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Monday, December 03, 2007 1:40 PM

Never again will I buy Movies off the Internet. (Part 2)

I just wanted to post my comment to the person who said I should not have used AOL: It is not just AOL, it is who ever buys a company who or goes out of business or switch to a new DRM provder. I have issues with my MSN Music WMA-DRM. But obtaining "Free"...
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Monday, December 03, 2007 12:00 AM

Never again will I buy Movies off the Internet.

I think one I got for free and the other one was cheap. But this goes for the same if you paid full price and use AOL Videos Dear Eric, Thank you for being a customer of the AOL® Video store. We have an exciting update for you on our service: to continue...
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Monday, June 04, 2007 9:31 AM

ViewPoint Media Player now does shady spyware tatics.

I was reading the Great Lakes I.T. Report and saw a local company is doing a street level 3D map of Makinaw Island (Michigan) I installed ViewPoint to see it. This morning I un-locked my computer and saw a update for it. I did not read the update box...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:52 AM

BetaNews | TiVo Fast Forward Popup Ads Return

Customers of the DVR service TiVo began reporting over the weekend that the fast forward ads which appear during commercial breaks have reappeared. The ads appeared last in March 2005 , when the company was testing new ways to generate money from the...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:56 AM

Ben's Space: MySpace Viruses and How to Prevent Against Them (and Other Viruses)

More reasons to be careful on MySpace and other websites. To Whom This May Concern: The MySpace website ( http://www.myspace.com ) is filled with thousands of viruses. Many of the viruses steal people's passwords to post advertisements on their bulletins...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:46 AM

Review: Toshiba GigaBeat S

I will be posting (Check back for updates) what I like and my dislikes here about this product: Likes: Pretty smooth interface, and is similar to Media Center ineterface. Dislikes Let the device sit for a few days, plugged in headphones device locked...
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Friday, September 29, 2006 12:30 PM

Microsoft admits WGA failures “coming up more commonly now”

Here is some more info about WGA issues for valid legal customers: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=142&tag=nl.e540 Susan Bradley states Microsoft snuck us a WGA update without stating so or the changes: http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2006...
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Friday, July 21, 2006 2:01 PM

Adware Offers Bogus Security Apps

Newly discovered adware in the wild tries to dupe users into installing fake security applications. According to Panda Software's PandaLabs, the adware program, ProtectionBar, warns users that their computers are infected with malware, and they must purchase...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:35 PM

Microsoft Installs new Coffee Machines in break rooms.

I would love to own one in my house and in my office. The thing grind the beans too. Another Picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35034363287@N01/158160261/ Sources: http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/06/02/back-at-microsoft-drinking-the-starbucks...
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Friday, March 17, 2006 12:42 AM

The State of Parental Controls and Instant Messaging.

I was given the task to bolt down the boss's son's new computer I had pushed and pushed to get so he can do normal teen things. I thought this was going to be easy. But, I thought I would share my experience and a hole I found in doing so. The two programs...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:57 PM

Windows Live Toolbar release imminent

http://www.liveside.net/comments.php?shownews=108
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:54 PM

Announcing the All New Live Favorites!

What we've done: Redesigned Look & Feel - A much cleaner interface, easier to manage Full Screen Experience - No longer do you have to manage your favorites in one small area of the screen In-Line Preview - Preview your favorite web pages from within...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:53 PM

Windows Live Clipboard: Wiring the web

http://www.liveside.net/comments.php?shownews=106
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:51 PM

live.com refresh!

http://spaces.msn.com/livecom/Blog/cns!D4909E7F27E254E9!750.entry - The new and improved first run experience o best place to search using the new Windows Live Search o best place to grasp Windows Live as a whole o a great customizable homepage with the...
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Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:01 PM

India Call Center Math / A little in-sight.

I was watching Good Morning America and found this interesting. To help the cope with us American's since we tend to get mad at them more than a American call center. 35=10. A 35 year old has the brain of a 10 year old. Does this mean if us, as Americans...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:24 PM

NVIDIA Accused of hiring actors to post on forums

http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=32269
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Friday, January 27, 2006 2:00 PM

MS Forms New Internet Research Arm

http://www.betanews.com/article/MS_Forms_New_Internet_Research_Arm/1138295687
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:44 PM

MSN Admits to Sharing Search Data

http://www.betanews.com/article/MSN_Admits_to_Sharing_Search_Data/1138040445 I wish the other search companies like Google would stand up to the DOJ. This is not too prying now, but how far will it be pushed next time?
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Monday, November 07, 2005 10:30 AM

Leak of Windows Live Messenger 8

As you may know the dogfood version of Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 8 is floating around the net. This version is for internal testing for Microsoft employees. (dogfood means the company beta tests their own product before releasing it to Microsoft /...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005 6:47 PM

MSN Releases new Live! Service's

Mail Beta (Kahuna) is now Windows Mail Live! Start is not Live!. MSN Messenger is now Windows Live Messenger. Microsoft is now merging their MSN line into Windows. http://ideas.live.com/ I do not know if this is good or not, but I hope they do not change...
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