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Office Depot to offer $99 PC with $99 shipping

The bargain season for back-to-school shopping begins next week, but read the fine print.

Office Depot will sell a Hewlett-Packard desktop PC complete with a CRT monitor and printer for $99. The bundle, which typically sells for $429, involves a $100 in-store instant rebate and four mail-in coupons.

The offer is good from Sept. 3 through 9.

Still, you have to have the machine shipped, and shipping comes to $99.

On the flip side, consumers don't need to sign up for new Internet service as part of the deal. Other companies and stores have offered $99 computers before, but these deals often required consumers to buy a year's worth of AOL dial-up service or open an account with some other Internet service provider.

Do customers come out for these deals? Yes. In December 2005, CompUSA offered a $149 Toshiba laptop and a $99 Compaq desktop after discounts. The retailer sold 7,500 of the notebooks in two hours, or 2.5 notebooks a minute. (To get these deals, consumers had to subscribe to AOL for a year.)

September is one of the key months for PC manufacturers and retailers. The third quarter is typically the second-biggest sales season of the year because of back-to-school buying. A significant portion of the PCs bought in the third quarter are sold during its last two weeks. Some pinpoint the end of the dot-com era to September 2000, when PC and semiconductor makers surprised analysts with dire warnings about sales.

As a result, companies begin to pour on the offers as the month rolls on.

The Office Depot computer comes with a Celeron D 352 chip, an 80GB hard drive and 256MB of memory.
http://news.com.com/2100-1041_3-6111924.html?part=rss&tag=6111924&subj=news

click here to see the computer
http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/Of...umber=1&rapid=313180&prvid=OfficeDepot-060903

 

20 little-known facts about death


September 2, 2006 4:00 AM PDT

Numeric lists, as we all know, are the new black when it comes to the dissemination of online information. So we smugly thought we had come across the ultimate version recently with the top 10 of the top 10. Wrong.

We've been outdone once again in the universe of listmania, this time not because of meta-filtering but because of topical importance--which, in this case, is the very sobering subject of our mortality. In this list, Discover tackles the issue with "20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Death."

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death
Newsflash: we're all going to die. But here are 20 things you didn't know about kicking the bucket.
By LeeAundra Temescu
DISCOVER Vol. 27 No. 09 | September 2006


1 The practice of burying the dead may date back 350,000 years, as evidenced by a 45-foot-deep pit in Atapuerca, Spain, filled with the fossils of 27 hominids of the species Homo heidelbergensis, a possible ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans.

2 Never say die: There are at least 200 euphemisms for death, including "to be in Abraham's bosom," "just add maggots," and "sleep with the Tribbles" (a Star Trek favorite).

3 No American has died of old age since 1951.

4 That was the year the government eliminated that classification on death certificates.

5 The trigger of death, in all cases, is lack of oxygen. Its decline may prompt muscle spasms, or the "agonal phase," from the Greek word agon, or contest.

6 Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you. Ruptured cells become food for living bacteria in the gut, which release enough noxious gas to bloat the body and force the eyes to bulge outward.

7 So much for recycling: Burials in America deposit 827,060 gallons of embalming fluid—formaldehyde, methanol, and ethanol—into the soil each year. Cremation pumps dioxins, hydrochloric acid, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide into the air.

8 Alternatively . . . A Swedish company, Promessa, will freeze-dry your body in liquid nitrogen, pulverize it with high-frequency vibrations, and seal the resulting powder in a cornstarch coffin. They claim this "ecological burial" will decompose in 6 to 12 months.

9 Zoroastrians in India leave out the bodies of the dead to be consumed by vultures.

10 The vultures are now dying off after eating cattle carcasses dosed with diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory used to relieve fever in livestock.

11 Queen Victoria insisted on being buried with the bathrobe of her long-dead husband, Prince Albert, and a plaster cast of his hand.

12 If this doesn't work, we're trying in vitro! In Madagascar, families dig up the bones of dead relatives and parade them around the village in a ceremony called famadihana. The remains are then wrapped in a new shroud and reburied. The old shroud is given to a newly married, childless couple to cover the connubial bed.

13 During a railway expansion in Egypt in the 19th century, construction companies unearthed so many mummies that they used them as fuel for locomotives.

14 Well, yeah, there's a slight chance this could backfire: English philosopher Francis Bacon, a founder of the scientific method, died in 1626 of pneumonia after stuffing a chicken with snow to see if cold would preserve it.

