Monday, August 14, 2006

Pirate Party Launches High-Capacity Darknet

The Swedish Pirate Party has launched a commercial, high-capacity darknet, on an unprecedented scale and bandwidth. This service lets anybody send and receive files anonymously without being tracked or traced, and can pump data well over 10 megabits per second.

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The Zombie Poison Identified as Tetrodotoxin

Clairvius Narcisse was declared dead. 18 years later, in 1980, a shuffling, vacant-eyed man identified himself as, Clairvius. He told a fantastic tale of being dug up from his grave, beaten to his senses, and led away to work as a slave on a remote sugar plantation. The authentic â??zombie powderâ?? was shown to produce a death like coma.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting a Job in Silicon Valley

Guy Kawasaki breaks down 15 things that you need to know if you want to get a job in Silicon Valley.

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T-Mobile Trials Landline To Wireless Migration

T-Mobile USA started a hush-hush trial of a service that could turn telecom on its head. Why is this T-Mobile-At-Home service such a big deal? If this trial is successful and is followed by a full-blown rollout, it could open the floodgates on landline-to-wireless migration.

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T-Mobile Trials Landline To Wireless Migration

T-Mobile USA started a hush-hush trial of a service that could turn telecom on its head. Why is this T-Mobile-At-Home service such a big deal? If this trial is successful and is followed by a full-blown rollout, it could open the floodgates on landline-to-wireless migration.

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A Super fast prefetch Browser add-in For FireFox & IE

Browster is going to make your web experience far better than the current one. Truely super fast. Give it a try :-)

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China bans 'Simpsons' from prime time TV

China has banished Homer Simpson, Pokemon and Mickey Mouse from prime time. Beginning Sept. 1, regulators have barred foreign cartoons from TV from 5 to 8 p.m. in an effort to protect China's struggling animation studios, news reports said Sunday. The move allows the Monkey King and his Chinese pals to get the top TV viewing hours to themselves.

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Iranian President has a blog!

Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad's blog.

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Google Video's new 'Mature & Adult' category

Interesting..."Google Video now allows you to you to upload adult videos."

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ShowMeWhere: Google maps for everyone!

Easily Create and Share Google Maps. Show Me Where is a point-and-click interface to creating customized Google Maps. Want to place a marker on a map? Just click there. No more geocoding is necessary in order to add points to your maps. Instead, just navigate there using the Google Maps interface you are accustomed to.

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Indepth guide to Web Analytics

Detailed 5 part guide to web analytics that covers RSS analytics, blog analytics, basic stats and advanced stats. Also covers reviews on solutions such as FeedBurner, Google Analytics, Stat Counter, Measure Map, Blogbeat, Performancing Metrics, Click Tracks, Webalizer, Stat Counter, and Omniture.

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Covert channel tool hides data in IPv6

"An independent security researcher showed off an early version of a tool for creating covert channels that, he claims, can pass undetected through most firewalls and intrusion detection systems."

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Defeating Google's Perpetual Search Logging

Google's policy of storing everyone's search histories forever is causing concern amongst many, especially since Google stores a cookie on everyone's PC expiring in 2038. But at least one user is fighting back. His short and simple guide tells you how to set up any decent web browser so that it routes Google requests through an anonymous proxy

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Don't settle for Google AdSense

ProductWiki has published detailed statistics comparing their AdSense and Shopping.com ad revenue. Findings show that it may be in your best interest to explore other advertising alternatives for your website.

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Indian village uploads itself onto Internet

An Indian village has uploaded itself onto the Internet, giving the outside world a glimpse of life in rural India.

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Time Magazine's 50 Coolest Websites

Time Magazine has put together a list of 50 coolest websites from six different categories. Many of them are Web 2.0 sites, others aren't. There's no surprise Digg is one of the websites, but many lesser-known sites made the list too.

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The Problem with Wi-Fi in the Classroom

Students can use this instant access to information to finish homework assignments and write term papers, but the pervasiveness of wireless Internet access is also creating new challenges for teachers and students.

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Google Video is the Future of Google

In-depth overview of why Google video is the future of Google. The article also goes into detail on some of their recent changes and why.

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Diggnation Exposed, a behind the scenes at Diggnation

Kevin and Alex do a candid podcast interview about diggnation, digg, revison3. Where they came from, where they are headed, and where they want to go.

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