienced extremely strong demand, and, as a result, we have temporarily limited the number of new sign-ups as we increase capacity..." :P
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With GE's new plastic, self-washing buildings, cheap diagnostic chips, and free-flowing honey jars are possible.
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Don't pay for wi-fi in a hotel again! Portable wi-fi hot spots that you can plug in anywhere and browse the web, courtesy of your favorite cellular provider.
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The Impact of Emerging Technologies: Faster than Fiber - Technology Review
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Now its Las Vegas Casino's that are outsourcing to India - Outsource Reporter
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Microsoft says that today's release of the Windows Vista February CTP is "feature-complete". Two new features are Sidebar and Welcome Center. Take an illustrated walkthrough of Vista build 5308 with these 53 screenshots.
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Desktop Earth generates very high-resolution wallpapers based on NASA's Blue Marble Next imagery. Both online and downloadable versions are available.
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A new feature to the iTunes Music Store is users' ability to purchase an iPod completely through iTunes. Why is this important? Several internet critics have speculated that the iTMS browser is the future of the internet: easy-to-use, simple, and graphically pleasing. This is one more step towards making iTMS a web browser.
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"Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes." Looks good to me!
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CNN.com - Eight meat plant workers win $365 million - Feb 22, 2006
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Preventing SSH Dictionary Attacks With DenyHosts | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
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LCD Image "Screen Burn" on Dell 2005FPW In Widescreen Resolution - Widescreen Gamer - Your Source for Widescreen Gaming
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Enterprise Mac | InfoWorld | iMac keeps its power promise, PC challenge issued | February 16, 2006 09:54 PM | By Tom Yager
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Proof: Employees don't care about security - Security Strategy - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
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Mini-Microsoft: Microsoft Campus Expansion... foo!
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CNN.com - Italian court: Not a virgin? Sex crimes aren't as serious - Feb 17, 2006
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informationliberation - Houston Police Chief Wants Surveillance Cameras In Private Homes
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Networking Pipeline | Blog - AT&T Pays Off Congressmen To Kill Municipal Networks
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EFF sues AT&T over U.S. wiretapping program | InfoWorld | News | 2006-02-01 | By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
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Column from PC Magazine: Will Apple Adopt Windows?
Published Thursday, February 16, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Bloomberg.com: Begg-Smith, Australia's `Spam Man,' Wins Gold in Olympic Moguls
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Josh's Windows Weblog : Windows Defender (Beta 2) for Windows XP Screenshots
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ALAMEDA COUNTY / Blind student sues Target over firm's Web site / It lacks software that allows access to visually impaired
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Neowin.net - Where unprofessional journalism looks better - Microsoft Windows Vista Editions Finalised
Published Monday, February 13, 2006 by Stangrunner.
15" TFT panel transformed to something more aesthetic; TransTFT mod by MetkuMods - Because you love your hardware!
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The LED sign that made front page last week now lets you upload images to display on the sign, very cool, check it out.
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Webby's World says how to get the open-source paid-for version of, the Gnutella client, LimeWire for free.
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This guy wrote two extremely detailed analytical essays about the iconography and symbolism in Reloaded and Revolutions. Whether you loved or hated the movies, it's a fascinating read.
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Researchers have found that the best way to stay awake is to drink a cup of coffee, or other caffeinated beverage, and then take an immediate nap. See details here. . .
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"It's easy to write a virus for the Mac; the difficult thing is making it propagate, Palacios said. Anytime an application is installed on a Mac, several pop-up windows will ask the user if they are sure they want to install and run the program...it's almost impossible to unknowingly infect it with a virus, he said."
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This special beta test lets you give Gmail, Google's webmail service, to every user at your domain. Gmail for your domain is hosted by Google, so there's no hardware or software for you to install or maintain.
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The following is a list of important maintenance and monitoring techniques you can use to maximize the life of your hard drive and prevent data loss.
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Security and critical updates are available on ISO-9660 CD image files from the Microsoft Download Center
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La Crosse Tribune - 6.0 - Man sought in burglaries during which man ate, used computer
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TheWBALChannel.com - News - Police: Former Student Admits To Killing Internet Date
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Hacker jailed for bringing down millions of PCs - IT Security News - SC Magazine UK
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With 80% of digital music sales, apple qualifies as a monopoly. Perhaps this case could force them to let users use their music in something other than an iPod...
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"After a forced restart, restore the user's workspace exactly as it was. The state of various window, tab and user-data will be saved, and reloaded upon application start. "
Nothing pisses me off more than FF crashing with 6 tabs open :) I believe there's an extension that does this but its nice to see it being built in finally
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Nothing pisses me off more than FF crashing with 6 tabs open :) I believe there's an extension that does this but its nice to see it being built in finally
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Details how to get extensions working again that the firefox 1.5.0.1 security update inadvertently broke. Should get any extension that worked for Firefox 1.5 working again.
