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Archive for: May, 2010

“Slurls” or “Slur URLs” – Internet Naming Disasters

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A ‘Slurl’, in short can be described as an ill thought out domain name, mainly from companies who naively slurred their names into a single word without noticing the resulting double entendres. These names often result in hilarious domain names often amusing to the majority of Internet users! Some examples of ‘Slurl’s include the following: [...]

New Smart Fridge Generates Recipes Based On the Items Inside

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A new concept smart fridge is on the drawing board and will make life much easier for all working men and women. This is because the new smart fridge will propose healthy food recipes to the user, based upon the content inside!

Ireland takes on Internet Piracy

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Ireland’s main broadband supplier, Eircom, confirmed last week that they have launched a crackdown on Internet Piracy, which could see customers being disconnected from the Internet if they involve themselves in sharing and downloading copyrighted music illegally.

URLVoid.com – Website Anti-Virus Checker

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URLVoid.com is an online resource where visitors can enter the URL of a website and scan the site for any malware before actually visiting the website. This is a very useful service in ensuring that you do not visit harmful websites that may affect your computer with viruses or other malware.

South African Minister Seeks to Ban Pornography

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South African Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Malusi Gigaba, is looking at ways to ban pornography on the Internet and mobile devices. Gigaba recently met with the Justice Alliance of South Africa (Jasa) to discuss its draft legislation on the matter.

Downloaded the Hurt Locker? You are Sued!

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Producers of the Oscar-winning movie, The Hurt Locker are suing around 5,000 people who allegedly downloaded copies of the Oscar-winning film from the internet in the latest attempt to fight digital piracy.

Piratebay Remains Blocked

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  About 2 years ago the IFPI and other copyright groups brought legal action against Danish ISP Telenor demanding that it should block its subscribers from accessing The Pirate Bay, the world’s most famous P2P community website. Following a hearing which began a week ago, the Supreme Court in Denmark has ruled that The Pirate [...]

Google Street View in ‘Hot Water’

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  It has emerged that every WiFi wireless router – the device that links most computer owners to the internet – in every home in Britain has been entered into a Google database. The information was collected by means of radio aerials on their Street View cars, which have now photographed almost every home in [...]

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