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2007 August 09

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Another Blow Delivered to Microsoft DRM

Microsoft is not the only company to use the DRM technology they developed. They planned to gain quite a bit of revenue from the technology that makes things tough on pirates, but tough on legitimate users, too.
Netflix, one of the companies that uses the technology from Microsoft, has been dealt a blow today, as a […]

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Spam Control for Gmail Users

I’m not sure if this has been posted here, however, I’ve never seen it before anywhere, and it looks trick.
As we all need less spam, here it is:

Gmail Plus - A Smart Trick to Find & Block the Source of Email Spam
Gmail Plus Addressing is not new but still very relevant and useful trick […]

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Vista Not Ready for 2008 Olympics Says China

Citing the need for technology that is solid and proven, the Chinese government is eschewing the use of Vista, in all but the most unimportant places.
The chairman of Lenovo stated that no technologies that could cause any trouble are to be avoided for the first Olympic Games in China. This also means that wireless networking […]

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FCC’s Bad Record - Second Blunder in As Many Days

In another blunder, nothing new for this area of the government, the FCC has stricken down the Whitespace Coalition’s proposals for interchannel, intraband propagation of internet in the television frequencies.
The excuse given is that interference would result, which is reported as in conflict with the studies put forth by the Coalition.
This comes on the heels […]

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The Pot Calling The Kettle Black

In a rare case of judicial restraint, and intelligence, the California state law banning the sale of ‘violent video games’ to minors was struck down.
Now, in a move pandering to all people too stupid to teach, or converse, with their children about the illusory and ephemeral nature of the violence pictured in video games, Governor […]

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Do Released Vista Fixes Leave Network Problems In Place?

Early on in the public life of Vista, problems with the IPv6 subsystem were shown, and yet apparently not fixed. Articles detailing the problems of this were more than a few, and the exact symptoms explained, yet the causes not understood.
Now the first fixes are out, and nothing has been publicly acknowledged concerning the troubles, […]

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As Freespire 2.0 Is Released, Linspire CEO Carmony Resigns

Yesterday, the news that the second major release of the free operating system from Linspire, called Freespire is available now. This morning, the announcement that, as of July 31st, Kevin Carmony had resigned his position as CEO of the company.
Some accounts are speculating internal struggles after the ‘compromise agreement’ that Carmony spearheaded with Microsoft. There […]