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WebServUSB is the World’s Smallest Web Server on a USB Flash Drive @ Alice Hill’s Real Tech News - Independent Tech
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Neowin.net - Where unprofessional journalism looks better - Intel and Skype Announce Collaboration
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Bink.nu | Sysinternals released Proces Explorer 10.02 !
Published Wednesday, February 08, 2006 by Stangrunner.
Engadget or/and boingboing had an article about how Apple patient a touch screen, i think this is what they we're talking about. There's a REALLY COOL VIDEO! along with it (http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/multitouchreel.mpg)
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In this episode of InDigital, we take a look at the Treo 700w. Is it better than the 650? Also, we examine if Up Converting DVD's really work. We'll also show you some phones built for messaging and see if there is any competition for the Sidekick II. Finally, we're going to look at some products that were left over from our CES show.
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Google recommends you disable Firefox's AdBlock for Gmail, which can block Google's ads, if you want Gmail Chat to function properly.
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An injection of two drugs normally used to treat HIV patients completely protected monkeys from becoming infected with the AIDS virus, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Apollo astronauts noticed something very strange about shadows on the moon
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Thirty years ago their strange experiences were as well-known to the public as the Man in the Moon. Not anymore. Many of the best tales of Apollo have faded with the passage of time. Even NASA personnel have forgotten some of them.
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Knew this was possible but never really knew how it was done. I always thought it would be more complicated then this.
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The Examining Room of Dr. Charles: A Day in the Life of the 1600 Calorie Diet
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The iPod Observer - Now Playing - Cozy Offers Sweater-Like iPod Protection
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Apple introduces $149 iPod nano, cuts price on iPod shuffle - Feb. 7, 2006
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Neowin.net - Where unprofessional journalism looks better - 30Boxes, Web 2.0 Calendar App Goes Live Today
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This story has more information about the Apple touchscreen patent and describes that Apple could be developing a virtual iPod interface for the screen (with force feedback!). The touchscreen can also recognize multiple fingers at the same time, for example to control rotation or zoom movements.
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Two memory leak bugs were fixed in Firefox 1.5.0.1, released earlier this week. In addition, the following memory leaks have been fixed on the trunk since the branch point for Firefox 1.5
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82 year-old inventor achieves lifelong dream by finally perfecting his transmission. This would *effectively* mark a return to 1$/gallon gasoline!
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Supporters of open sourcing for computers have been given a shot in the arm by news the French police are abandoning Microsoft's Internet Explorer for the Mozilla Foundations browser Firefox.
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Fun geeky DIY to use for productivity reasons (like the digg bot), or just to use to have fun with your friends!
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Apple has quietly continued to repair damaged nano screen free of charge... guess they aren't the rip off you guys were hoping for
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All you'll need to power this calculator for 3 months is a capful of water...and instead of buying new batteries, just refill it and you're good to go.
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this new mp3 player looks, acts and even has some of the same parts of an official ipod shuffle. only difference is that it plays Mp3, WMA and WAV files, and you can slap your own logo on either or both sides.
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Tired of ghosting, bleed through, and other bad things LCD's have? Then get ready for SED!
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Over the past months more Bittorrent users noticed that their ISP is killing all Bittorrent traffic. But, at the same time utorrent and azureus are working together to implement message stream encryption in order to take out these traffic shapers.
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Seeing as Channel 4 removed Episode 1 and 2 from the website, The IT crowd can be downloaded via Bittorrent. A number of torrents can be found here to download.
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Mini-Microsoft: Recent Themes... Dilbertless in Redmond
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Slashdot | Physicist Claims Time Has a Geometry
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CNN.com - Environmental group contends car interiors pose toxic risk - Jan 31, 2006
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New Printer Cartridge or a Refill? Either Way, Ink Is Getting Cheaper - New York Times
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET - METALLICA Drummer LARS ULRICH Narrowly Avoids Pissdown At Houston Bar
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This guys server set-up has to be seen, no idea on the specs, but it doesn't look very safe. It looks like a dump.
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"Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol (IP) network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by the search giant, according to sources who are in commercial negotiation with the company."
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Learn all about your local Best Buy store --see how much stuff is getting stolen, and how many people are buying extended warranties and magazine subscriptions, etc. -- just by looking at the large numbers posted on the wall. Retail hack!
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Study shows the bodily chemistry which makes people sexually attractive to new partners lasts, at most, two years. Then its time for a new chemistry set.