15 For organs to form during embryonic development, some cells must commit suicide. Without such programmed cell death, we would all be born with webbed feet, like ducks.

16 Waiting to exhale: In 1907 a Massachusetts doctor conducted an experiment with a specially designed deathbed and reported that the human body lost 21 grams upon dying. This has been widely held as fact ever since. It's not.

17 Buried alive: In 19th-century Europe there was so much anecdotal evidence that living people were mistakenly declared dead that cadavers were laid out in "hospitals for the dead" while attendants awaited signs of putrefaction.

18 Eighty percent of people in the United States die in a hospital.

19 If you can't make it here . . . More people commit suicide in New York City than are murdered.

20 It is estimated that 100 billion people have died since humans began.

For more salacious details about the deceased, try the following books:

The Corpse: A History, by Christine Quigley (1996).
The Biology of Death: Origins of Mortality, by André Klarsfeld and Frédéric Revah (2003).
R.I.P. : The Complete Book of Death and Dying, by Constance Jones (1997).
The American Way of Death, by Jessica Mitford (1963).
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach (2003).

http://news.com.com/2061-11200_3-6111421.html?part=rss&tag=6111421&subj=news

 

Dell explodes all over the place in Brit family home

Sets fire to sofa, carpet

By INQUIRER staff: Saturday 02 September 2006, 14:23
A BRITISH FAMILY RECENTLY had an explodey encounter with a Dell laptop in their home, reports the Leicester Mercury.

The incident sent computer bits and bobs flying around the living room, flinging tiny batteries at household objects and setting fire to the carpet and a sofa.

The drama happened weeks before the Dell battery recall, said Dad Shaun Allen. The laptop was a Latitude C600, bought for a not-so-cheap £500 - a particularly expensive way to ruin your living room.

Batteries were "shooting out like fireworks, like rockets," Mr Allen told the Leicester Mercury.

Dell, being the lovely company that it is, is supplying a replacement laptop as a gesture of goodwill, says a spokesman. µ
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34119

 

Nero’s Major Update to Nero 7 Software Suite Supports the Complete Digital Lifestyle


Posted by Herbert on 02 September 2006 - 09:36 - Source: Nero

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Nero’s Major Update to Nero 7 Software Suite Supports the Complete Digital Lifestyle
Free online update transforms mobile phones into media centers and provides cutting-edge A/V features

Karlsbad, Germany (September 1, 2006) - Nero, leaders in digital media technology, unveiled details today of a major worldwide update to its premier Nero 7 digital media software suite. This latest version includes more than 21 applications, with features that enable the efficient transfer of audio and video files to mobile phones and the streaming of live TV and other content to a Windows® Media Center Edition PC or Xbox 360™. The update will be available at retail stores and online (www.nero.com) in September 2006. Current Nero 7 customers will be able to download the update from the website free of charge at that time.

Nero 7 is the industry-leading all-in-one solution for the management of data, audio, video, photo, and TV content. In addition to easily managing their digital files from the comfort of their living rooms, users can now create compelling entertainment experiences that can be enjoyed outside of the house.

“Nero leads consumers in the transition from the digital home to the total digital lifestyle,” said Jim Corbett, Executive Director, Nero AG. “Adding the elements of mobile entertainment compatibility and management, as well as Windows MCE plug-ins for media streaming and audio, video, and data burning underlines Nero’s unique position in being able to drive convergence. With each offering, we provide consumers unprecedented levels of sophistication and control over their entertainment experiences.”

An integrated TV server within the Nero MediaHome application allows users to stream live TV to an Xbox 360™ gaming system for playback via a Windows® Media Center Edition PC. Other intriguing video features include the ability to record TV programs, encode non-copy protected video files to the popular iPod® and PlayStation® Portable devices, record video directly onto a hard drive, and playback commercial DVDs on a PC or TV.

New audio capabilities include full MP3/mp3PRO encoding support, the ability to mix and edit music from multiple audio tracks, and sophisticated editing and mixing functionalities for HQ mastering.

Consumers can now take advantage of the unprecedented capacity of Blu-ray and HD DVD Discs for data recording. Both formats can also be integrated for data backup, packet writing, and toolkit applications.

Ensuring audiophile quality, Nero 7 enables the recording and playback of surround sound audio files. Users can also capture video files from many sources, including certified TV cards, graphics cards, camcorders, VCRs, and webcams (composite/S-video).

