Assassinating Spam - Episode 100
Need to know how to kill off your spam? No need to hire a hit man. I’ll let you know how to do it with your own SpamAssassin. Also customer service tips, often asked question in hosting and some of the latest headlines from inside the industry. The Web Hosting Show [...]
Hilton Completes Sale of Scandic Hotel Chain
Hilton Completes Sale of Scandic Hotel Chain.
Disaster preparedness for organizations
Blog: Glaskowsky provides an overview and further pointers for disaster-preparedness planning.
ED BROWN: 1928-2007 / Quarterback led undefeated Dons
Ed Brown, who was quarterback of the famed 1951 undefeated San Francisco Dons football team that lost a bowl bid because it refused to sit its black athletes and field an all-white squad, has died. He was 78. Brown passed away Thursday in Kennewick,... (Read on Source)
Open Source Security, Part 1: Securing Credibility
Open source applications have come into their own. For some time, open source programmers held much the same reputation as shareware authors. They were little more than experimenters and programming geeks who chose the alternate code-writing route because they could not or did not want to compete in the real software industry of commercial programming.
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Grooms Get Interactive with Wedding Email Newsletter from GroomGroove.com
Today GroomGroove.com will launch the web’s first biweekly e-newsletter for the groom, best man, groomsmen and fathers-of-the-bride. (PRWeb Oct 4, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1Mb3ZlLUhhbGYtVGhpci1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Online Casino Awards 2007 - Oggs.com
It's nearly time for the annual Online Casino Awards 2007, presented by Oggs.com, the leading review website for all serious players. Each year this informative and trusted source picks the best performing online casinos, with the finest customer service and greatest range, from all parts of the globe including US, UK, EU and Asian operators, to award its accolades and to point players towards those casinos that are truly worth joining. (PRWeb Oct 8, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U2luZy1JbnNlLUluc2UtVGhpci1UaGlyLVplcm8=
New program: 'Media Converations'
Doug Kaye's Conversations Network today launched its third channel, Media Conversations. The first series on that channel will be available in both audio and video. It's an 11-program series entitled Future Conversations with futurist Glen Hiemstra and media industry expert Gerd Leonhard. Check it out at Mediaconversations.org. (Read on Source)
Firefox 3 Receives Early Vulnerability Report
Only a few hours after Mozilla kicked off its Firefox Download Day, leading to over 8 million downloads in 24 hours, someone discovered and reported a critical security flaw in the browser.
No Evidentiary Support Filed In PPA Case
BATON ROUGE, La. - Because a plaintiff has failed to provide case-specific expert testimony of causation in his PPA case, summary judgment is appropriate, a federal judge ruled Oct. 2 (Greg Stagg v. Bayer Corp., et al., No. 05-1348-C-M2, M.D. La.). Full story on lexis.com
Detroit Mayor's Charges Broadened After New Texts Surface
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now charged with exchanging romantic text messages with additional women in the scandal that has him fighting allegations that he lied under oath about an intimate relationship with his former chief of staff.
Mets can't get big hit, Pedro OK for five innings - Newsday
 Canoe.ca | Mets can't get big hit, Pedro OK for five innings Newsday - BY DAVID LENNON | david.lennon@newsday.com HOUSTON - Is it too late for Omar Minaya to ask for a do-over? The general manager probably was reaching for his cell phone during the eighth inning of Friday's 7-3 loss to the Astros at Minute Maid Park. Loretta's slam powers Astros past Mets Loretta is grand as 'Stros beat Mets |
Ultralight notebooks may be cool but they still run Windows
I struggle to see how hardware vendors think they can excite the market with cool new gear when it all runs Windows.
Ex-Googler Ben Ling Becomes an Ex-Facebooker
If you're looking for drama, go watch the Olympics or an episode of the Hills. Ex-Googler Ben Ling is leaving Facebook, but it's not for any rumored internal squabbles. Instead, he's got a new opportunity on deck that is apparently great enough to leave the hottest social network in the world right now. I don't know what opportunity is out there ... (Read on Source)
Rifamycin Antibiotics Attack Tuberculosis Bacteria With Walls, Not Signals
Amid concerns about the rising number of new tuberculosis cases worldwide, researchers have reexamined and disproved a theory that describes how a potent class of antibiotics kills a deadly form of bacteria. The findings not only bring scientists closer to understanding how these antibiotics work but also how the bacteria become resistant to their effects.
