Archive for December, 2009
NSDesign go VAT FREE in January!
2009-12-31 17:36:20 – Throughout January, NSDesign are not only ignoring the UK VAT increase, they are scrapping it all together on all new domain names and web hosting orders. On January 1st, the UK VAT (Value Added Tax) rate returns to 17.5 …
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Andrew McKillop: COP15 in Copenhagen … a failure for globalization!
VHeadline.com oil industry commentarist Andrew McKillop writes: December 2009 Exit Global Warming “Hockey sticks in the air!” well summarises the Copenhagen Climate summit debacle. This global get-together on global warming essentially delivered …
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Google defeated by Groovle approval
Google’s complaint that the domain name groovle.com is confusingly similar to its own is without foundation, an ICANN-approved arbitration body has ruled. Google filed its complaint with the National Arbitration Forum, one of the bodies approved by …
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Google vs Groovle: Google Lose Domain Name Battle
As many of you may have already known Google were not happy that with Groovle’s choice of domain name (groovle.com), this unhappiness was due to it being so similar to its own domain name. Recently a battle has been taking place between the two …
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Are your cell phone calls safe? Security experts disclose guide to …
FRANKFURT ‘” A German security expert has raised the ire of the cell phone industry after he and a group of researchers posted online a how-to guide for cracking the encryption that keeps the calls of billions of cell phone users secret. Karsten …
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Looking on the Bright Side of Software Piracy
Caught between pirates on one side and the open source movement on the other, Microsoft may have little choice but to lower its prices. That outcome would benefit the vast majority of personal and business users who aren’t inclined to poach software …
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Canadian website won’t Groovle to Google, mediator rules
MINNEAPOLIS ‘” A Canadian web startup won’t have to hand over one of its domain names after a U.S. arbiter decided against web giant Google’s claim that Groovle.com sounded too much like their own site. Google Inc., California-based makers of the …
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Sunset Moves Its Record Label Web Sites to the Secure Green Web …
New York, NY, December 31, 2009 –( PR.com )– Sunset Records moved over 60 web sites last week to its new web servers powered by wind technology and solar energy Sunset, the ‘greenest’ record company in the world, takes its environmental …
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Region historically produces few candidates for statewide races
The Sacramento area will be represented, as will Orange County, California’s Central Coast and greater Fresno. The Los Angeles and San Francisco regions will have sizable contingents. But when voters go to the polls in the spring, their ballots …
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Biotec Pharmacon to focus on bio-pharmaceuticals
USA to the Norwegian company Sana Pharma AS for NOK 31 … subsidiaries constitutes transfer of shares and IP rights represented by patents and/or exclusive licenses, trade names and domains for use within the field of consumer health (food …
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