Update on Linden Dollars

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[I'm a] PC Site has been following the currency system of Second Life, Linden Dollars, for some time now. The virtual currency is used to buy and sell real estate and accessories in the game, and is exchanged for roughly 250 per USD$1. Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University, has a post on [...]

TorrentSpy gets SLAMMED.

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Popular torrent search engine, TorrentSpy, has been slammed with a final ruling by a Federal judge that will force the company to pay $110 million ($110,000,000.00 <– Yes, that’s a big number) to the Motion Picture Association of America after years of struggling with court trials.

Wordpress 2.5.1 is Available

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Just yesterday, Wordpress released an update to their blogging software, 2.5.1. The update patches up a security hole, as well as includes over 70 bug fixes and performance enhancements including:

Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
Better performance for those who have many categories
Media Uploader fixes
An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
Widget Administration [...]

Pirates to be banned from Web?

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Eh, right now it’s just still a fantasy so don’t worry much of it at least for now. Those really cool guys that know everything say that now only 1 in 20 songs downloaded from the great interweb are actually paid for. Piratism up 40%, in-store CD sales remain around normal. BUT… now we have [...]

If Banner Ads Were to be Truthful

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Humor & Video website, Cracked.com, has posted the results of their recent photoshop contest for “what would banner ads look like if they were forced to tell the honest truth?” Click here to see the results and get a laugh or two.

[05 Feb 08] Another MSN Virus Going Around

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Today I learned of a new virus being spread on Windows Live Messenger (Also known as MSN Messenger) being it tried to infect my computer as well. Be sure to check what the link is before you click it and even if you do click it and it asks you to download something, don’t do [...]

Facebook - The #1 Social Spamworking Site

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Many users of social networking website, Facebook, are becoming aggravated with the growing amount of “forced invites” throughout many apps. Facebook allows people to program applications that users can “add” to their profile and if they want, use the internal invite system to send notifications to friends that will appear the next time they sign [...]

Escapa!

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Escapa! is a flash game reportedly used to train Air Force pilots. Click and hold the red block and move it to avoid being hit by the blue blocks or hitting the wall. If you last 18 seconds you are doing well.
After some practice, I got my best time up to 20.201. Apparently Air Force [...]

Cyanide & Happiness #11 - The Magic Hat

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This guy has more than just toys in his magical hat!

Click Here to Watch!

RIAA Site Hacked Over The Weekend?

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An old-style SQL injection hack is the suspected culprit in a malicious attack on the RIAA’s Web site. During the weekend, its framework was still going, though its content had been erased.

Read the Full Story at BetaNews

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