According to an in the New York Times AOL and other ISPs are considering a plan to charge for email sent to their networks. While unpaid mail will still be accepted it will have to "run the gauntlet" of the spam filters etc.,: AOL and Yahoo will still accept e-mail from senders who have not paid, but the paid messages will be given special treatment. On AOL, for example, they … [Read more...] about Has Hash cash’s time come?
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Gaim – multiuser msn chats
I really like GAIM as an IM client, but some of the functions are a bit hidden. To get a multiuser chat going in MSN isn't as obvious as it could be. It's not hard to do, but it is a little obscure :) Is there a way to invite more than one person to an MSN chat? Yes. Right click a buddy on your list and choose "Initiate Chat". In the conversation window that appears, choose … [Read more...] about Gaim – multiuser msn chats
Upcoming Open Source Books from Packt
I've mentioned some titles by published by Packt in the past. What makes Packt different is their philosophy: Packt believes in Open Source. When we sell a book written on an Open Source project, we pay a royalty directly to that project. As a result of purchasing one of our Open Source books, Packt will have given some of the money received to the Open Source project. I don't … [Read more...] about Upcoming Open Source Books from Packt
Hotlinking Scum
Stealing content or another person's bandwidth is despicable. Earlier tonight while reviewing the logs of Irish ISP Test I discovered that a "charming" individual (or company) had decided that it would be a really "good" idea to abuse the test by hotlinking to it via an iframe. We've always offered the test for free, so why the hell would someone abuse it in this manner? Will … [Read more...] about Hotlinking Scum
Need IE under Firefox?
Some websites simply will not work in Firefox regardless of whether you are using windows or linux (with crossover office). This can be quite annoying, as you have to launch an instance of IE simply to view them. However there is a very handy little plugin that overcomes this issue: IEView Which is described as: Lets you load pages in IE with a single right-click, or mark … [Read more...] about Need IE under Firefox?