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No Plans for Zune Outside US

Correcting a translation error that sparked a number of reports stating Microsoft planned to release its Zune portable music player in Europe, but not until 2008, the company now says it has no set...

nasa plans permanent station on moon

Now nasa is going to open a permanent station on moon by 2024....so it means that human beings are going to live on moon.The space agency announced palns to build a base on moon and permanently staff...

Germany rethinking missile shield opposition

In response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s announcement on Monday that his country is now capable of enriching uranium on an industrial scale, German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung now...

Symantec’s Family Resource Web Site

Symantec has launched a new web page designed to educate children (and their parents) about how to avoid the (sometimes) murky waters of the Internet. The goal of the page is to (in their own...

Fake e-mail claiming U.S. has attacked Iran contains Trojan

If you receive a e-mail that Iran has been toasted by a U.S. strike, be careful of clicking on the attachment. Doing so, might toast your computer system. John McDonald posted this information on the...

Ah, Look at All the Lonely People

Ah, look at all the lonely people. The “flip side” of a culture where independence and freedom is valued is…loneliness. Second life, for those of you who have a life, is a fantasy...

Turkey planning to start blocking ‘insulting’ web stories

The China experiment seems to be catching on. China has a large number of people employed for the purpose of monitoring web sites, chat sites and other internet medium so that political and other...

Stage 3 Media Gives A Glimpse Of Its Sanctuary

The Vancouver-based company Stage 3 Media recently launched the first full length trailer for its upcoming web-based science fiction series Sanctuary. The two-minute trailer features locations,...

Will law suits stop Spam Kings?

Spam is a vehicle for a lot of deceptive (false) advertising and financial crimes when phishing schemes are deployed using them. Here is an announcement that MySpace is going after a Sanford Wallace...

SIRAS - Smart technology that protects profit and privacy

Organized retail crime, according to RILA (Retail Industry Leaders Association), is a $34 billion a year problem. A study at the University of Florida conducted by Dr. Richard Hollinger suggests that...

One step closer to Star Wars

News Item: Budget rocket reaches space Han Solo [Harrison Ford’s character in the Star Wars movies] didn’t work for any government, national or planetary.? He was a privateer.? He kept...

Internet Spammers fail to keep CastleCops down

CastleCops, the all volunteer site dedicated to fighting phishing, fraud and dastardly deeds on the Internet is back in action. The site had been under a massive DDos attack (Distributed Denial?Of...