DVD presentations come to life with Nero 7’s customizable 3D menus. Compelling introductory video and transitions between menus and video clips are easily produced with two easy-to-use templates.
About Nero

Nero (www.nero.com) develops and distributes the world’s leading digital media solutions for consumers and professionals. Today more than 200 million users worldwide rely on Nero’s award-winning and trusted, industry approved applications to manage the needs of the connected digital home and forward-thinking corporations.

Nero’s rapidly-growing portfolio of products defines new levels of innovation in the company’s three key areas of focus: Digital Media Solutions - delivering multimedia applications for audio, video, photo and TV capturing, editing, burning, managing and sharing; Audio and Video Compression Technologies - providing world-class interoperable standards-based solutions for encoding and decoding digital content with support for Next Generation HD and popular handheld formats; and VoIP Solutions - providing cost-effective voice, text and video communication over the Internet for home and business.

Nero products are globally distributed by leading hardware manufacturers, international distribution partners and online portals, and can be purchased directly at www.nero.com.

Nero provides worldwide coverage through Nero AG Headquarters based in Karlsbad, Germany and three Sales Offices worldwide: EMEA in Karlsbad, Germany, Americas in Glendale, California, USA, and APAC in Yokohama, Japan.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13900

 

Deal of the day: Sony 42-inch HDTV for $1,200
September 2, 2006 11:41 AM PDT

Here's a great price on this Sony 42-inch HDTV, which has received good reviews from CNET and users alike. The price includes free home delivery.
sonyhdtv

What: Sony KDF-E42A10 42-inch HDTV
How much: $1,199.99
Shipping: free home delivery
Where: CircuitCity.com (via CNET's Deal Exchange)
When: Through unknown date
Click here for product review.
Posted by CNET News.com Staff
http://news.com.com/2061-11728_3-6112026.html?part=rss&tag=6112026&subj=news
go here to see it..
http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/prod...3TrxTT9KG56x3vBpGcG!-1001857296!1157229525189

 

Movies File Share Top Ten

p2pnet.net Feature:- p2pnet's regular, and unique, Movies File Share Top Ten is compiled with statistics from Big Champagne. For an explanation of how BC arrives at the numbers, here's the company's Adam Toll.

“We monitor BT sites (a constantly evolving set) and observe, in addition to all the other available information, the number of users leeching(downloading) each title at any given time. Using the information collected and processed continually, we then calculate the average number of simultaneous leechers for each period. This is a little different from the P2P measure, as explained below.

“While the P2P measure published on p2pnet.net shows the average simultaneous users who are sharing the movie on P2P networks, the BT measure represents the relatively smaller number of people who are, on average, actively downloading the movie (in other words, in the process of downloading the movie) at any given time. This is a very different statistic. These two measures are a consequence of the differences in the ways that P2P and BT work.”

With all the dross being pumped out by research and marketing firms on what's supposedly happening with p2p, it's good to have at least one firm around which shows the picture as it really is as opposed to the way the many supposedly 'independent' reports commissioned by the entertainment and software cartels present it.

Note: 'Return' means back after a week's absence. If it's back after longer than that, it's designated 'new'.

Movies File Share Top Ten Downloaders ('leechers')
BitTorrent, World-wide
Current simultaneous leechers as of September 2, 2006
Ranking Movie Number of Downloads
01 >>> Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (unchanged) 50,183
02 >>> Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (unchanged) 49,296
03 >>> RV + 4 49,147
04 >>> Scary Movie 4 + 6 46,925
05 >>> V For Vendetta - 3 44,268
06 >>> The Benchwarmers - 5 43,154
07 >>> Superman Returns + 10 42,579
08 >>> Monster House (new) 40,962
09 >>> Silent Hill (new) 40,728
10 >>> The Shaggy Dog - 9 40,172

Movies File Share Top Ten Downloads
p2p, World-wide
Week ending September 2, 2006
Ranking Movie Number of Downloads
01 >>> Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (unchanged) 1,558,175
02 >>> RV + 3 1,557,579
03 >>> Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby + 4 1,518,113
04 >>> Scary Movie 4 + 7 1,497,646
05 >>> The Benchwarmers - 2 1,495,433
06 >>> V For Vendetta - 5 1,493,795
07 >>> Inside Man + 9 1,488,306
08 >>> Silent Hill (new) 1,445,904
09 >>> Poseidon (new) 1,444,032
10 >>> Final Destination 3 (unchanged) 1,434,394

