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‘Spam King’ Escapes From Federal Prison - Kills Self & Family

Edward “Eddie” Davidson, 35, the man better known as the ‘Spam King’ ,walked away from a federal prison in Colorado. Davidson had been previously convicted of sending thousands of unsolicited emails that attempted to solicit people to invest in questionable stocks.
According to the Rocky Mountain News the article states:
According to Lakewood police Tuesday, Davidson apparently escaped […]

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Hack Attack On The Mac

For years we PC users have been the source of jokes from Mac fans, who often criticized our ignorance for using Windows, since the Apple OS was so superior because of a lack of attacks. I believe we PC users realized that the main reason for Winodws hacks and attacks were two fold. First, Windows […]

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Microsoft’s IE7Pro - If You Can’t Beat Firefox - Emulate Them

Microsoft has a new add-on for Internet Explorer that they call IE7Pro which adds a lot of the features that we Firefox users have become accustom to using.  I downloaded a copy of IE7Pro and installed it. It does work well. On their web site, Microsoft describes IE7Pro as:

IE7Pro is a must have add-on for […]

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Mojave Operating System - Trick or Treat?

Over at C/Net they have an interesting article about a new plan that Microsoft is trying to revive the image of Vista. Seems that Microsoft went to San Francisco and located anti-Vista folks and gathered them up for an experiment of sorts. According to the article the participants were introduced to a new operating system […]

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Would You Want To Own Your Internet Connection?

Over at Google they have an article which describes the prospect of owning your own Internet connection and what it might take to do it. They also discuss an experiment going on up in Canada, in which 400 homeowners will be able to purchase thier own Internet connection. In the Google article it states:
It may […]

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What Happened To Microsoft’s Windows Home Server?

It started out with a bang. During the beta testing I was excited by the prospect that home users could take advantage of a home server that would automatically backup ALL the computers on a network. The software was simple to use and held great promise. But than the problems started to surface. People started […]

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Microsoft Releases Beta For Windows Live Calendar

Microsoft is making available for download, a Windows Live Calendar that can be synchronized with Outlook. Called Outlook Connector, the beta software is described by Microsoft as:
Microsoft has just released a new version of the Outlook Connector, giving users access to the Windows Live services through Outlook. In what will be a popular move (judging […]

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Microsoft - Trouble In Paradise?

It makes one wonder. Should Bill Gates come back to steer the good ship Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft needs a Jerry Yang of Yahoo fame to help out. No matter what your opinion of Microsoft might be, the once mighty corporation is feeling the sting of the Microsoft - Yahoo deal gone sour. In fact we […]

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Can Ubuntu Become A Beauty Compared To Apple?

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical and the very popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, has challenged developers to improve the GUI of Linux to surpass Apple in looks. At a recent conference he stated that he wants Linux to actually reach the status of being art. He also states in an article that:
“There is an […]

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Teleco’s Fear Home Landline Business Headed For Extinction

While AT&T is attracting subscribers with their iPhone and Cell Phone plans, the company states that their landline business is losing subscribers faster than expected. So while other companies are worrying about how to make more money from their texting customers, AT&T wants to just keep the talkers talking on their POTS. [Plain Old Telephone […]