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Why Blocking Child Porn is NOT ‘Against’ Child Porn

July 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blogging, Politics, Safety, Social Networking

AOL Chat RoomsFinally, someone who agrees with me. Earlier last week, NY Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, urged ISPs to block Usenet Newsgroup access to take a stance against the distribution of illegal child porn. I fundamentally disagree with the position that Cuomo has taken and is a sad attempt to help bolster his political career. More »

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Yahoo Leverages Homepage to Defeat Carl Icahn

July 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Tech News

Yahoo pulls out the big guns (homepage advertising) to attempt to overpower Carl Icahn from ousting the Yahoo executive team. Personally, I find these ads not tailored to a majority of their users. Inside, I’ll show you the array of ads Yahoo is running against Icahn and my thoughts on it. More »

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Spammer Gets 2.5 Years for Spamming AOL

July 16th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blogging, Geeky, Tech News

Youve Got MailSpamming doesn’t pay — especially if you’re Adam Vitale, 27 from New York, was sentenced after his guilty plea for spamming more than 1.3 million AOL users. His partner in crime, Todd Moeller, assisted him by obfuscating sources of the junk mail, making it nearly untraceable, known as ’spoofing.’ More »

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Tech News this Weekend

July 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Blogging, Tech News

On the Web, even if you have nothing to do, a lot happens. This weekend, quite a bit of technology-related news occurred. I’ll neatly package it for you with my thoughts on it. More »

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AOL Offers IM, Radio and Video for iPhone 3G

July 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blogging, Tech News

AOL will be one of the many online companies looking to take advantage of Apple’s iPhone App Store for users by offering their own free AIM client,  AOL/CBS Radio, and Video (Truveo) applications to users. While I’m not sure if they have any advertising, this will help keep iPhone users connected with the world. Press release included after the jump. More »

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