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Contributed by Josh Stone
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 Media Pirate Media Piracy and Law Enforcement By Josh Stone. Once upon a time, music played for free on the radio. And you could record a cassette if you wanted to, and you could listen to it as many times as you wanted to, and nobody thought you were a pirate if you shared it with your friends. In fact, this was seen as a way for new bands to break into the market; quite frequently receiving a mix tape would be motivation to buy the album of the band whose song was included.
What little concern there was over music piracy was restricted to "bootleg" tapes made at concerts. Even one of the most outspokenly liberal musicians ever, Frank Zappa, vented in vain at bootleg tapes of his music. He went so far as to include the tape of an interview expressing his anger with this practice at the beginning of his "As An Am" album, part of his "Beat the Boots" project. But even at its most vampiric, the bootleg recording industry was hardly able to suck off more than a single-digit percentage of profits. |
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Contributed by Alojate
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 Intelligent Explorer? Beware of MS Internet
Explorer Plug-Ins By alojate. Recently, I upgraded my copy of
Internet Explorer. No big deal, right? Well, I thought it was an
upgrade. In actuality it turned out to be a product
masking as an upgrade called Intelligent Explorer and when it
downloaded to my machine, it started a nighmarish journey that taught
me a wealth about what one wrong click can unleash on your computer.
I did some quick research via Google and found messages screaming for
help in the BullGuard and Spywareinfo forum from people trying to get
it off their machine.
In this article, I am going to use Internet Explorer to point out the
Internet Explorer plugin nightmare and what you'll need to do to
protect yourself.
Intelligent Explorer is a toolbar that moves in and takes over your
browser. It is extremely hard to get rid of, and beyond that, it's just
plain annoying. Here's is just one sample of a person calling for help: |
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Contributed by Gangaram
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 Bill & Melinda Gates
Dear Tech Support Team:
Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon
noticed
that
the new program began unexpected child-processes that took up a lot of
space
and valuable resources.
In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs
and now
monitors all other system activities. Applications such as
BachelorNights
10.3, Cricket 5.0, BeerWithBuddies 7.5, and Outings 3.6 no longer runs,
crashing the system whenever selected. I can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in
the
background while attempting to run my favorite applications. I'm
thinking
about going back to Girlfriend 5.0 , but the 'uninstall' doesn't work
on
Wife 1.0.
Please help!
Thanks,
"A Troubled User"
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Contributed by Ivan Hoffman
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 Static vs Dynamic Benefits of Static and Dynamic Websites by Ivan Hoffman. In past few decades we have seen some major changes and swings in business world and other business transaction and dealing processes. The business world has finally become more cutthroat leading to high competition. Consumers have become more educative and want information as quick as possible. Talking about current scenario where decision making power or purchasing power is just a click away, tools like “Online Presence or Marketing” is affecting the presence of many industries.
It is important to understand that the outline of present business commerce has changed and these days the victory of any business is not dependent on any nice-looking prominent print advertising or any promotion activities. Today we are living in a techno-savvy world and in order to survive, it is compulsory to have comprehensive online marketing mantras. Website or in other terms online presence has become the critical element that can assist you in winning every battle in this business race. Online presence is now becoming more reasonably priced in comparison to broadcast marketing to reach directly to the people. |
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Contributed by sunil1477
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 Computer Viruses? Do The Media Spread Computer Viruses? by sunil1477. Could the mass media hype about computer viruses actually make the problem worse?
If you believe what you hear in the media, there are an awful lot of viruses going around. No, I'm not talking about the make-you-sick kind of virus, though they get plenty of airtime, too. I'm talking about the kind of virus that enters via your internet connection rather than your nasal passages.
What the mainstream media often don't tell you--at least, in most radio and television newscasts and in the crucial headlines and opening paragraphs of newspaper articles-- is that many of these "viruses" are not viruses at all. |
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