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Perth man selling entire life on eBay PDF E-mail
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Ian Usher has not coped brilliantly with the ending of his 8 year marriage. In fact, as everything seems to remind him of his failed relationship he has decided to do something about it: sell his entire life on eBay.
 
eBay: archaic trading laws are harming EU consumers PDF E-mail
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008
eBay launches lobbying campaign aimed at the European Parliament, arguing that EU laws damage trade. In a wonderful display of thumb suck sulking, eBay complains that traditional retailers are exploiting the rules to benefit their business. Well duh!
 
Murdoch trashes Facebook as MySpace gets out-socialled PDF E-mail
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by Stephen Withers   
Monday, 23 June 2008
Rupert Murdoch is putting on a grand show of pretending not to be fazed by reports that Facebook is outdoing MySpace in terms of unique visitors. However, he wasn't very good at hiding his real feelings at an advertising event in Cannes.
 
Google Earth helps teens party in other people's pools PDF E-mail
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Monday, 23 June 2008
A new craze driven by Google Earth and Facebook is keeping UK police forces  busy. Teenagers are locating houses with swimming pools and arranging illegal parties known as dips.
 
French say non to pirates with year long Internet ban PDF E-mail
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Monday, 23 June 2008
France gets set to get tough on Internet pirates as President Sarkozy tells his cabinet there is no reason why it should be a lawless zone. The HADOPI bill, if made law, will see persistent offenders being banned by all French ISPs.
 
Say hello to “Google Trends For Websites” PDF E-mail
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by William Atkins   
Monday, 23 June 2008
Search Internet company Google has just introduced “Google Trends For Websites,” which allows users to look at and compare traffic data from different websites around the world.
 
Sexy texting in Scotland punishable by 10 year prison term PDF E-mail
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Monday, 23 June 2008
A new crime of 'communicating indecently' covering both email and text messaging has been announced in Scotland. Randy Scots who send messages of a sexual nature could face up to 10 years in jail as a result of the new Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill.
 
Canada gets solar powered, Internet connected, RFID equipped bicycles PDF E-mail
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Sunday, 22 June 2008
The rising cost of oil the world over is driving huge numbers of people to look for alternatives to, well, driving. Montreal has one of the most technologically advanced public transport concepts: hi-tech bikes for commuters to share.
 
Telnic sets launch date for .tel domains PDF E-mail
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by Stuart Corner   
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Telnic, the organisation behind the new .tel 'one-stop-contact' top level domain name, says it will start accepting applications from trademark holders from December in preparation for a launch in March 2009.
 
Second Life announces the world's biggest virtual party PDF E-mail
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Sunday, 22 June 2008
It hardly seems possible, but the immersive 3D virtual fantasy world of Second Life is 5 years old. To celebrate, Linden Lab is staging a Virtual World's Fair which might just be the biggest birthday party never held.
 
Nearly half of British IT admins secretly read workers email PDF E-mail
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Saturday, 21 June 2008
New research reveals that a staggering 47 percent of British IT admin staff admit to accessing confidential or sensitive information. Information, that is, which they are not meant to be looking at in the first place.
 
Will Great Firewall of China crumble during Beijing Olympics? PDF E-mail
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Saturday, 21 June 2008
The EU's Commissioner for Information Society and Media has labelled China's censorship of the Internet as unacceptable. The International Olympic Committee, meanwhile, maintains it is confident that China will deliver on promises for free reporting during the games. Can the Great Firewall withstand the intense media scrutiny?
 
The most dangerous Euro 2008 football team online PDF E-mail
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Saturday, 21 June 2008
With the Euro 2008 football championships well and truly underway, the Internet is proving to be the perfect place to catch up on scores, fixtures and soccer news. But Euro 2008 has also become a cybercrime hotspot, so we've named and shamed the most dangerous players in cyberspace.
 
Linux powered robot can play clarinet PDF E-mail
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Saturday, 21 June 2008
The University of New South Wales, in conjunction with NICTA, has won first place in an international technology competition. With a Linux powered robot that can play the clarinet. The team beat off stiff competition from a Dutch guitar playing robot and Finnish robot pianist to win the Artemis Orchestra competition.
 
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