bloglog » Wednesday 20 February 2008
20 February 2008
microsoft preps yahoo! proxy attack
20-02-08
01:21
GMTFair's fair
When Bill Gates says an offer is fair, he means it.?
blake fleetwood: republican slime machine goes after obama with more plagiarism charges
20-02-08
01:21
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marc cooper: join huffpost's investigation of superdelegates
20-02-08
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national consumer council notices that eulas are unfair
20-02-08
01:21
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This seems rather obvious at this point, but the National Consumer Council in the UK has released a report pointing out that software end-user license agreements (EULAs) are unfair. The problems with EULAs have been widely discussed before. They're generally dense and full of legal language, so that users have no idea what they're agreeing to. They're non-negotiable, so it's not like a standard contract either. Often people need to agree to t
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trialpay taps europe for big second round of financing
20-02-08
01:21
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San Francisco based TrialPay will announce a $12.7 million second round of financing tomorrow, which brings them to $15.8 million raised in total. They tapped European money for the round, bringing in London based Atomico, as well as previous investors Index Ventures, Baseline Ventures and Battery Ventures.
The service provides users with an alternative payment method [...]
sgn starts to look like a ?real company.? adds jetman to its gaming platform, about to raise $10 million
20-02-08
01:21
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It was only last week that the Social Gaming Network (SGN) and Zynga announced their respective developer platforms for games on Facebook and other social networks. I said the game is on between these two companies to win the hearts and minds of social gaming developers. The folks at Zynga took exception [...]
new jury empanelled for orkopoulos
20-02-08
01:21
GMTJudge tells fresh jury that the reasons for dimissing the previous jury did not concern them.
'she lay with bodies'
20-02-08
01:21
GMTNeighbour tells how she discovered injured Sydney mother in bed with dead children, with pill packets in the room.
lopez sells first shots of twins for fortune
20-02-08
01:21
GMTPregnant star Jennifer Lopez will receive a record amount for the first pictures of her twins.
dj grooverider jailed for four years in dubai
20-02-08
01:20
GMTA Radio 1 DJ recognised as one of the pioneers of drum'n'bass music was yesterday sentenced in Dubai to four years in prison for possession of cannabis
oil closes above $100 per barrel
20-02-08
01:20
GMTCrude oil closed at more than $100 per barrel for the first time following a steep rise prompted by jitters in the commodities market
litvinenko was traitor seeking conflict, says murder suspect
20-02-08
01:20
GMTPrime suspect has said that the former spy's death was caused by his own 'reckless way of life' and 'imprudent choice of associates'
serbian convoy enters kosovo amid fears over partition of new state
20-02-08
01:20
GMTSerb resistance to Kosovo escalates as border posts are torched and a convoy of several hundred enters the state
opec worries drive oil price to $100 close
20-02-08
01:20
GMTPrice of crude oil rises to highest level since trading began in 1983
unlimited calling plan cheat sheet [cheat sheat]
20-02-08
01:19
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Okay, so
every
major provider
now has
unlimited access plans. But what do you really get
with each provider, and for how much? Here's everything broken down
into a single chart. Note: These are for your phone only, and don't
include tethering.
It looks like AT&T has the best deal, at $135 for unlimited
voice, messaging and data, though it's capped at 5GB a month.
Verizon's is $15 more a month, but it's got better coverage.
Sprint's unlimited
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will mozilla messaging breathe new life into thunderbird? [software]
20-02-08
01:19
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In an attempt to revitalize Thunderbird in version 3.0, Mozilla has announced "Mozilla Messaging" which promises significant improvements to the email client—like calendar integration, better search, and a chat app. While the core focus will still be on email, Mozilla seems committed to developing a product that will offer a broader range of communications tools. Whether or not it will be good enough to get Thunderbird back on track remains
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