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    Men, Women, and Money

    Our November 2004 telephone survey brought some interesting data about women, men, and financial activities online.

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    Napster DRM workaround

    Reuters ran a story last week about an unauthorized software “patch” that enables Napster subscribers to convert the protected WMA files they lease to WAV files that can then be permanently burned to a CD.

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    The advent of spim

    Nearly 17 million instant message users have received spim — unsolicited commercial messages that are the IM equivalent of spam.

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    Internet Pioneers Honored with Turing Award

    While neither Cerf nor Kahn could anticipate just how revolutionary their initial contributions would ultimately be, both recognized the demand for a global communications network long before it entered mainstream consciousness.

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    Borking Goes Digital

    Borking Goes Digital – The dredging up and spreading around of the negative information is now done by many people, and the internet footprints left by a target’s use of the medium has become a valuable source of evidence.