ISP RoadRunner Must Give Up Identity of User Claimed to Slander Public Relations Society of America’s Bolton
A New York judge has ruled that Internet service provider RoadRunner must reveal the identity of a customer who sent email to the Public Relations Society of America’s board of directors, claiming that the Public Relations Society of America’s executive director, Catherine A. Bolton, was not fit for the position….
MSN Joins Google and Yahoo in Blocking Chinese Users from Accessing, Using Forbidden Terms and Content
There’s a hue and cry being raised about Microsoft’s new MSN portal in China not allowing Chinese users to access or share certain “forbidden” sites and ideas on the Internet. In particular, Chinese users of MSN’s blogging service, MSN Spaces, are forbidden from using certain terms in their blog entries,…
Ohio Parents Plan Lawsuit if Severe Cuts to Internet-based Public eSchools Remain
Did you know that the State of Ohio had something called “eSchools”, which are computer- or Internet-based public charter schools? Aunty didn’t know, until this came across her eDesk: COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13 /PRNewswire/ — Despite a comprehensive legislative study that says public eSchool funding is reasonable and should not…
Beware Google Archiving Your Entire Google Search History
Google sure does a lot of nifty things with their search and archive capabilities! And one of those things is that it now archives your search history. Meaning that if you are logged in to Google, and perform a Google search, it remembers it for you. And which search results…
FTC Father’s Day Web Animation: “Don’t Let the Phishers Catch You”
It must be the week for cute web animations. First Consumer Union did their cute web animation lampooning drug ads, and now the Federal Trade Commission has released a web animation for Fathers’ Day, featuring a father fish teaching his little fishies how not to fall victim to the phishers….
Cute Web Animation Takes Aim at Vioxx, Bextra, Pharmaceutical Ads and Lax Drug Safety Laws
Now here’s a novel use of the web. Consumer Union is lobbying Congress to tighten drug safety laws, following the wave of people who have been injured or worse after taking such approved drugs as Vioxx and Bextra. As part of their effort, they are lampooning the rash of drug…
Spam King Scott Richter’s Bankrupt Real Big Notice to Creditors
Scott Richter and his OptInRealBig have filed for bankruptcy and must notify all potentially impacted parties by email – but how many of them will actually get the notices, given that spam filters around the world have a special place just for him and his email?
Canadian Press Banned from Linking to Non-Canadian Sites Talking about Canadian Robert Pickton Murder Trial
Robert Pickton. If his name means nothing to you, and you are not from Canada, that’s no surprise. But if a Canadian court’s press ban is successful, the name Robert Pickton won’t mean much more to Canadian citizens either, despite the fact that he is the focus of a sensational murder trial in Vancouver right now.
Gamer Killed Over Virtual Legend of Mir 3 Sword
While it may be that addiction is not a problem for Internet gamers, apparently taking their games too seriously is. Not just a problem – but potentially fatal. According to the BBC, Chinese online gamers Qiu Chengwei and Zhu Caoyuan were both involved in the online game Legend of Mir…
Digital Bullying and Cyber Bullying on the Rise
A new report out this week indicates that a phenomenon known as digital bullying, or “cyber bullying” is on the rise.
VoIP On Cordless Housephone to Be Available Through Vonage and Uniden!
Pretty soon you will be able to use a standard cordless house phone with Vonage in your home! Vonage has entered a partnership with Uniden to adapt one of Uniden’s cordless phones, the UIP1869V, to plug directly into an Internet connection, to take advantage of VOIP services without requiring an…
Pentagon and NASA “UFO Hacker” Gary ‘Solo’ McKinnon Apprehended
Gary McKinnon, Nasa’s ET hacker, has been arrested in London.
No downtime. No waiting for answers. Viagra. (Stupid Adsense Ad)
Aunty found this most unfortunate placement for an ad for Sprint, in an article about a new medical use for Viagra: New Use for Viagra: Treating Lung Disease Advertisement: No downtime. No waiting for answers. Get complete end-to-end managed wireless service from Sprint. Management that includes data security for lost…
Sexy Dead Singles (Stupid Adsense Ad)
Says Codeman38: “My current favorites are the ones mentioned in [Page no longer available – we have linked to the archive.org version instead]. Sexy dead singles and WMDs!”
New and Used Beef Jerky (Stupid Adsense Ads)
Aunty reader Ian McKenzie submits this stupid Adsense ad he saw recently: Beef Jerky New and used Beef Jerky. aff Check out the deals now. “Mmmmmm,” says Ian, “used beef jerky.” Mmmm indeed!