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Living the Life of a Hacker Thief

January 18th, 2005 at 11:34 pm » Comments (0)

Data thieves use rooms, known as “channels,” to trade and sell access to eBay and PayPal accounts, hacked home computers, and airtime on Internet-based telephone networks.



Networking Skills 101

January 18th, 2005 at 8:03 am » Comments (0)

We live in a very connected world. And most of us are continually plagued with the dilemma of how to meet that one person that will change our life.
For many of us meeting new people is very difficult. Sometimes its a lack of confidence in ourselves, seeing others as much more accomplished, making [...]



The Great Sperm Race

January 18th, 2005 at 7:45 am » Comments (0)

A new reality TV show has been launched in Germany to find the man with the fastest sperm.



Term Sheet: Protective Provisions

January 18th, 2005 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

Brad Feld:
As Jason and I continue to work our way through a typical venture capital term sheet, we encounter another key control term – the “protective provisions.” Protective provisions are effectively veto rights that investors have on certain actions by the company. Not surprisingly, these provisions protect the VC (unfortunately, not [...]



The Bloggers’ Bill of Rights

January 18th, 2005 at 7:35 am » Comments (0)

We, the inhabitants of the Blogosphere, do hereby proclaim that bloggers everywhere are entitled to the following basic rights:



Testing the Limits of the US Postal System

January 18th, 2005 at 7:26 am » Comments (0)

Jeff Van Bueren:
Having long been genuine admirers of the United States Postal Service (USPS), which gives amazingly reliable service especially compared with many other countries, our team of investigators decided to test the delivery limits of this immense system. We knew that an item, say, a saucepan, normally would be in a package [...]



Eye Test Used to Diagnose ADHD

January 18th, 2005 at 12:13 am » Comments (0)

An automated, inexpensive eye test that takes 10 minutes to complete has correctly diagnosed ADHD in more than 90% of children tested.