EULA gave $1000

...PC Pitstop buried a note in its own EULA, saying they would give $1,000 to the first person who emailed them at a certain address...four months and over 3,000 downloads before someone noticed it and sent an email (and got the $1,000)...

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Ariel Waldman's...

bedroom, originally uploaded by arielwaldman.

...got great gams!

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Firefox system recommendation = Windows XP

Windows XP recommended over Vista? The same pattern is repeated for Firefox 2 and Thunderbird 2...

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Buying a Big Screen, No Big Deal

shopping info

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Remove tell-tale metadata from Microsoft apps

...can easily include embarrassing comments, hidden text or info helpful to hackers. Here’s how to get rid of it...

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no law that defines an "illegal" immigrant?...

"Under 8 U.S.C. § 1325, it is a misdemeanor to enter the United States without inspection...there is no law that makes the mere presence in the United States a crime...overstaying a visa is a violation of civil-immigration law...not a crime..."

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newspapers cost more...for the ads...

...newspapers across the country celebrated their big advertising windfall by ... raising the sales price of the Thanksgiving-day edition...So, in other words, after making a lot of money on advertising, the newspapers choose to gouge readers as a result...

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new USB Revision To Include DRM

...it's that old joke about how speakers would one day have internet connections to check to see if you're allowed to listen to your own music, except that it's for real...

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Howard and Bubba #1 and #2 on satellite radio

Bubba The Love Sponge...is the second-most popular show on satellite radio. According to Arbitron’s first ever satellite radio ratings released in late October, Howard 100 and Howard 101 are the two most listened-to channels on satellite radio....

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