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Exploiting MySpace for Terror

Military.com has released a report today about MySpace.
Airmen Cautioned About MySpace.com (Military.com):
Stars and Stripes reports that the Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI) is warning airmen to exercise caution when using the popular Internet social networking site MySpace.com. The warning comes after an investigation involving several airmen who were solicited “specific information” via MySpace.com […]

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The Other Side of Negative Reviews

Meryl K. Evans recently wrote an interesting article regarding negative blogging and small businesses.  In it she argues that criticism is sometimes merited and that anonymity allows the true lashing some companies deserve. But what if credibility is needed over anonymity?  What happens when your negative review of a company is to help out the […]

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Name This Blog

For a few weeks now I’ve been trying to think of an appropriate name for this blog.  It’s tough naming a blog; balancing catchy with branding is very difficult.  Look at the big time brands around today; Google, Xerox, Sony, Intel.  None of those brand names actually have a textbook definition or are someone’s name […]

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More People are Experiencing Firefox Issues

Not too long ago I mentioned all the problems I have been having with the latest incarnation of the (once great) web browser, Firefox. I have figured out that the issues aren’t plugins, add-ons, or themes but very poor memory management, in a nutshell, bad programming. I have tweaked and fiddled with Firefox all I […]

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Boeing Drops Wireless on 787

According to this AP article Boeing is dropping its wireless services from the design of the 787.  While this upsets me quite a bit there is a valid reason.
Reason #1:

Among the difficulties were attempts to get regulatory approval for wireless frequencies in about 100 different countries, and concerns about the amount of bandwidth available to […]

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UNC Admissions Blunder

Sometimes I really wonder what is going on in Chapel Hill, NC.
U. of N.C. Goofs, Tells 2,700 They’re In (AP):
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — An admissions department e-mail sent from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill congratulated 2,700 prospective freshmen this week on their acceptance to the school.The problem is that none of […]

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Music Industry Mulling ALL Options

I love seeing record companies squirm due to technology. The last advance in technology the music industry championed was the Compact Disc back in 1982. Time for the geeks to break the molds. First it was Napster, then it was the massive college networks of “free” music, next it was iTunes would […]

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24 Hours Left - The Last Push

This is a friendly reminder from Cpl M of A Soldier’s Perspective and Conservative Thinking:
First, I would like to thank Chris for allowing me to promote A Soldier’s Perspective here on Conservative Thinking. The help he has provided has been invaluable. I owe you big time, Chris.
That said, we need one last big push from […]

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Wikipedia Now Using NOFOLLOW

According to CarstenCumbrowski of Search Engine Journal the massive Wikipedia site is now utilizing the NOFOLLOW link attribute to reduce the credit spammers are given by having links from Wikipedia to their sites.  Every link on every page is now a NOFOLLOW link.  This won’t eliminate spam at Wikipedia but what the NOFOLLOW link attribute […]

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HOWTO: Export Your Contacts from Outlook

This tutorial was written utilizing Outlook 2003. Older and newer versions should be somewhat similar.  Click the images to enlarge them.
1) Open Outlook.
2) From the left hand side of the window select, “Contacts”.
3) Press CTRL+A to select all of your contacts.
4) Click, “File” then, “Import and Export…”.

5) In the “Import and Export Wizard” select “Export […]