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Spammer gets 9 years in jail

As long as there are gullible people, there will be spammers to take advantage of them. This man was making bucketloads of money from advertising through spam! I mean, for nearly £5million a year, I can see why their sense of email etiquette goes out the window!

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Computers to grade University essays

Anyone else disturbed by the idea that computer systems will grade University papers in some American universities?

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New MSN 7 out

I’ve been using MSN 7 Beta at home since what… Christmas? But last night, someone pointed out v.7 was officially out. I just got it and I must say I like the “What I’m listening to” option. Instead of my usual Vero [thatcanadiangirl] with the bracketed bit changing according to my mood, I can now [...]

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Neat Photoshopping trick

Very very cool little illusion! Found via Antoine. (Woops, that was Alex’s work!) I’d try it but I have so little patience…

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I’m becoming a housewife…

One of the best inventions in the world: The Dyson Forget your old vacuum, what you need is a Dyson. We bought the DC04 today from Sainsbury’s, after thinking for a long time that we needed to get a Dyson to clean this place up properly before we moved and because our new place would [...]

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Woah! My Broadband Connection is so fast…

It downloaded all of the Internet!

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Cookies? (I hope they’re the chocolate chips kind!)

Oi! This isn’t my food blog!! (this way for the chocolate chip cookies recipe – will post it later tonight) Seth brought up a study containing stats I remember seeing elsewhere too – “17 percent of Internet users delete cookies on a weekly basis”. Total bolloooocks, if you excuse my French! I consider myself to [...]

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GREENER EVIL PROPELS UP

Find out what anagrams can be created with your name! Found through MC.

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Just in case you were looking for it

Compaq helps users find the elusive Any Key.

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The EBay Madness

Yet another ridiculous item on sale on EBay. Still, I must admit I’m curious to see how high the bidding will go and what he’ll have put in the envelope.

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