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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
An Internet worm that was predicted to infect Microsoft computers and computer networks on April Fools Day has laid dormant for now.
The worm, called Conflicker is believed to have infected thousands of Windows based machines and creates a 'botnet' that has the capability to send spam Emails and Denial Of ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Google recently announced the beta launch of a new advertising product - Adsense for games.
The addition of this advertising product gives webmasters that publish or develop games a way to display video ads, image or text ads to their visitors in ways that are non-obtrusive to players. Publishers can define ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
MySpace, a top social networking website and Paypal, an online payment processor have teamed up to help raise funds for non-profit organizations. Paypal and Myspace have developed a widget that allows users to raise funds for their favorite charity right on their profile page.
They are also offering cash and other ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
If you're busy celebrating Earth Day and you are curious about the history of it, here's a little background on it.
Earth Day was created by Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin Senator in 1962. Mr. Nelson wanted to create awareness about our environment in a time when these concerns weren't a ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Expedia recently announced that they have entered into serving the travel market in India. This is the seventeenth Expedia branded website that provides smart solutions
for booking airfare, hotel accommodations, car rentals and other travel related services.
"As the number of Indians traveling abroad continues to grow, the strength of ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
I've always maintained that there are millions of living creatures that humans don't know about - especially when it comes to life forms under water. The Hexapus is one of these creatures that's just been found.
The hexapus, now known as "Henry" was born with six legs instead of eight. It's ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
If Alexander Graham were alive today, he'd be celebrating his 161st birthday.
Alexander Graham Bell is best known for his invention of the telephone. He was also known as "Father of the deaf." Both Graham's mother and wife were both deaf.
Bell was an inventor, scientist and innovator.
When you hear the ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Today the Dominican Republic celebrates their Independence from Haiti. This is the 164th year they've been free.
Juan Pablo Duarte, Ramón Matías Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez announced an independent 'República Dominicana' on February 27, 1844.
Today is a day of celebration in the DR. There are a number of parades ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
It's a worldwide outage for Hotmail as millions are having difficulty logging into their Hotmail accounts. People have reported Hotmail service unavailable messages since early today.
“We're having some sporadic issues with the Windows Live login,” a Microsoft rep has stated. “We'll be working as fast as possible to get ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
What's wrong with Hotmail? A quick visit to the website found their Service Unavailable.
I went to check my own mail and got this:
There is no word on what the Hotmail issue is or a status on when it might come back online. Hopefully the Hotmail.com sign in will be available ...
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