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SEATTLE – Two online companies that promised consumers “free” big-ticket items but required them to pay for trial offers and subscriptions must pay $55,000 in civil penalties under a settlement announced today by the Washington Attorney General’s Office...
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Put this one down to very very VERY bad judgment on the part of whoever it is who designs advertising campaigns for realestateonline.com.au. I'm sure many of you have heard about the now infamous Melbourne teenager Corey Worthington Delaney who got...
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Fascinating reading and an excellent insight into the problems faced by web sites hit by malicious content - reality is that the web sites affected by malicious advertising need help gathering the data required to prove an incident has occurred, and often...
Hi all, I'm back from holidays - the whole family had a fantastic time - all in all we passed through Singapore, Egypt, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland over the past couple of weeks. We have hundreds of photographs which I'll try to get...
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2Clix has sued the owner of the Australia based Whirlpool chat forums for $150,000.00 and requested the permanent removal of two threads criticizing the 2Clix software. 2Clix, a less than reputable software company, has filed suit against the founder...
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So, what do we do when Microsoft Update offers this.... But this is installed....
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In answer to the question posted by Paul Wright here: http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2007/09/10/1184164.aspx#1184814 "Are you the person spamming links to this all over news.admin.net-abuse.email, by the way? Hope not." I did NOT...
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Network toys... Seriously - found via Jesper's blog : " BRIO Network is not your classic toy train set. It's an original world of Rail Play featuring the imaginary creatures who live inside your computer. They drive super-cool vehicles around...
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Bronwyn has put out a call for members to join geekgirlsblog; I suppose I'd better put my name in the hat I haven't met Bronwyn - our respective home towns are many thousands of miles apart, and I don't get to travel much nowadays - but those...
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"Whether it's in Second Life, World or Warcraft or EverQuest, one photographer has made it his mission to document the virtual worlds of gamers alongside the real. Robbie Cooper talks to NEWS.com.au about his latest book, "Alter Ego"...
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Received today... "Thanks for repairing my Internet Explorer! I reduced the size of the cache as you recommended and ouila - it works after a week of frustration. I'm no newbie, having been through about 15 computers since 1983, but I never knew...
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"Notorious spammer Christopher "Rizler" Smith was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday. US District Judge Michael Davis called Smith a "drug kingpin" before throwing the book at him. Smith was convicted...
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