DoJ Demanded Info from ISPs, Tech Cos.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) handed down subpoenas to a number of Internet service providers and technology companies along with the one it issued to Google that eventually led to the search company’s partially successfully court case defending itself against the request for information, the Associated Press reports via the New York Post. Read More → ^ TOP

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Dell Abducts Alienware

The Texas-based computer maker not only has a hot brand with appeal to big-spending hardcore gamers, but a line of products with AMD processors instead of the Intel chipsets that dominate Dell's computer lineup.

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Posted on 11:32:59 AM by chris -

Town auctioned on eBay up for sale again

BRIDGEVILLE, Calif. - The first town ever auctioned on eBay soon will be back up for sale on the online auction site.

Nearly two years after he bought the tiny town of Bridgeville, Orange County financial adviser Bruce Krall said Friday he plans to re-auction the Humboldt County hamlet on eBay next month.

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Al-Qaeda Likes Orkut

Apparently, it's not just Brazilians who like Orkut. Bloggers Blog points to "Orkut Home to Osama Bin Laden Fan Clubs" from USA Today, which reports that Google's social networking service is popular with Al-Qaeda sympathizers. Read More → ^ TOP

Posted on 10:37:22 AM by chris -

Will AOL Members Leave Goodmail?

AOL will be implementing the Goodmail certified emailer system at the end of the month. This will create a new email tier guaranteeing that customers of Goodmail get their email delivered into the top of the inbox.

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Look Paw,"Smart Filter's gone Crazy"

Everyday I check out BoingBoing because they always seem to post some of the best stories and news from what I have seen and because I can (No Smart Filter Here).

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Posted on 10:16:21 AM by chris -

Developers, Welcome To Fight Club

Programming for long hours under deadlines with an entire company's future sometimes hanging on every line of code leads to the kind of stress that can only be relieved by beating the stuffing out of someone else.

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Posted on 09:35:47 AM by chris -

AOL sues mystery phishers for $18m

AOL filed three civil lawsuits against several major phishing gangs on Tuesday as part of the ISP's wider fight against identity theft scams and other internet security threats.

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Posted on 09:24:34 AM by chris -

AMD Legal On Line For Skype

Lawyers at chip maker AMD are very curious as to why the Skype VoIP service permits 10-way conference calls from Intel dual-core processor machines, but only 5-way calls from AMD dual-core equipped computers.

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Posted on 09:01:56 AM by chris -