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Smells Like Teen Snogging - Kansas' wacky attorney general smells sex everywhere. By Dahlia Lithwick
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Don't expect yourself to remember to back up your data, or stack your closet full of burned CDs or DVDs. Today we are going to set up automated nightly, weekly, monthly local and off-site backups for your PC using free software. Once you get this up and running, you'll never have to worry about losing data again.
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Built out of kevlar and carbon fiber, this miniature Tomcat figher jet can reach speeds upwards of 280 M.P.H. The models (which are exact and accurate scale replicas) use small jet turbines, functionally identical to those used in actual full-sized jets to achieve remarkable speeds and flying precision.
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Everyone saw this one coming. His show has never been better. No more bullshit.
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tired of searching for a Wi-Fi hotspot? Now you can have your own, in your car, while you're on the move!
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Were you interested in the recent front page digg about the hyperdrive getting us to Mars in 3 hours? Here's one of the scientific papers which goes into detail the physics involved in turning Heim Theory into space propulsion.
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The first spam email was sent on May 01 1978 by a DEC marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
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TechWeb News quoted Garfinkel saying, "I think that many drives sell for more than their market value. He suggested the reason is people are looking for information.
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Ars Technica analyzes an Ipsos survey about music consumption. Music sales are dropping because the quality is bad and the prices are too high, not because of piracy.
Every record executive and RIAA member needs to read this. Just give us better music!
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Every record executive and RIAA member needs to read this. Just give us better music!
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This video is amazing! It shows how you can easily reveal a hidden SSID and hack WEP encryption in about 10mins on a Mac with just KisMac. (Unlike the way with Whoppix where you have to use several apps)
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Marie Lindor, a home health aide who has never bought, used, or even turned on a computer in her life, was nevertheless sued by the RIAA in Brooklyn federal court for using an "online distribution system" to "download, distribute, and/or make available for distribution" --- I can't wait to see the RIAA's justification for this suit...
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VMware, an EMC subsidiary whose software lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer, is expected to announce next week that it will begin giving away one of its key products for free, CNET News.com has learned.
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Scientists at the University of Kentucky have built tiny pipes that move water 10,000 times as fast as the conventional laws of fluid flow allow, mimicking for the first time the seamless way fluids progress through our cells.
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There's much more than meets the eye to how we perceive light, researchers have learned in recent years. The latest revelation: blue light helps fend off drowsiness in the middle of the night.
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I found this tutorial very helpful, as I am setting up a server in my home to host my websites. Very informative. Quit paying BS hosting fees every month; you already pay monthly for the internet connection to your home!
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I thought I would write up a tutorial for tunneling HTTP over SSH as it is a great way to increase security and privacy of web surfing. Here is how I set up an HTTP tunnel to my home network from work.
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The US military is considering testing the principle behind a type of space drive which holds the promise of reaching Mars in just three hours.
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Neowin.net - Where unprofessional journalism looks better - Microsoft's OneCare Firewall Draws Fire
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Unable to install the latest patch, Western Union finally stops supporting "Telegram" 1.0
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AT&T: "Free Ride" For Google And Others Is Over
Published Wednesday, February 01, 2006 by Stangrunner.
AT&T's CEO Ed Whitacre is once again crowing about his company's plans to extort money from Google and other Web sites who want to be able to reach AT&T customers. "The content providers should be paying for the use of the network," he told the Financial Times, and added that they shouldn't "expect a free ride."
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Today, however, for 15 million Japanese, paper money is a thing of the past, according to the Japan Research Institute. No longer solely used for online purchases, e-money, accessed via a smart card or mobile phone, has become a way of life for many consumers in Japan.
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Sometimes, if there is a dead pixel, it's usually stuck, as the liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) has not covered the whole screen. This can be easily fixed.
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Neowin.net - Where unprofessional journalism looks better - ISPs ordered to reveal software file-sharers
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"DVD" Jon can't to do anything about Sony BMG infringement of his copyright
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Jon says he contacted a lawyer about Sony BMG's infringement of his copyright on the FairPlay code he wrote for VLC. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like he can do anything since his work was not registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and was licensed under the GPL.
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Did you know that unless you uninstall a device driver on a Windows XP machine that it still may be sucking up valuable system resources? Here are step-by-step instructions on how you can view and remove these unnecessary devices.
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An Israeli inventor has developed an underwater breathing system that literally squeezes oxygen directly from seawater, doing away with the need for compressed air tanks.
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In 2002, 13 residents of Toledo, Ohio had their homes searched and electronics confiscated by the FBI after it was discovered that they had uncapped their cable connections. 7 residents faced 5th degree felony charges punishable by 1 year in prison. The charges were eventually dropped, but is that extra speed really worth a visit from the FBI?
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