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Aurora and Nail.exe Infection? (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - Thank Direct Revenue for your problems. Spyware vendor Direct Revenue last month launched Aurura, a new piece of scumware their PR department says: "is compliant with the branding and removal standards of all major proposed Federal legislation relating to online contextual ads." Except ye.. |
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Talisman Hacked? (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - Sveasoft's open-source critics move swiftly. Ever since third party Linksys firmware creators Sveasoft began charging users $20 a year to access their firmware, they've faced constant criticism from open-source purists, who believe they've violated the spirit of open-source. According to discu.. |
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$20, 1Mbps, No Frills Wi-Fi (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - Cupertino California launches service. Cupertino, California has started offering city residents 1Mbps/256kbps Wi-Fi service for $20 a month, according to Muni-Wireless. The city's Metro-Fi service is "no frills" (Wasn't someone just asking for that?), aka it doesn't come with any fluff.. |
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The VoIP Apocalypse (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - . John Dvorak believes the bells will eventually crush independent VoIP providers, and revel in the lamentations of their women folk. It isn't exactly tarot reading: take 1,100 small upstarts offering a semi-profitable niche product, and pit them ag.. |
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Broadband Via Gas Lines (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - BIG (Broadband in Gas) is born. Corante and the Red Ferret Journal discuss one company's plans to offer 10Gbps Wireless transmission of ultra-wideband signals using existing gas pipelines. The company's press release goes into only surface detail, but insists the idea requires no .. |
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Firefox 1.0.4 Official (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - Hits Mozilla front-page. While users have been tinkering with the unofficial build for a few days, Mozilla today officially released Firefox 1.0.4, which tackles the arbitrary code execution vulnerability that recently made headlines. Users in our Mozilla forum share their .. |
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Apple's Open Source Divorce (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - Moving away from KHMTL towards own code base. Apple may soon be moving away from open-source rendering engine KHTML in favor of its own code base for its Safari browser, reports CNET. The architects of KHTML a few years ago were hailing Apple as an open-source savior, but now consider the partn.. |
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When Push Comes to Shove (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - Louisiana paper fires . As we mentioned last week, BellSouth and Cox have been using Push polls to help trick citizens of Lafayette Louisiana into voting against a city-run fiber-optic plan. David Isenberg notes one city newspaper, the Independent, has fired the polling co.. |
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Verizon E-mail Lawsuits (May 12 2005 23:55 GMT) - Verizon unapologetic over continuing problems. Verizon customers have been complaining for months that their e-mail has not made it overseas (and vice-versa), stopped by overly aggressive spam filters Verizon refuses to improve. The problems haven't been helped by Verizon's lack of answers, or t.. |
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