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After dissapointing movie ticket sales, it seemed that Joss Whedon’s Serenity would en up as a failure in the books. Think again. Over 2 million DVDs sold, plus rentals and TV rights add up to more than $60 million. Could this convince Universal to get a Special Edition out? or even a sequel?
Paul Dell builds web sites. So, he has had a URL stating as much: dellwebsites.com. Somehow, Dell, the giant computer vendor thinks that people would be confused by that is and is suing for 100,000 Euros in damages. This link will take you to the fundraising web site.
Think Secret can confirm recent rumblings that Apple is nearing completion of a completely revamped video iPod that will shed the ubiquitous mechanical click wheel for a touch screen and will sport a 3.5-inch diagonal display.
Microsoft underlined the advantage in using Windows OneCare in a statement, saying: “Research showed that most people’s computers are insufficiently protected from threats… because users find the protection process confusing and frustrating.” Windows OneCare Live provides a “just take care of it for me” service.
Engadget or/and boingboing had an article about how Apple patient a touch screen, i think this is what they we’re talking about. There’s a REALLY COOL VIDEO! along with it (http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/multitouchreel.mpg)
Step 1, release unsafe software, Step 2 extort users for security, step 3 profit
SEATTLE - A new security service from Microsoft Corp. will charge users $49.95 per year to better protect its Windows operating system from spyware, viruses and other Internet attacks.
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This poor optical mouse died today, it will be missed.. Now I’m stuck using the original mouse on my work machine, until I find something to replace it. Yes this optical mouse had a PS/2 connector, it was cheap.
When the craze started, Norris was more befuddled than angered or amused. He let his publicist handle the newspapers. He stuck to his Walker persona, which is, you know, brick wall. On his Web site, he basically took this position: I. Get. It. Ha. Ha.
An owner of Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod music player filed a federal lawsuit against the computer maker, claiming the device causes hearing loss in people who use it.
Stupid, Stupid, People….
Ah memories… Such a great geek song. Disagree?
Then you might not be as geek as you think you are.
Microsoft has a patch for a worm set to go off on friday that deletes office documents. Instead they’re waiting for the next patch Tuesday. Its a heck of a time to keep protocol.
The long-awaited 2.01 release of Wordpress fixes uploading, rpc, caching, and permalink bugs, as well as improving support for old version of php and MySQL in strict mode.
Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software. A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as ‘Goobuntu’.
The ThoughtSafe is an encrypted USB memory stick with its own version of MSN Messenger: it’s marketed to young girls who want to keep a private diary and prevent their parents or others from spying on or controlling their IM activity.
Wiccan ways; Brooms, spells but no Satanism
Robert Setlak says many people would be surprised to know how many witches are in, and around, Lawrence County.
That’s not to say, he added, anybody should be afraid some evil spell will be cast their way.
The witches to which Setlak refers are practitioners of Wicca and other pagan religions who praise a god and goddess and not Jesus Christ or Buddha or Allah or …
A Brent Cross church is calling world church leaders and speakers to address the issue of witchcraft within Britain’s African evangelical churches.
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“Google got its name from the mathematical figure googol, which denotes the number ‘one followed by a hundred zeros’.”
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