AOL is sharing the spoils of their lawsuits. A 2002 Porsche Boxster S, won in a settlement in their lawsuits against spammers is now the grand prize of an AOL sweepstakes launching today. When AOL launched its lawsuits against spammers, they went straight after the spoils of the spam business. “We’ll take cars, houses, boats, Read More
“Today at 6pm, Genova Street, to find out the truth. Pass it on.” And they did. This simple text message exploded through the streets of Spain, spreading across the city, then the country through mobile phones, email and through blogs on the internet. Between 3pm and 6pm on March 13, this message reached enough people Read More
The four largest American ISP’s are joining forces in an unprecedented show of unity to go after “the biggest, the baddest, the most notorious” large-scale spammers, using the new anti-spam legislation as ammunition. Microsoft, AOL, Earthlink and Yahoo are putting their competitive differences aside and shared information and resources to fight their common enemy. They Read More
The much feared lawsuit of Eolas vs. Microsoft seems to be over, to the relief of Web professionals around the world. The US Patent and Trademark office has invalidated Eolas’ patent on web browser plug-in technology. Last year, Eolas won a $521 million lawsuit against Microsoft as well as an injunction that forced Microsoft to Read More
NASA scientists have found enough evidence from the different sensors aboard the Opportunity rover to believe that the area around the rover was awash with liquid water at some point in the past. Steve Squires told a news conference this afternoon that scientists had poured over data and measurements taken by examining Martian rocks and Read More
There is a definate buzz in the air at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California that has been growing all weekend. We’ll find out for sure what all the fuss is about now that NASA has scheduled a rush news conference at 2pm (et) tomorrow (Tuesday) where they will announce “significant findings”. As scientists work Read More