Cramming – telemarketers’ new tool

Telemarketer reveals tricks of trade. Nasty.Surprised consumers often complain when they find an unexplained $30 charge on their bill, the former employee, who requested anonymity, said. Epixtar then produces phone recordings proving that the charges were authorized....

P2P filesharing is legal

Entertainment Industry Loses in Web Case because the Judge said that there were substantial non-infringing uses for P2P software.Judge Stephen Wilson of United States District Court ruled that Grokster and StreamCast Networks, which offers the Morpheus peer-to-peer...

Trackback explained

Phil Ringnalda manages to explain TrackBack in a quibble about Userland’s implementation. I’ve been struggling with TB ever since it was implementation.

What the dotcommers do next

Ever wondered what a billionnaire dotcommer does when they get bored of IT? The answer: they look to space. In some ways, this could make the dotcom boom worthwhile – a transfer of monies from gullible (or fraudulently mislead) investors to a serious project to...

Gulf War II

TIME Magazine: Gulf War II looks at how we got to GWII (not GWB). It starts in March 2002.F___ Saddam. We’re taking him out