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Weird Universe Link Removed - Invalid URL A Vietnam vet jailed for menacing his wife is suing Nassau County, NY for an unusual injury he received during his 2007 incarceration in the county facility. The man was bitten, on the penis, by a rat that came out of a hole in the mattress he was...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Police here are investigating a man for abandoning a corpse after his father's mummified remains were believed found in a wardrobe at the apartment the father and son shared. According to police, Mitsuo Sonoda's 55-year-old son, currently in hospital, has admitted...

I live in the Philippines, and after reading the article below, and inquiring in the local computer shop in our area, I chose to buy a new windows 7 home basic Link Removed - Invalid URL I was fully expecting that my copy of windows 7 home basic is 32-bit and 64-bit capable as indicated...

Better read the EULA before you give away or sell an old version of software that you no longer use. According to a recent court ruling, if it is so stated in the EULA that the producer of a piece of software retains ownership and you are only licensed to use it, you can only remove the product...

Walt Disney's internet subsidiary and several of its partners have been sued for allegedly using cookies based on Adobe's Flash Player to track highly personal information about their users, many of whom were minors. The LSOs, or locally shared objects are better known as Flash Cookies, and...

Link Removed due to 404 Error (NBC News Channel) MOUNT ORAB, Ohio (NBC News Channel) -- An Ohio woman has admitted taking more than 2,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies but never paying for them. The Brown County Sheriff's Office said that Donya R. Waits pleaded guilty last week to...

Link Removed In Silicon Valley’s best-known David-and-Goliath story, Thomas McCoy was the guy who slung the stone. The general counsel of Advanced Micro Devices didn’t topple mighty Intel, but his impact was at least felt in the chip giant’s pocketbook. McCoy, 59, said Wednesday that he is...

Do you remember if you bought memory between 1999 and 2002? If you did, bet you thought it was really expensive. A major memory price fixing conspiracy is currently undergoing settlement in the United States, in which nearly every major DRAM manufacturer has been implicated. The alleged price...

I have received emails telling me I can download and install a complete Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate operating System, complete with coa for less than $100.00. This seems to be a foreign (Japanese) website offering not only OS's, but Microsoft Office Pro 2007 and newer versions, as well as other...

I have a relative who lives in the United States. Their ISP is demanding they install the ISP's "custom" antivirus. The relative already has a antivirus and firewall application installed that works and causes no problems and is updated and used regularly. However this relative also fears the...

Well, seems that a Federal Court has upheld the original decision that Microsoft is infringing on the patents held by another company with Microsoft Word. While Microsoft attempted to fight the implementation of this decision claiming irreparable damage, now states "no problem, We will have a...

Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but I need a bit of help. Basically I have bought windows 7 through a separate company that offers windows 7 to University students for 39.99. The problem begins with the fact that I have "bought" 3 different copies although I am...

Microsoft has dramatically changed its OEM licensing in the past year, and it's not really possible for individuals to legally use this type of Windows 7 Setup disc. More...

Just a quick question about RTM. Is it legal to download the RTM (dont know where from yet), install it and run it for the 30 day trial period, then buy a key when it comes out on 22nd of the month. I am not sure thats why i am asking.

I hate when people talk like they're 12! It drives me absolutely nuts. Besides, half of this crap either isn't true or doesn't make any freakin' sense at all... What's all this... "I think, I think" crap. Why don't you find out some facts instead of babbling like a child? You're probably...

Hi. I joined primarily to ask this single question. Is it possible to legally own a Windows 7 Ultimate version right now? I'm asking because I saw a PC in an on-line store, which had the Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit version installed. I am tempted to buy it, really, but I'm afraid I could get into...

It appears that Microsoft is going to play the pity card in their ongoing battle with i4i and the injunction against Microsoft's use of Custom XML which i4i holds the patent to. Microsoft is, perhaps with a somewhat less cocky attitude than they displayed during the recent proceedings, now...

Hi all I've a serious question here to any Laywers who might be reading these posts. We know this is an RC so it's not officially in production yet. What is the view / legal position you think Microsoft would take on Testing the RC in a "Productive" environment, or even in the "development"...

Ok so I don't know if I'm allowed to ask for this here but it isn't illegal or anything, I have a proper serial key, anyway I was just wondering if anyone has an ftp download link for the 64 bit version of Windows 7, I just don't like downloading thinsg from torrent sites so I would prefer an...

I have a legal Beta copy of Windows 7 build 7000. Is there any legal way to get the later build as and when they get released, ie, 7022? Thanks.