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CAPTCHAs flummox bots, but may be doomed by CAPTCHA farmers (12)
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CAPTCHAs were once considered proof (or at least an excellent defense) against the likes of spammers and automated registration programs, but those days appear to be almost over. CAPTCHA-cracking is now big business in India, and a means of gainful (if not quite legitimate) employment.Read More...Shared by adam (728) Alex Dumitru (210) Casper (44) Christopher W. Bown (6) Dennis Hostetler (20) Felix Bredoteau (56) GeoP (10) Guy (599) Kate (276) Nick Cobb (365) Rami Taibah (322) Stuart (49)Contribute comment - Social Media Educational Event Rocks Business Minds (1)
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NASA to study extending shuttle era to 2015 (21)
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MySpace deletes burn victim's photos for being offensive? (32)
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"BJ McCombs was severely burned in a fire at the age of 18 months," explains the support group set up on MySpace after the site removed photos McCombs's parents had posted of their late son. BJ's photos had been deleted by MySpace staff after another user reported them as offensive. "You may feel singled out," reads a message from a MySpace representative to McCombs's mother in Sullivan, Indiana. "But be assured we delete each and ...Shared by adam (728) Alex (2) Auggie (5) Brendon Wadey (12) Brian Cuban (1050) Christopher W. Bown (6) Coze (8) deusdiabolus (58) Dylan Thomas (28) Eric Mortensen (13) Gerard (20) James (0) Kate (276) Kathy (241) Katie Fellows (24) Laura (1) LUCCHINA (423) Mike Nayyar (140) Morgan (6) Moses (61) Mr. BabyMan (249) Neal Jansons (15) Nigel Eccles (147) Nikole (7) ratward (33) SMC (204) Stacey B. (10) Steve (9) Toby (131) webtime (355) yaos (11) Zak M. (349)Contribute comment -
DIGG Getting Into Local News? (54)
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ALERT: GM Recalling 944,000 Vehicles (28)
permalinkGeneral Motors Corp. said Friday it was recalling 944,000 vehicles because of a problem with a windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fireShared by adam (728) Adam Schoales (6) Alex (21) bittin (153) Brian (62) Brian Cuban (1050) Casper (44) Christopher W. Bown (6) deusdiabolus (58) Digg Boss (641) digits12 (614) Eric Daams (280) Glenn Batuyong (50) jenni ripley (6) Kate (276) Kevin Grandia (23) Manuj Darshan (8) Mark J. Feldman (8) Mike Nayyar (140) Mr. BabyMan (249) neal (352) ProfVegas (144) Sarah Snoddon (53) SMC (204) Steve (9) Sun Tzu (313) Timothy (284) Zak M. (349)
- jenni ripley said: oh shit, my escalade AND my hummer?? i'm gonna have to drive my Z3 to work instead.
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IBM Tests 4-Terabyte Solid-State Drive (35)
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First it was Intel. Now, Big Blue is keen on solid-state drives. IBM said Thursday it is testing a 4-terabyte, high-speed solid-state drive array targeted at the enterprise, as the technology giant gives its imprimatur to flash-memory-based storage.1028 Diggs and 95 Comments in Hardware - Submitted by upick - MirrorShared by Andrew (29) Andrew Hughes (25) Benjamin (0) Brendon Wadey (12) Calvin Robinson (6) Christopher W. Bown (6) Derek (9) deusdiabolus (58) digits12 (614) El_Greco (26) Erwin Tang Yew Hon (33) geekblake (8) George Syson (12) Inthenameofmine (361) Jordan Calhoun (4) Justin (37) Kacy (1) Kate (276) Kevin Rose (10) Louis (2) Martin Strickfaden (8) McBilly Wilford Sy (37) neal (352) Nick Cobb (365) Paul Edwards (18) Paul Spoerry (48) pericles (583) Ricardo Giesta (9) sadiq kassamali (33) Sandaruwan (16) Scott Maier (0) Timothy (284) Tyson Williams (39) ultraviolet (34) Zak M. (349)Contribute comment -
Traffic trends for Digg vs. nine other social news sites (23)
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Digg has become synonymous with “social news”, but there are a number of other sites with similar concepts out there, many of them with their sights set on trying to remove Digg from the throne. We have looked at the traffic trends for 10 different social news sites to get an idea of how it is going for Digg and its competitors. We included Digg, StumbleUpon, Slashdot, Reddit, Mixx, Propeller, Newsvine, Fark, Dzone and Sphinn. ...Shared by 1001 noisy cameras (13) Ananya Walia (580) Christopher W. Bown (6) Digg Boss (641) dobata (324) Eric Daams (280) guy (479) inkode (23) James Duthie (10) Kate (276) Kathy (241) Leximo (271) Marco Ponce (14) maxyRO (395) Mike F (371) nicholas gill (15) Phreak 2.0 (48) Ritu (407) River Song (20) Sun Tzu (313) Tad Chef (108) Thinh (142) warrior007 (215)- Marco Ponce said: good to know which ones get more traffic.
