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A series of punctuation marks used to convey a wink in text messages – known as an emoticon – has been trademarked in Russia, says a local businessman.
– BBC News
A businessman from Russia has apparently succeeded in trademarking the winking smiley (or emoticon), . Oleg Teterin says he won’t go after individual users for [...]

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Unlike the vast majority of computer viruses (virii?), this one would actually be a good thing.

Brought to you by the brilliant xkcd.

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I logged in to my mail today and found a dozen notifications of new user registrations — I have things set up so that I get an email whenever anybody registers an account on this site. While its exciting to see so many subscribers actually taking the time to register on my site, I was suspicious from the get-go. Call me paranoid, but read on.

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This article aims to cover some basics on how to improve the security of your email address. Inside, I will try to cover some good ways with which to protect the most important part of your online presence, ie. your email address; following that will be some good password suggestions, advice on how to prepare for a disaster beforehand, and dealing with it after it has happened.

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I just finished watching some presentations of the Aurora concept browser by Adaptive Path and I’ve been blown away. The project is part of the Mozilla Labs concept browser series, which hosts some more brilliant concept videos you should take a look at.

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The Survey (2008) by A List Apart has begun, and they’re calling for all people who make websites to participate.

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