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Study Finds Regulation Good For Telecom Customers [who would of thought?]

http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/051202custsuf/

“Customers pay more and are offered fewer telecommunications services in European countries where regulators have done a poor job of weakening former monopolies, according to a report commissioned by the European Competitive Telecommunications Association and released on Friday.”

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Barcode Scammer Busted…
Police say Baldino used homemade bar codes to buy electronic gadgets at prices far below any legitimate discount. Baldino was detained by Target security Wednesday after he purchased a $150 iPod with a bar-code label of $4.99.
[UMM, idiot did you actually believe that no one would notice that large drop in price? DURRRR.]

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3270764

In the kindred spirit of the story above I give you:

http://www.barcodemagic.com/

Generate barcodes for home, hobby and retail with our easy to use barcode software. Simply select a bar code style and font, enter desired text and numbers, and a barcode is automatically created. Copy your new graphic into a Windows application, save it to file, or print it out for instant labeling. Barcode Magic supports numeric formats like UPC, alphanumeric like Code 128, and even specialized Postnet formats.

You didn’t hear this from me, but can anyone say SELF-CHECKOUT LINES?

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Just as big music industry moguls look to unsigned talent in the streets to get ideas for their next big ‘act’; it now seems that big movie CEOs are looking to steal the music of unsigned artists for their movie scores.

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=85465

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Electronic Frontier Foundation [EFF] Defamed by The Register: [kiss my glowing white azz]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/06/eff_needs_to_die/

excerpt:

“This is a very good cause. Sony installed stealth spyware on many thousands of Windows computers (although calling it a rootkit is an exaggeration), and it’s crucial that the company get its bottom spanked quite painfully as a deterrent to its sister cartels in the entertainment racket.

This is, in fact, such an important matter that the worst possible development would be to find the EFF arguing the case. That’s because EFF will do what it always does: lose, and set a legal precedent beneficial to the entertainment pigopolists. By the time these pale vegetarians get finished, spreading musical malware will be considered a spiritual work of mercy.”

OUCH! = http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=05/12/06/166248

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The U.S. Department of Transportation has been handing millions of dollars to state governments for GPS-tracking pilot projects designed to track vehicles wherever they go. So far, Washington state and Oregon have received fat federal checks to figure out how to levy these “mileage-based road user fees.”

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5982762.html

[From the.....'BC we all know that NO government ever abuses its concentrated power'.......Dept.]

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Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization

This guide provides a complete overview of many of the processes, techniques and strategies used by professional search engine optimization specialists. Select your choice of formats from the list below:

http://www.seomoz.org/beginners.php

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Big brain means small testes [Now we have to decide what one considers, in basic measurements, a 'Big Brain'.]
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8429 [digital news it's not]

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