Archive for the ‘News’ Category
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Online pirates may have rights too!
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
At least that is what the European Parliament is saying according to this article. MEPs say shutting off or suspending Internet access of those who are persistently sharing copyrighted files online is too harsh a measure which could be violating human rights and civil liberties… If only I could have seen the jaws dropping at [...]
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Firefox, the browser E.T. would use to e-mail home
Friday, April 11th, 2008
Finally, evidence is starting to surface, the best web browser in the world Mozilla Firefox is actually based on Extra Terrestrial technology. If you ever thought it was out of this world good - it is most likely because it is!
The pictures show how the Firefox logo resembles the star V838 Monocerotis in the Monoceros [...] -
Not all that sparkles is Gold…
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Today I read the news about Gold reaching an all time high of $1,000 per ounce. It comes to show that when currency value (see $US) keeps falling, people turn to well tested alternatives with age old demand in human history. Gold!
Since the turn of the year, the price of gold has increased 20%, can [...] -
Leave Yahoo Alone! Please?
Monday, February 4th, 2008
News of Microsoft’s unsolicited offer to buy Internet legend Yahoo at $44.6bn, caught me by surprise. I never though of Yahoo as something you can “buy”. Yes, it is a company, so certainly there must be someone out there with the cash to buy it.
If Yahoo is bought though - at whatever astronomical price, it [...] -
Attack of the Giant Scorpion
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Well, I cannot say these news came as a surprise… Besides, the planet’s past has already revealed some amazing sea monsters among other things. I wonder if whatever life form prevails a million years from now will look back on people fossils and say “this terrible creature almost destroyed the planet”, - insert evil laughter [...]
