For years, the RIAA has claimed that having the IP address of a computer that has shared unauthorized files is the equivalent of having the evidence of who was actually sharing files. That, of course, is false. The IP address simply can help you know who paid for the Internet access, but not who was using what computer on a network.
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Monday, July 31, 2006
Top Ten Reasons Why People Quit Their Jobs
Gregory Smith lays it out and tells us the real reasons we jump ship. Real reason: MANAGEMENT!
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FDA to consider over-the-counter morning-after pill after all
The government is considering allowing over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill, but only to women 18 and older _ a surprise move Monday that revives efforts to widen access to the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.
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Bush Admin May Have Violated 26 Statutes, Dems Say.
The Bush administration may have broken over two dozen federal laws and regulations -- some of them multiple times -- according to an unreleased report from the House Judiciary Committee Democrats. "The misconduct I have found is not only serious, but widespread," reads a draft summary of the report by Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI)
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Never miss a song again with Yes.com
Just enter in your zip code or the radio station call letters. Yes will show you a list of real-time songs, as well as a handy 24 hour look-up so you can see exactly what was playing at 4:20 AM. If you really like the song, you have the option of buying it on iTunes.
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Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects
The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects in Iraq and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress.
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Color Photos From the World War I Era
Color film was non-existent in 1909 Russia, yet in that year a photographer named Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii embarked on a photographic survey of his homeland and captured hundreds of photos in full, vivid color.
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Hollywood Split over "Anti-Semitic Mel Gibson's Future
It's a nuclear disaster for him," said publicist Michael Levine, who has represented
Michael Jackson and
Charlton Heston, among others. "I don't see how he can restore himself."
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Michael Jackson and
Charlton Heston, among others. "I don't see how he can restore himself."
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Pre-War Intelligence Might Not Come Out Until After Election
When angry Democrats briefly shut down the Senate last year to protest the slow pace of a congressional investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) claimed a rare victory. Republicans called it a stunt but promised to quickly wrap up the inquiry. That was nine months ago.
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U.S. Employers Look Offshore for Healthcare.
After going overseas to outsource everything from manufacturing to customer services, American businesses, pressed by rising healthcare costs, are looking offshore for medical benefits as well. But there are risks. Patients have little or no legal recourse in medical malpractice cases because of relatively weak patient-protection laws oversea's
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How the Brain Makes People Partisan
Psychological experiments in recent years have shown that people are not evenhanded when they process information, even though they believe they are.
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Behind Al-Qaeda's I.T. Department...
there are real people, in real space, maintaining what is, in effect, al-Qaeda's I.T. department. Last October, the most important member of that group so far -- the man who has been called "the Godfather of cyber-terrorism" -- was arrested. He is a 22-year-old Muslim immigrant to Great Britain named Younis Tsouli.
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One Red Paper Clip Guy, Lands Movie Deal with DreamWorks.
"Kyle MacDonald has enjoyed more than his 15 minutes of fame as the Canadian Internet blogger bartering a red paper-clip for a house in Kipling, Sask.
He's now successfully parlayed his adventure into a book deal with Random House and a movie deal with DreamWorks..."
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He's now successfully parlayed his adventure into a book deal with Random House and a movie deal with DreamWorks..."
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How to Bypass Most Firewall Restrictions and Access the Internet Privately
Want to surf at work but can't because of a firewall? This is a complete resource of literally EVERYTHING you need to know when it comes to getting around pesky work firewalls. If your technically inclined you should have little trouble understand most of the material on this site. Enjoy.
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Solar Power Runs "World's Largest Laundromat"
One of Tom Benson's claims to fame, proclaimed in five-foot-high letters across his storefront, is that he owns the "world's largest laundromat" - complete with 153 washers, 148 dryers and 15 flat-screen TVs.
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