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April 06, 2009

Webby Writing

Web Domain Defined




Most Internet users are familiar with web domains, or domain names, though they may not know it. Domain names are usually the most memorable portions of URLs. For instance "google.com" is the domain name that is the building block of the URL "http://www.google.com."


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What Is a Trojan Virus?





A Trojan is malicious software disguised as something else. Executing a file hidden in a Trojan may reveal an annoying but relatively harmless computer prank--if you're lucky. If you are unlucky, you may find that your entire system is wiped out.

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April 05, 2009

Fox News Fires Showbiz Columnist For "Promoting" Piracy

When I read the Roger Friedman article, I was surprised that it made it to print. What was he thinking? Obviously, piracy is illegal. If you watch pirated movies, the last thing you want to do is publicize the fact. If he wanted to write about that, he should have taken up anonymous blogging (even then he would have been caught, eventually).


If he really wanted to do some hard-hitting journalism, he could have written an exposé on the seedy underbelly of movie piracy. Then he may have gotten a Peabody and a free pass to view all of the illegal downloads he wanted...for research purposes, of course.

Read the whole story: Deadline Hollywood Daily