FDA's Fraud Finding In Study Means Claims Against Company Are Not Preempted, Court Says
PHILADELPHIA - A plaintiff's claims against a contract research organization are not preempted because the Food and Drug Administration found that the company engaged in fraudulent reporting of clinical study data, a Pennsylvania federal judge said Oct. 25 in denying summary judgment (Eileen Wawrzynek, et al. v. Statprobe, Inc., et al., No. 05-1342, E.D. Pa.). Full story on lexis.com
Use White For Clean Web Design
When making for the world wide web, an aspect of the web design that must precise thought is colour. selecting colour without thought or know-how could divert internet users from the website. picki...
Google Dream Phone Makes Its Debut
The T-Mobile G1 with Google powered by Android was unveiled this morning in New York with a list price of $179 -- undercutting Apple's iPhone -- and confirming many of the rumors that had been floating around about the device over the past few weeks.
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WiMax's Woes Are a Boon to MobileAccess
Companies find more uses for WiMax, but indoor transmissions may be trouble spots.
Widespread Problems, Fraud Found in H-1B Program
U.S. study finds incidents of forged documents, fake degrees, 'shell' companies.
OSS Gaming: Ready for the Big Leagues?
Whether you're talking about the Wii, the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3, the video game industry is on a record-setting pace for revenue in 2008. Consumers have scooped up billions of dollars worth of game consoles, accessories and big-budget titles. With sales set to top $22 billion in 2008, according to The NPD Group, gaming looks as though it's weathering the ongoing economic downturn well.
China sacks drunk official outed on Internet (Reuters)
Reuters - China's ministry of transport has fired an official in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen after photos and video clips of his drunken misbehavior in a seafood restaurant appeared online.
Hunger hotspots of the future revealed
A new study combines climate models with population and economic predictions to warn where food security will be worst in Africa in 2030 (Read on Source)
Music Execs Still Confused Over Music Business Models
Reader Chris Gruel writes in to point out that at a recent conference various music industry execs seemed to embrace the concepts of free music, but the details aren't as encouraging as they might be. While it is good that these folks recognize where music is headed, they seem a bit confused about how to make it work as a business model. First, as a group, they all seem to think that "ad supported music" is the business model that will work. We've seen absolutely no evidence to support that (and, in fact, most ad supported music ventures are struggling).
The second disturbing point is that, while the folks on the panel agreed that DRM is dead, they still claimed that "the industry needs to protect the rights of content owners by compensating them when music moves from one individual to another." The only way that happens is with DRM, and it misses the point. If they actually put in place business models that embraced the infinite nature of music to make scarce products more valuable, they would realize that they don't need to "protect" the content, and they would want to encourage the free movement of the music from one individual to another, because it drives up the value of those scarce resources.
As an example, if a musician is giving away their music to sell more concert tickets, then they shouldn't worry about annoying advertising that drives people away, or trying to cash in on every transfer of a song. Instead, they should want the songs to spread as widely as possible to build up a larger fan base. The larger the fan base, the more people who are interested in seeing the live show, the more tickets they can sell (and potentially at higher prices, too). And, before someone jumps up and down in the comments about musicians who don't want to perform live, this applies to other business models we've discussed as well -- such as getting fans to to pay for the creation of music or for selling exclusive limited editions. Oh well, the execs can keep arguing about what the world should be -- while others out there are actually making things work without them.
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Metals Stocks: Gold slips as rising dollar cuts investment demand
Gold futures slip for a second session, retreating from their highest in nearly five weeks, as a strengthening dollar serves to dampen the metal?s appeal as an investment alternative.
WordPress 2.7 Sees The Light Of Day
It didn't take long for the team to release WordPress 2.7 after RC2 was released just a few hours prior. Despite any confusion that may arise from two versions being released in the same day, I highly encourage anyone that is using WordPress to upgrade to the latest release (WordPress 2.7). There is simply too much bundled in this new version to ... (Read on Source)
Dreier Stole $380 Million, Feds Say; Bail Denied due to 'Enormous' Flight Risk
A prosecutor Thursday more than tripled, to $380 million, the sum the government says attorney Marc Dreier, founder of Dreier LLP, has stolen from hedge funds and investors. Arguing successfully that Dreier should be held without bail while a full accounting of his assets is pursued by a court-appointed receiver, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Streeter called Dreier the "Houdini of impersonation and false documents." Based on what Streeter said Thursday in court, Dreier could face additional charges.
Garmin Nuvifone Clarification: Linux-based but not Android
Talk about tempests and teapots. Yesterday had quite the controversy as reports swirled around the Intertubes that Garmin would be releasing an Android handset. This all started when website DigiTimes posted that Garmin would launch Android handsets during the second half of 2009. Immediately, everyone started speculating whether the upcoming Nuvifone would be Android based. Apparently not. Garmin responded with a press release disputing the DigiTimes report and saying the story contained "a number inaccuracies in both sales figures and product rollout schedules."
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