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Pro-golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is suing the owner of an IP address for placing defamatory remarks about him on wikipedia. The remarks stated that Zoeller allegedly abused drugs, alcohol, and his family. The allegations were posted on Wikipedia on December 20, 2006, but have now been removed.
Prevented by law from suing Wikipedia, pro-golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is […]

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Women Invented Weapons?

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Apparently our society is so advanced that we can tell who invented what just by looking at animals. The survival techniques of West African chimpanzees have revealed that the first human weapons may have been developed by women.
The use of spears and axes to hunt and kill is commonly thought to have been pioneered among […]

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Mild Winter Hurts Snowmobile, Helps ATV Sales

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

This years unseasonably warm weather is putting a hurting on snowmobile sales accross the US. This is nothing new according to Polaris and Artic Cat, who are the only two American snowmobile makers - who blame the weather for slumping sales since the late 90’s.
“The industry has been down for basically a decade straight,” RBC Capital […]

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Forget The Cable, Watch TV On The Internet

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

The agreement between Viacom and Internet start-up Joost brings to mind Bill Gates’ prophecy that in 5 years from now on we’ll be laughing at today’s way of watching television. Joost and Babelgum are the new P2P TV applications. A comparison between the two is not yet the purpose of this article, but from what […]

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Protect Your Computer

Friday, February 16th, 2007

If you walk through any neighborhood with an open laptop in hand and you will probably notice your machine automatically connecting you to various wireless Internet routers that local residents have set up. If you are given a connection that allows you to surf the Web, chances are very good that you can also assume […]

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