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Posted on 11.18.05 by templeton @ 3:23 pm
The Public Patent Foundation has filed a request at the US Patent Office to revoke Compression Labs’ data compression patent, which it is reportedly using to harrass anyone that implements the JPEG format. Filed under: Computers Comments: None
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Posted on 11.18.05 by templeton @ 3:19 pm
Match.com is accused in a federal lawsuit of goading members into renewing their subscriptions through bogus romantic e-mails sent out by company employees. In some instances, the suit contends, people on the Match payroll even went on sham dates with subscribers as a marketing ploy…(filed under “bad” deals)
Filed under: Bad Idea Comments: 2 Comments
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Posted on 11.16.05 by templeton @ 12:03 am
Very fun, and useful in situations where you can’t make a voice call. Send an IM to “My IP Relay” Give the operator the phone number to call, what you want to say, and they will relay messages between phone and IM, free. Sort of like TTY. Filed under: Computers and Cool and VOIP Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 11.15.05 by templeton @ 1:52 pm
The first seed of Mac OS X 10.4.4 fell into developers’ hands late Sunday, offering an early glimpse of what’s in store. Build 8G7 delivers about 30 fixes and improvements, according to seed notes accompanying the update. Filed under: Computers and Cool and Mac Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 11.15.05 by templeton @ 1:47 pm
Is your server as secure as it could be? The sleepless folks with the grsecurity project have developed an easy-to-use set of security enhancements to help put your fears to rest Filed under: Computers and Security Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 11.15.05 by templeton @ 1:42 pm
By end of November, Samsung is expected to sign a long-term, several hundred million dollar contract with Apple to supply flash chips for its iPod digital music players, Korean news provider edaily reported on its website on Tuesday. Filed under: Computers and Mac Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 11.15.05 by templeton @ 1:42 pm
As United Nations (UN) officials meet tomorrow in Tunisia to plot strategies for a new worldwide Internet governance structure, an “Issue Brief” from the 350,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU) warns that such schemes could choke political freedoms and soak taxpayers. Filed under: Networks Comments: 1 Comment
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Posted on 11.15.05 by templeton @ 1:39 pm
Western Union Financial Services agreed to pay $8.13 million to help stop telemarketing fraud that targets consumers who use wire transfer services, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said on Monday. Filed under: Good Idea Comments: 1 Comment
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