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After Blocking Zero Hedge And Others, NZ Telcos Demand Big-Tech Censorship Surge To “Protect Consumers” ========================================================== In the wake of last week’s terror attacks at two New Zealand mosques which left 50 dead, several websites which either reported on the incident, hosted footage of the attacks, or have simply allowed people to engage in uncensored discussion such as Dissenter or Zero Hedge, have been partially or completely blocked in both New Zealand and Australia for the sake of “protecting consumers,” according to the CEOs of three New Zealand telcos. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting – which was broadcast...

Web site advertising is often reasonable, and it is the way that many sites earn enough money to deliver their content. ...There are unfortunately advertisers that abuse the privilege of access to people’s computers by pushing ads–usually Shockwave Flash–with excessive bandwidth utilization that slows even DSL Internet connections noticeably. (We banned Doubleclick.net from our computer eight or nine years ago, when we were still using a dial-up connection, because it kept refreshing its banner ads.) Other ads superimpose themselves over the page content, and have no button on which to click to close them. Still others vibrate or jiggle back...

Cannot get YouTube at all here in my computer. I have Comcast Hi-Speed Internet here in Southern Maryland. Every other page downloads properly. I have my YouTube in my "Favorites", so I have not been misspelling it. Comcast says it's a problem with YouTube. What gives? Are we in the USA or in Pyongyang?

I don't post a lot of vanities, but today, I just had to rant. Someone posted an article this morning and entered the SOURCE URL where the SOURCE should have been. No big deal? Well, it is to me, at least on my computer. When someone does that it totally screws up the INDEX page, and instead of seeing a list of articles AND the material in the sidebars, all I get to see is (depending on how long the url is) a portion of the header and none of the sidebar. It makes it impossible to read Free Republic....

There is a new web tool that allows you to post links directly to a portion of the content of a page. You enter a URL and the text within that page to which you want to link. You'll get back a URL that you can use. When a user clicks on that URL, they will see a version of the original page with the text you selected hi-lighted and at the top of the browser page. This is very useful for posting links to specific comments/replies on blogs.

I have a question about Blogger.Com (aka BlogSpot.Com). When will they allow us to have URLs there that don't include BlogSpot in the address? I have registered DUmmieFUnnies.Com and would like to change my URL there to that. I know that Angelfire used to allow you UNIQUE URLs sans "Angelfire" in the URL so I am wondering if BlogSpot will also allow this for a fee. It seems like it would be in their interest to do so. First of all they would earn extra fees for doing so PLUS it would keep people from removing their Blogs from the...

Betsy Newmark, one of my favorite bloggers who I've been honored to have guest-blog here, is down. I asked her what happened. She e-mails about her nightmare: Evil Blogger has lost the page - server problems. They are the most unhelpful organization. You can't reach any human being and all I get are form letters saying that all the problems have been resolved. I'm just hoping that they fix their problem and I get back on. I don't have time to hassle with setting up a new page. She adds: All I get are their automated messages that are of...

A number of recent phishing sites blocked by the Netcraft Toolbar community have had a common technique of using JavaScript to create a narrow popup window, which is then placed on top of the Address bar. A fake URL is entered into the popup, using the same default font as the real address bar. The script continually checks the location of the browser window and moves the popup accordingly, ensuring that it is always placed on top of the Address bar, thus obscuring the real URL of the phishing site. The image above illustrates a live phishing site in action....

As a result of the dissolution of the internet startup I worked for, 4 of us original employees have gained ownership of the company's domain name: OOP.COM I'm in the process of determining how best to sell it. I've gotten evaluations of between $2,500 and $55,000. Anyone have any suggestions?

I was completely shocked when I read this article. Yes, shocked! This is no fiction of horror, it DOES exist in real life. A so-called "dead" farm is a place where seveal acres of private land surrounded by barbwire, in a sleepy town of Tennessee, where this guy collects unclaimed and donated corpse for his deeds under the disguise of scientific research. Unclaimed body, young and old, men and women, placed in various places inside his so-called farm allow them to decay and consumed by various insects. The maggots will consume a human body in just one day, he said...

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-004 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (832894) Issued: February 2, 2004 Version: 1.0 Summary Who should read this document: Customers who are using Microsoft® Internet Explorer Impact of vulnerability: Remote Code Execution Maximum Severity Rating: Critical Recommendation: Systems administrators should apply the security update immediately. Security Update Replacement: This update replaces the one that is provided in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-048, which is itself a cumulative update. Caveats: None Tested Software and Security Update Download Locations: Affected Software: * Microsoft Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 Service Pack 6a * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 6a...