Movies File Share Top Ten Downloads
p2p, USA
Week ending September 2, 2006
Ranking Movie Number of Downloads
01 >>> Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (unchanged) 939,338
02 >>> Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby + 3 924,367
03 >>> RV + 4 918,727
04 >>> The Benchwarmers - 2 914,956
05 >>> Scary Movie 4 + 8 899,562
06 >>> V For Vendetta - 5 896,068
07 >>> Silent Hill (new) 882,934
08 >>> Inside Man + 10 880,820
09 >>> Final Destination 3 (return) 878,967
10 >>> Poseidon (new) 841,516

(Saturday 2nd September 2006)
http://p2pnet.net/story/9763?PHPSESSID=f4226f19d5f43a4f0e871b41970f6558

 

FairUse4WM Cracks Windows Media DRM, Again

The FairUse4WM creators once again break WM-DRM and this time in record time

Only days after Microsoft patched the FairUse4WM DRM hack, the creators of the program have released an update that once again breaks the restrictions on protected WMA and WMV files. The utility works by stripping the DRM information from protected windows media files allowing users to freely manipulate the files and play them back as they see fit.

The apparently failed update from Microsoft changed the IBX in PlaysForSure rendering v.1.1 useless to users who were forced to update through their content provider. FairUse4WM v.1.2 is backwards compatible with files that have yet to be updated. Unfortunately as of right now the software still doesn’t work Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 UR2 users or for the Windows Media Format 9. Although it only took Microsoft 3 days to issue its first fix it appears that the FairUse4WM creators are still one step ahead of the software giant.
The cat and mouse DRM game is heating up elsewhere as well. Apple's FairPlay was recently circumvented openly as well. Yahoo has opted to distribute music without DRM, bypassing the quagmire Apple and Microsoft are currently in.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4043

FairUse4WM peeps stay one step ahead of Microsoft
Mere days after Microsoft started pushing a new IBX version for "protecting" PlaysForSure files from its users, the FairUse4WM guys have thrown down a new version that deals with that and other little DRM-circumvention obstacles. The new release -- version 1.2 -- knocks out DRMv1 files you've ripped yourself with protection, breaks down individualized WM9 files and has a workaround for WM11beta2. Of course, we're guessing it won't be long until Microsoft has another quick update to break FairUse4WM again, but it seems like a more drastic update might be in order to shut down this hack for good. We're sure you're well familiar with our stance on this whole issue, and hope that version 1.2 treats you right.

go here
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/02/fairuse4wm-peeps-stay-one-step-ahead-of-microsoft/

 

Apple settles another lawsuit

9/3/2006 1:12:07 AM, by Charles Jade

Having resolved a patent dispute with Creative Technology over the iPod's user interface, Apple Computer has reached a settlement regarding the iTunes interface with a music store owner in Vermont. In 1996, David Contois filed a patent for a "computer system and method for controlling a media playing device." In 2005, he took Apple to court over its iTunes software. In July, the judge in the case issued a ruling that "favored some of Contois' positions over Apple's," and that was apparently enough for the company.

The parties met the next day to begin discussing a resolution, according to court records. A first session was unsuccessful. A second session, which began at noon Aug. 16 and ended at 3:30 a.m. Aug. 17, led to the settlement.

Unlike the case with Creative Technology, which was settled for $100 million, the terms of this accord are not known.

"We're glad to get back to teaching music and selling musical instruments," said Dan Contois, a brother of David Contois, who works in the 35-year-old family-owned business. "The terms are confidential. We can't discuss them."

While the settlement likely involved more money than one could make teaching piano lessons in a hundred lifetimes, the question of why a settlement was reached at all is more interesting. While it could be argued that Creative Technology might have the resources to engage in a prolonged struggle, surely Apple could afford a legal battle with a music store owner from Vermont. They could, but they could not afford to lose.

The iPod and music-related products accounted for approximately 45 percent of revenue in the last quarter. Any disruption—such as an injunction on sales—of iPods or iPod-related services would have an immediate and tremendous impact on the company's fiscal situation, not to mention the stock price. Better to settle, even if the chances of losing were remote, rather than risk the iPod revenue stream. Like the settlement with Creative, this accord is a reminder of both how successful the iPod has been, as well as how dependent upon that success Apple has become.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060903-7653.html

 

GREASEMONKEY.......... Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML ("user scripts") to any web page to change its behavior. In much the same way that user CSS lets you take control of a web page's style, user scripts let you easily control any aspect of a web page's design or interaction.....(free).....GO THERE!

