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Is Cyber Monday a reality?: I was doing some reading on "Black Friday" - the biggest shopping day in the USA and I came across "Cyber Monday"!! Apparently one can get the best online sales in the year!!! It's on the first Monday after Thanksgiving. Is this a reality and if so whi; Tags: hardware, software, Cyber Monday, jerang00@..., Black Friday, CyberSource Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-11-16
E-mail hoax sparks 'Do Not Call' stampede: Some courtesyOne individual quoted in the article states "I forwarded the e-mail as a courtesy." He forwarded a chain letter as a courtesy? Courtesy to who?When I get one of these emails, I usually forward a link for the debunk page at Snopes.com or VMyths or Hoaxbusters. ...; Tags: courtesy, Do-Not-Call, e-mail, NickNielsen, Snopes.com; Discussion threads 2004-12-15

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A Hoax a day...: This one is a hoax that has been around in a variety of forms since May of 2002. Information can be found at http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml#beautifulA virus called "Life Is Beautiful" is circulating!Life Is Beautiful Virus-Circulating! VERY IMPORTANT-VERY IMPORTANT WARNING: Please Be Extremely Careful especially if using internet mail...; Tags: derryck1950@..., Hoax, Life, Please Be, security, This Email, virus; Discussion threads 2005-04-27
Cast your vote for the 10th annual Webby Awards: Forget about the Emmy, the Grammy, the Oscar, and the Golden Globe Awards... It's time for cyber-fans to vote for their favorite nominations in this years' Webby Awards. Get the full scoop in this News.com article: "Webby Awards hit ripe old age of 10." What's a Webby Award? According to the Webby...; Tags: Nominee, Site, Channel Management, Banking, Web Site Development, Marketing, Financial Services, Internet, Sonja Thompson; Blog posts 2006-04-12
The techy comment's lair: blog rootA Blog IntroFirst time creating a blog entry. The themes are not constrained, nor time. Entries are constrained tothe availability of something to say. Technology trends, Java things,Tips to share, Questions to answer or even Delphi code snippets. May Iwrite a poem sometime?George Dantzig as an Urban LegendAfter hearing...; Tags: Desktops, Programming languages, Apple Inc., One Pro, George Dantzig, Apple Macintosh, blog; Discussion threads 2005-05-27

The Kamasutra virus: I heard a rumor today that there is a new worm virus going around with devastating effects known as the Kamasutra virus. It is set to go off this Friday. Pretty much every computer online is a potential target and it would focus on shares. So far I haven't heard...; Tags: Cyberthreats, virus; Discussion threads 2006-02-02
Geek Trivia: They say it's your birthday: TCP - Transmission and not transferI guess that TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP) and not "Transfer Control Protocol" as mentioned in this article.What about Al?We all know that Al Gore invented the internet. Why not just ask him for an exact birthdate?Who cares about TCP/IP, I saw...; Tags: Al Gore, career, Fox, Fox News, Internet, Kanishk, quibble, TCP; Discussion threads 2005-08-24
Top 10 sites to debunk urban legends: Has this ever happened to you?Â You're busy working onÂ an intenseÂ project when someone in the companyÂ excitedly forwards you one of those stupid urban legend chain mail spams asking if it is true.Â Or worse, they simply forward it to everyone in the company without checking with you first. ...; Tags: Legend, Site, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Tim Malone; Blog posts 2008-01-04
Vp. Gore - crediblity shot on global warming?: It has come out that exVP. Gore ran up over $30,000 in gas and electric bills last year.If he is so worried about global warming, why is he consuming more than 10 average families do? Of course, this is even before you take into consideration all the carbon emissions...; Tags: carbon credit, energy usage, jdclyde, global warming, Gore, Now IT; Discussion threads 2007-03-05
Internet hoax hoodwinks McNealy: Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...; Tags: Scott McNealy, photograph, Internet; Technical articles 2004-12-09
Internet closed for spring cleaning: Web-crawling robots roll up their sleeves: Finally, finally, spring has arrived. For me that means it'stime to tune up the tractor, degunk the garden tools, and vacuum dead bugs outof the window sills to make room for new ones. Seems like a lot of work, but I realizedhow trifling these tasks are after reading about this...; Tags: Internet, robot, Web; Blog posts 2006-04-14
This credit card scam is fooling many people: New Credit Card Scam Snopes.com says this is true. See this site - http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have...; Tags: DadsPad, credit card, card, Visa Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-10-08
Anonymous email: Recently I have had several people in a variety of geographical areas send me an email about a variant of breast cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer or IBC.IBC is the rarest form of breast cancer, accounting for 1%-3% of all breast cancers. The email was started by someone who...; Tags: TiggerTwo, IBC, e-mail; Discussion threads 2006-09-26
Best Internet Research Sites: I'm looking for the best Internet research websites -- I want the site name, the site URL, and a short description of what's good about the site if possible. Here's an example, showing some of the best resources I've found over the years, in alphabetical order:Answers.comhttp://www.answers.comThis one is great...; Tags: INTERNET, IT IS, Jargon File; Discussion threads 2006-06-08
Countries in the UN against the U.S.: Countries in the UN against the U.S.Someone sent the following information to me in an email. I went to Google to try to verify the information. According to Snopes.com, http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/unvote.asp , their results were even worse An excerpt from their page is below. Now, I know that...; Tags: United States 74%, US-Foreign Aid; Discussion threads 2006-05-18
But . . I have to move my arms to play a game?: I see resistance to this transitional controller from the typical couch potato game player. Nintendo is trying to take virtual gaming to the next level by getting the play to use body motion, not buttons. I applaud this. If you’ve ever played, or watched some one play...; Tags: Nova, game, wii, cleverlyc@..., programming, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, photograph; Discussion threads 2006-05-14
WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.: I received this in my e-mail this P.M. and found it rather interesting. It makes a valid point IF the statistics are accurate. It might make the Saudis and other middle eastern nations think twice about lending support to Al'Quaeda, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and others of that ilk, whether it...; Tags: E-mail, sleepin'dawg; Discussion threads 2005-04-24
What can be done to combat overseas hackers?: A high profile technology firm, Computer Associates CA, was hacked last week and, though the problem has been corrected, the hackers inserted code to redirect visitors to a Chinese Web site that was serving malicious code to the unsuspecting visitors. A similar attack was carried out on the Miami...; Tags: China, Hacker, Hacking, Security, Phishing, Spam And Phishing, Andy Moon; Blog posts 2008-01-07
Digital Dogma: Digital Dogmablog rootSpreading Awareness of E-wasteWe've terribly abused our home in the past, and the results are becoming glaringly, sadly and alarmingly obvious. When we destroy our planet, we only hurt ourselves - and more importantly, our future generations. The problem of the Earth's environment is one that touches even the...; Tags: Verizon Wireless, it_scorp, eBay Inc., About Inc., E-waste, phone, Body Shop, environment, cell phone; Discussion threads 2005-05-27
Friday Yuk: Friday YukOk well iit's TECHNICALLY still Friday where I am, sorry I completely lost track of what day it was.So, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday Yuk, I guess.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++A teacher asked her students to use the word "fascinate" in a sentence. Mary said, "My family went to the New York City...; Tags: cannon, cigar, Cold, cold calling, D, friday yuk, jokes, Little Billy, off topic humour, off-topic, Oz_Media; Discussion threads 2005-02-19

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