A newfound flaw in Google’s Gmail allows would-be spammers to treat the service as an open-relay server. Compounding the issue is the fact that services such as Hotmail and Yahoo “trust” Gmail. This may facilitate e-mail delivery, but it also makes it easier for spammers to reach their intended targets.
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Real terrorist plots tend to have two steps: blow stuff up, take credit. Maybe if they’re feeling creative they’ll blow themselves up or light their shoe on fire first.
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A Los Gatos, California team introduces the world’s first machine for consumers to convert sugar and leftover alcohol into fuel.
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Warning: Video is very disturbing…
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Check out this funny slide show that explains how we got into the current financial crisis over sub-prime loans.
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If you’re using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you’ve got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on it
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First up, we have this double-barrel cigarette holder. Makes perfect sense, right? You’ve got two lungs, gotta have two cigarettes. Of course if you used this I don’t think you’d have two lungs for very long…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/business/media/05carr.html?ex=1367726400&en=7519d0a86dac8047&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg” rel=”dc:source” property=”dc:title
Today in 1992, Id Software releases Wolfenstein 3-D, and it launches a huge computer-game category. Wolfenstein 3-D may not have been the very first “first-person shooter,” as the genre came to be known, but it was by far the most successful
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From boutique favourites such as Agent Provocateur and Joe Bloggs to icons of the global hyper-mall such as Diesel, Yahoo!, Audi and Coca-Cola, brands have awoken to music’s potential as a powerful communication tool, and a content gold rush is on. Under the “lifestyle” umbrella, household names are seeking out, signing and promoting music.
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At least you’d hope it ended her career.
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