Archive for March, 2005

Google to raise GMail capacity to 2GB

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Web giant to offer a bottomless cup of Web-based e-mail, dramatically raising the bar for rivals for the second time in a year.
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MGM Concedes Format-shifting is Legal

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

In the MGM v Grokster Supreme Court case, MGM answered the one of the Justices’ questions by saying that format-shifting (ripping CDs) or space-shifting (i.e. convert from CDA to MP3) outside the scope of 17 USC 1008 is a lawful activity. If that’s legal, than how is ripping a DVD illegal?
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Microsoft files 117 phishing lawsuits

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

Microsoft on Thursday filed 117 civil lawsuits against alleged phishers trying to scam Microsoft customers out of personal information such as credit card numbers.
Thanks Microsoft.
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Why 95% of IT Projects are Late

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

A new report conducted by market research firm Info-Tech Research Group says 95 per cent of information technology groups “are not delivering some number of projects on time or to the full satisfaction of the business executive.”
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Link Popularity Check Tool - How popular is your web site?

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

This tool will show you how many other sites are linking to you based on results from the top search engines. How popular is your web site?
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digg adds blogging features

Thursday, March 31st, 2005

digg.com: digg adds blogging features
New to digg today: the ability to digg stories to your blog. Choose a story that you wish to blog, then click “blog”. digg will instantly post that story to your website. If you don’t like the way a story is worded, you also have the ability to rewrite […]

Thoughts on digg.com

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

mancide’s blog - Thoughts on digg.com
Mancide has posted some insightful comments on how digg.com could be improved. One issue he mentioned is “click-through” submissions - i.e. users submitting links to their own blogs, which in turn have a link to the actual story. I have already suggested to the digg folks they add […]

Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Slashdot | Spammer Bankrupted by Anti-Spammer Suits
The well known spammer Scott (”Snotty Scotty”) Richter has filed for bankruptcy protection. In a Denver Post article Richter claims to have less than $10 million in assets but more than $50 million in debts including the $49 million that Microsoft is seeking. Microsoft is not the only lawsuit […]

Orb Networks eliminates subscription fees

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Orb Networks eliminates subscription fees - Engadget - www.engadget.com +++ | digg this story
Orb Networks has done the smart thing and decided to drop the monthly subscription fees for their streaming media service, which lets you access the media (like music files, digital photos, and recorded TV shows) stored on your Media Center PC from […]

Wi-Fi Access Point Triangulation

Monday, March 28th, 2005

Automatic Asset Location System uses Wi-Fi Access Point Triangulation | digg this story
Barcoding Inc. has created an application that automatically detects the location of an asset using standard wireless infrastructure.
Does this mean any unique wifi device can be located? If true, people using WiFi enabled pdas, laptops, or even VoIP phones can be physically […]