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Open source group sues Quebec over no-bid Microsoft cotracts (50)
onOpen source software advocates have filed a complaint with the Quebec Superior Court claiming that the government violated procurement policies by granting no-bid contracts to Microsoft without first considering open source alternatives.Read More...Shared by adam (728) Alaska Report (13) Alberto (188) Ara (6) Babychen Mathew (264) Benjamin (824) Cai Chen (777) Calvin Robinson (6) Casper (44) cgsheldon (114) charris1980 (47) Christopher W. Bown (6) Cyril Doussin (20) Digg Boss (641) Doug Adams (76) Evan Prodromou (0) Felix Bredoteau (56) George Syson (12) Grim Santo (0) Guy (599) guy (479) J.D. Rucker (316) JenM (17) Johnny Software (20) Kate (276) Leena (820) Leximo (271) Louis (2) Lyndon Antcliff (16) Manuel de la Peña (31) Mark Kuznicki (0) Miguel Lopez (46) Mike D (55) mnvamsi (117) Narayan (31) Paul Edwards (18) Philippe Martin (25) Ritu (407) Robert Couture (5) Robin Millette (8) sadiq kassamali (33) Sarah Snoddon (53) Simon Law (0) SMC (204) Tal Siach (373) Trevor Wermund (118) Tyson Williams (39) w0lfh0und (492) Zac (8) Zak M. (349)Contribute comment
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The secret code of diaries (27)
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Newly Found Apple Patent Raises Hopes for Fabled iTablet (44)
onSure to fan the flames for those praying for a multi-touch Mac tablet, a recent patent filing by Apple describes how the UI for such a device would work.Read More...Shared by adam (728) andrew (17) Brandon Mawhorter (5) Brian Cuban (1050) Brijesh Mehta (1) C.K. (116) Cai Chen (777) Chad Smith (23) Charlotte Goldthwaite (3) Chris Foresman (0) Christopher W. Bown (6) Dean Clark (71) Derek (9) Digg Boss (641) digits12 (614) div_conspiracy (5) Doug (50) Dylan Thomas (28) Eric Chen (66) Eric Daams (280) guy (479) Joe (78) johnk (0) Jonathan S. Knoll (0) Jonathan Sterling (8) Jordan Calhoun (4) JulioHM (30) Justin (37) Kyle Bamford (12) Leena (820) Leo Laporte (1) Lucas Wales (12) Mr. BabyMan (249) Nirav (10) Paul Edwards (18) Philip Campbell (34) Rami Taibah (322) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (176) sadiq kassamali (33) Steve (9) Sun Tzu (313) Tal Siach (373) Timothy (284) Udschal (8)
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Mozilla Extends Lucrative Deal With Google For 3 Years (99)
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Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has extended its search deal with Google for another three years. In return for setting Google as the default search engine on Firefox, Google pays Mozilla a substantial sum - in 2006 the total amounted to around $57 million, or 85% of the company’s total revenue. The deal was originally going to expire in 2006, but was later extended to 2008 and will now run through ...Shared by Aaron (5) Adam McDonald (21) Al Salmon (16) Alex (18) Alex (13) Alex France (139) angel (248) Archit T (8) AshTR (11) b3cak (7) Ben S (33) Brad Brown Jr. (18) Brandon (24) Bret Taylor (12) Bryan (8) Bryce (5) Cam (16) Chad Smith (23) cheflove (234) Chris Messina (18) Christopher W. Bown (6) Cosmin (3) Cubby Brendle (8) daniel (10) dd (7) Dean Clark (71) Doug Adams (76) Eric Chen (66) Esther Schindler (32) Florian Fiegel (9) Floyd Bogart (54) Franklin Bishop (26) G$ (3) GerardM (10) GilesVG (14) GP (36) guy (479) Hisham (21) Hoder Jensen (5) HollowMarkeD (65) IanZ (3) InformationHigh (4) Inthenameofmine (361) ionela (187) Jamie McGibbon (59) Jan (10) Jared (19) Jeff (45) Jeremiah Taylor (2) Joe Smith (1) John (1) Jon Erickson (7) Jrod (58) Keith Bloemendaal (38) Kevin Hamer (9) Kirk (3) Krazy (83) Leon Ridge-Cooke (34) Linkletter (5) Lucas Boyles (11) Luciano (9) Matt Lopez (43) Matthew (12) McBilly Wilford Sy (37) Merlin (4) mr_gadget (149) mubbashir (3) MV (22) Neal (1) Nichol (10) Oudi Antebi (0) pericles (583) Perry (8) Philip Campbell (34) Phillie Casablanca (11) Piedro Molinero (214) puzo (0) rene (18) Rich (37) Richard (18) Ryan Draga (8) Sam (6) Seppe vanden Broucke (5) Shelton (46) Sigalon (25) Spencer (14) spsneo (8) Steve Nimmons (61) Steven (6) Tal Siach (373) Thinh (142) Tibi Puiu (143) Todd Mundt (50) Tomi (8) Trevor Wermund (118) Tyson Williams (39) urbansheep (5) Uzair (122) yoshy (312)Contribute comment - Speed up your Designing with these 50 Photoshop Shortcuts (9)
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U.S. Airways Boots 274 Stranded Passengers From Caribbean Airport, Refuses To Pay For Hotels [Vacations] (12)
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Armed guards ordered 274 stranded passengers out of the Punta Cana airport with no place to go after bad weather forced U.S. Airways to cancel its flight from the Dominican Republic to Philadelphia. Several passengers ended up sleeping in a bus after the airline responded to Tropical Storm Fay by asking passengers to pick up their luggage and get lost. Mark Watts summed up the experience for CBS: Abandoned! We're here in like, a foreign ...Shared by Ben Turner (35) Christopher Elliott (7) Christopher W. Bown (6) ductapeguy (5) Gary Rosenzweig (0) Gene Locklin (30) Jason Gooljar (14) Jeff Gentry (23) Leximo (271) Nick (3) Tyson Williams (39) William Spaetzel (44)Contribute comment
