Archive for February, 2009
Tech activist campaigning to head GPO
President Obama has repeatedly called for more transparency in government, and Web archivist Carl Malamud thinks he can help the president actually achieve that. (Credit: YesWeScan.org ) With the support of some prominent Internet activists, Malamud …
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Easyspace launch ‘Indefinite Reduction’ on domain names
Easyspace, one of the largest web hosting and domain name providers in the UK, has launched an Indefinite Reduction across the majority of domain name extensions offered on the Easyspace.com website. The Indefinite Reduction applies to more than 30 …
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Caching bugs exposed in second biggest DNS server
For years, cryptographer Daniel J. Bernstein has touted his djbdns as so secure he promised a $1,000 bounty to anyone who can poke holes in the domain name resolution software. Now it could be time to pay up, as researchers said they’ve uncovered …
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Relenta: A Single Solution for CRM, Email, and Task Management
( gigaom.com ) — Looking for an alternative CRM and email solution? It can get kind of tricky trying to keep track of all that information using Outlook (MSFT) or Gmail (GOOG), in combination with other third party customer relationship management …
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February 2009 (169)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reappointed his former scheduler to a six-figure state Integrated Waste Management Board position despite his desire to eliminate the panel, his office announced Friday. Margo Reid Brown, 45, will earn $132,179 for …
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Is Feb. 27 Too Early To Declare Your Favorite Albums Of The Year So …
Apparently not, if this NPR blogger’s list ‘”which is topped by the Antlers’ Hospice ‘”is anything to go by. And another site has even snagged a domain name that assures it’ll at least be atop the Google searches for peoples’ favorite records of …
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Hosting.com Publishes Cloud Report
RSVP for WHIR Networking Events : WHIR Events offers those interested in the Web hosting industry a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives and decision makers. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Hosting.com …
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Eminent domain can’t be too limited
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This may be the case with the proposed eminent domain law in the Mississippi Legislature. New state laws restricting the use of eminent domain are popping up throughout the country in reaction to an …
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Downturn could be Microsoft’s bonding moment
REDMOND, Wash.–It takes a lot to get different parts of Microsoft to really work together. But the current economic turmoil might just be the thing to do it. At least that’s the working theory for Stephen Elop, the former Macromedia CEO who joined …
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MobileMe users targeted in spreading phishing scam
MobileMe subscribers are again being targeted in an updated phishing scam, investigation reveals. Similarly to earlier attempts , the scam beings with an e-mail, prompting people to update their credit card information in advance of an upcoming …
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