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• In Mexico, Wi-Fi Costs Dog Poop

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  Mexican internet provider Terra is serious about two things: Promoting their Wi-Fi service, and teaching pet owners to clean up after their dogs. I almost can’t think of a pairing more random, but I’ve got a really vivid imagination and the sense of humor of a 10 year old so I’m kind of an exception. The idea is the brainchild of ad agency DDB, who I think I need to find a reason to hire. [...]

   

• Windows Live Messenger Starts Blocking Pirate Bay Links

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  Users of Windows Live Messenger is said to have begun blocking all links to The Pirate Bay. People who receive links to the Swedish site get the following message: “The link you tried to send was blocked because it was reported as unsafe.” This is a tricky one, not because the Pirate Bay promotes piracy but because open torrent sites are frequently used as a means of distributing malware. In that sense, some of the [...]

   

• Maybe Facebook Should Get Litigious Over Employer’s Password Requests

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  In case you hadn’t heard, the Interwebs and mainstream media have been reporting that some employers have been asking prospective employees to hand over their Facebook log-in information so that they can trawl through accounts looking for any potential skeletons. It is this author’s opinion that this amounts to an extreme invasion of privacy and that Facebook should take some form of legal action. That may sound extreme or even a little silly – but [...]

   

• Shockwave Flash Keeps Crashing on Google Chrome, What Do I Do?

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  Recently, I encountered what has to be the most annoying Google Chrome bug I have ever come across – EVER. My browser would freeze up and Flash would die without fail every fifteen minutes to one hour. It was frustrating and it made it tough to get things done. I tried all of the usual remedies: banging my fist on the keyboard, swearing at my computer, reinstalling Chrome – nothing worked. It turns out that [...]

   

• Frenchman Sues Google Over Outdoor Pee Shot

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  A Frenchman is suing Google over a Streetview shot that apparently showed him peeing in his garden. On the surface it sounds like a silly reason for a lawsuit – but consider the ramifications for someone that lives in a tiny hamlet where everyone knows everyone. His lawyer explained how he came to know about the the existence of the photograph: [The man] discovered the existence of this photo after noticing that he had become [...]

   

• Get 50GB of Free Storage from Box

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  You’ve probably heard of DropBox, but have you heard of Box? Basically, Box does the same thing as DropBox, minus all of the fancy syncing (unless you are prepared to pay for the privilege). It is a cloud drive – a very reasonably priced cloud drive… that now offers 50GB of space to free users. There are some limitations as to maximum file size, 100MB the last time I checked, but for most situations that [...]

   

• Unroll Me Will Get You Off Those Stupid Mailing Lists [e-mail]

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  Unroll.me is, without a doubt, the most interesting idea I have come across in a long time. How it works is this: you go to the site, give it access to your inbox and your contacts and it scours through all of your emails looking for signs that something came from a mailing list (typically, the unsubscribe link). Then it puts all of those addresses into a list and lets you unsubscribe from one place. [...]

   

• The Googlighting Stranger is Not on Your Side [Ouch]

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  Microsoft might be accused of shooting at the low-hanging fruit on this one, but aren’t they just saying what everyone is thinking? Google Apps is a nice usable software suite and everything but the company has a history of hyping up projects and then killing them off when they fail to meet expectations – Buzz, Wave, Gears… they’re all mentioned in Microsoft’s not-so-catchy tune. Personally, I love the fact that there is a free alternative [...]

   

• Angry Dad Busts a Magazine Full of Caps in His Daughter’s Laptop [Video]

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  When Tommy Jordan took exception to his daughter’s expletive-laden airing of family grievances over Facebook, he decided to do something about it — this YouTube video is the result. Apparently it was the second time that she had insulted her parents over Facebook, so Mr Jordan decided to settle the score with a .45 and some exploding hollow-point rounds. I love the way that he made sure to mention that one of the shots was [...]

   

• Britons Detained in United States Over Ominous Tweets

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  The means by which two seemingly harmless Britons find themselves on locked in the back of a van full of illegal immigrants and drug dealers ought give any Twitter addict pause. It was Byran’s tweet that raised the red flag: Free this week, for quick gossip/prep before I go and destroy America? His follow-up tweet, which was a quote from Family Guy didn’t help his cause: 3 weeks today, we’re totally in LA pissing people [...]

   

• Anonymous Hits CBS, Universal, Vivendi and Sites in Brazil [Breaking]

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  Anonymous has reportedly continued their revenge spree in spectacular fashion – targeting CBS.com, UniversalMusic.com, various sites in Brazil and Vivendi. In the case of CBS.com, the attack was more significant than a simple DDoS. Anonymous gained complete access to CBS.com and left them with nothing but a single index page. Backups must have been on hand at CBS.com, because the site has since been restored. At the time of writing, Universal and Vivendi are still [...]

   

• Internet and Cocaine Addictions Might Have Something in Common

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  A team of Chinese researchers claims to have found similar changes in the brain chemistry of people that are addicted to Internet, to changes that are found in people who are addicted to alcohol, heroin, marijuana, amphetamines, and ketamine. The diagnosis of Internet addiction disorder (IAD), was made using a questionnaire that was based on Young’s Diagnostic Questionnaire for Internet Addiction criteria by Beard and Wolf: (1) Do you feel preoccupied with the Internet (i.e., [...]