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

 

HACK AN UNHACKABLE BIOS..........The unhackable BIOS exists for one very simple reason: the manufacturer wants this PC to work for the broadest, simplest set of PC users. In other words, it does not want to have to bear the cost of support calls related to hacked BIOS settings. Completely understandable if this is a family PC but very frustrating if you're a real techie and wish to experiment. All hope may not be lost.....(free).....GO THERE!
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/147073.html


You may be able to find a BIOS upgrade to work around that unhackable, squeaky-clean OEM BIOS.

By this point you may have discovered which feature hacks your BIOS supports, if any. Your PC may contain a "dummied-down" BIOS that provides very few setup options to choose from, while a truly hackable BIOS will give you parameters aplenty.

Most "no name," "white box," do-it-yourself PC system boards come littered with hackable bits through switches, jumpers, or the BIOS. These boards are the subject of the majority of hacks, overclocking, modifications, BIOS upgrades, and just plain "geeking out" on what a PC can be made to do. You'll get hours of enjoyment fiddling with every bit and parameter you can find and perhaps encounter hours or days of frustration if one of your hacks causes you to lose data or massive quantities of that soft, furry stuff atop your head.

 

PRINTER ANYWHERE..........

With PrinterAnywhere you can print documents and photos on other people's printers as easily as on the local one connected to your machine. No special technical knowledge is required from both - printer owner and user. It just works! With our software you can print directly from your application such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Photo Editor or any other program you work with to a printer connected to another computer next door or ten thousand miles away (anywhere!) .....(free).....GO THERE!

http://www.printeranywhere.com/


NOTES,


With PrinterAnywhere you can print documents and photos on other people's printers as easily as on the local one connected to your machine. No special technical knowledge is required from both - printer owner and user. It just works!

With our software you can print directly from your application such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, Photo Editor or any other program you work with to a printer connected to another computer next door or ten thousand miles away (anywhere!).

Share printer

With PrinterAnywhere you can share your printer in less than a minute and let other people connected to the Internet (your friends, relative and colleagues) print paper documents on it. You don't need to know or deal with specifics of network sharing, complex settings and figuring out Windows access rights.

Our software automatically detects printers connected to your computer including local network printers. As long as you can print in it yourself, you can share the printer and let other people use it.

 

The computer spy that steals your passwords and credit details
Posted by l33tdawg on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 03:23 AM (Reads: 226)
Source: Times Online


ABOUT three weeks ago, Cheryl Lambert bought a ?179 surfboard on eBay for her daughter. Soon after, she noticed her computer started to behave erratically and within a few days it had ground to a halt. ?It just completely crashed,? said Lambert, 38, a community worker who lives in Helston, Cornwall. ?The anti-virus software was saying the computer was infected, but it just couldn?t fight it. The computer got slower and slower and then it just stopped.? A few days after her desktop machine was unplugged from the internet, Lambert?s personal details appeared on a Russian website. Her home phone number, her address, her credit card number and her e-mail address with Tesco were all listed on a forum where criminals and computer hackers trade stolen identities.

very good read,go here to read a good article
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2340545,00.html


HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE

The risks can never be wholly eliminated, but experts recommend:

# Never go online without first ensuring your computer is protected with a firewall and anti-virus software. An unprotected computer is on average infected within 12 minutes of being plugged into the internet, according to research by Sophos, the computer security company.

# Always make sure you have the latest anti-virus software, which is regularly updated. Use software such as McAfee (uk.mcafee.com) or Norton (www.symantec.com). It costs money, but is recommended for safer surfing.

# Consider installing software that scans your system for downloads that secretly monitor your computer use. Products such as Spybot Search & Destroy (www.safer-networking.org) can be downloaded free.

# Never download software from unknown sites. The downloads can harbour trojans. Similarly, never open e-mail attachments from unknown sources.

# When entering details on a banking website or payment service, such as PayPal, carefully check the website address. A trojan can direct a computer to a spoof site.

