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Does Anyone Make Money Out of Spam?

January 16th 2007 09:24
The Age reports that there has been a few court cases won against spammers and they reveal that their annoying crime does pay.

In the US, Ryan Pitylak settled two civil lawsuits brought against him by the Texas attorney-general and Microsoft for more than $1.3 million last year after admitting he sent 25 million spam emails a day in 2004. Pitylak reportedly earned $4 to $9 each time he obtained the personal details of someone who responded to his emails, which were then sold to other companies



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One Day Robots Will Want Rights

December 22nd 2006 08:57
ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda.
ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda.


CNN reports that according to a speculative paper released by the British government, one day robots will be intelligent enough to demand freedom from their human owners and will have to be treated as citizens. If not, the robots could sue for their rights



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Google Teams up With GoDaddy & eNom

December 19th 2006 08:21
Google apps for your domain


As The Australian IT reports Google has joined forces with GoDaddy and eNom to create an application that enables people to register their own .com, .net, .org, or .info domains just $US10 annually


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Microsoft Wants to Cash in on VoIP

December 13th 2006 07:28
The Australian IT reports that Microsoft has begun testing new software which will allow phone calls to be made through its Office applications.

Microsoft will begin by making the software available to 2500 businesses to test. Microsoft's push into the VoIP market will pit it against other companies like Cisco who are also seeking to cash in on the growing demand for VoIP.
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Grammar check technology from Microsoft

September 7th 2006 14:38


Many of us are using the grammar tool of word to check our documents. The tool is helpful but has too many limitations, one of these limitations is that verb tenses in foreign languages are not well reviewed……Well Microsoft has developed a new technology that would allow a user to input an infinitive or non-infinitive form of a verb. When a user inputs a non-infinitive form of the verb, the software would identify the corresponding base form of the verb. It then would use that base to display the forms for the verb.
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Dell’s Battery Recall

August 15th 2006 13:29


Dell has recalled 4.1 million batteries from its notebook line. The recall affects the models Latitude, Inspiron, Precision and XPS.
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Microsoft’s latest patches

August 9th 2006 12:02



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Dell shakes the notebooks’ state of the art

August 7th 2006 12:52


Ok, this is the one that I want….the only problem is that costs more than US$3,500. The device released by Dell at the Consumer Electronic Show 2006 has an impressive design with functionality, which I can say will set a new parameter for laptops.
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Applied Nanotechnology

August 4th 2006 12:42



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Microsoft’s US$1.5 deal

August 1st 2006 13:12


There is some news about the popular Microsoft’s Office suit. Since the release of the Office 2007 beta, more than 3 million people have downloaded the software. The software giant is planning to charge users for downloading the beta version based on the “high costs” of the operation for the company.
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Redistributed Chip Packaging (RCP) technology

July 28th 2006 12:38


Processors packing technology from the common ball-grid array (BGA) to the new process developed by Freescale called Redistributed Chip Packaging (RPC). According to Freescale the new processor packing technology is going to eliminate all wire bonds and package substrates. RCP is an interconnect buildup technology in which the package is a functional part of the die. This processor packing technology will be compatible with advanced assembly technologies like System in a Package (SiP), Package on a Package (PoP) and integrated cavity packages.
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NAND flash memory goes 50 nm

July 27th 2006 12:50



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Quality disc labelling at Home

July 25th 2006 13:35


Have you ever thought about another way to label CDs or DVDs instead of the traditional sticky paper labels or markers?????, well there is another way…..Verbatim has developed a new technology that allow users to create a silkscreen quality label on the cover side of the disc. The technology called Lightscribe uses a special coating process on the label side of the disc that reacts chemically when a laser beam is applied to it.
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Intel’s Active Management Technology

July 12th 2006 12:55


Intel has found an interesting way to promote its network technology called AMT (Active Management Technology), Intel is using an online game to show the benefits of its new technology. The game called Crimescene is about a fictitious company that must be protected from hacker attacks that aim to steal its confidential information.
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