# If your computer is performing erratically or slowing down, then scan it with anti-virus software.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2340545,00.html

 

HOT READ
Privacy Web Browser 'Browzar' Branded Adware


Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday September 03, @05:26PM
from the shell-games dept.
Software Internet Explorer Privacy
DivineOmega writes "The recently released 'Browzar' web browser, based on the Internet Explorer core, is designed to protect a user's privacy whilst surfing the Internet and be an effective 'throw-away' browser. However many who deal with the removal of malware have flagged this software as malware. From the article: 'The application Browzar has been branded "adware" by many because it directs web searches to online adverts. Some technical experts also say Browzar, which claims to leave no trail of webpages visited, does not work. Browzar's developers say they are examining the feedback but strongly deny that it is adware.'"


Software that claimed to provide increased privacy whilst surfing the web has been criticised by computer experts and the blogging community.

go here to read the article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5310114.stm

 

i use the program

FREE,.....CPU-Z..........

Gathers information on some of the main devices of your system, including the CPU: Name and number. Core stepping and process. Package. Core voltage. Internal and external clocks, clock multiplier. Supported instructions sets. Cache information. The Mainboard: Vendor, model and revision. BIOS model and date. Chipset (northbridge and southbridge) and sensor. Graphic interface. The Memory: Frequency and timings. Module(s) specification using SPD (Serial Presence Detect) : vendor, serial number, timings table. And the System: Windows and DirectX version

.....(free).....GO THERE!
http://www.cpuid.com/index.php

 

Fading Ways free mp3s

p2pnet.net News:- "Copy it, distribute it, display it, perform it, remix it, support it and enjoy it."

So says Canada's Fading Ways label on its new Share, share, share site, continuing:

Here you can download, for free, all of the tracks released to date in the SHARE sampler series. You are also free to copy them and give them to friends and family, upload them to your p2p networks, and let as many people as possible hear them.

As long as you use them non-commercially, so that any money that is made from their use goes direct back to the artist, you are granted permission to do whatever else you like with them, thanks to the Creative Commons license under which the SHARE samplers have been released. To learn more about the wonders of Creative Commons, visit the website at

go here to read the article
http://p2pnet.net/story/9766?PHPSESSID=dadf9269577403ed2a92e1fcbbda15a1

 

one of the main reasons i do not use google

In Google we trust

p2pnet.net News View:- How much of your life do you want to put at Google's disposal?

The question is asked on MIT's Technology Review in an item dealing with Google forway into the Wi-Fi biz.

It continues:

I've already noted several times that Google primarily offers all this really cool free stuff in order to mine your hard drive for information and use it to sell ads," says the post. That's why Google's 'Secure Access"' program - the first bit of the WiFi strategy to hit the street - is such a spooky irony.

go here to read the article
http://p2pnet.net/story/9768?PHPSESSID=5eac06ffc69a5771ea27dc104e2b72d7

 

RIAA loses another p2p case,

p2pnet.net News:- The Big Four Organized Music cartel's RIAA tried to extort Oklahoma's Tallie Stubbs into 'settling' in another sue 'em all case.

But she and her lawyer, Marilyn Barringer-Thomson, joined the fast-growing ranks of people who've told the RIAA (Recording Industry Association America), owned by Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG, to poke their lawsuits where they sun doesn't shine, forcing the so-called 'trade' unit to once again cave in.

"So these RIAA (well known and respected record companies) want their case dropped without prejudice and at the same time asking the judge to drop the counterclaim WITH prejudice," posts Alter_Fritz on Recording Industry vs The People.

"Let's hope the judge does not allow this awful RIAA tactic! And rules that Ms. Stubbs is the prevailing party with regards to copyright law and that Ms. Stubbs will get her attorney fees paid by the RIAA.

"Otherwise those (well known and respected record companies) will 'play' this big money vs. average people extortion business for decades!

"It must be possible to fight against them and not accept their 3750$ extortion money if you are not guilty but can't afford a regular lawsuit where THEY must prove your wrongdoing!"

Stay tuned.
http://p2pnet.net/story/9771?PHPSESSID=c0829b38236c42d48f4b44ad5044410b

 

I'm soooo glad for Ms.Stubs. Hope the judge is a decent one.

 

i use avg pro ,with firewall , I think ive blocked wga ok ie wga.tray exe ,is this the correct one to stop this pest phoning home , i did think of unticking box in spybot where its also listed , Im a bit wary of installing quick fixes off unknown sites

 

good morning all,time for breakfast....