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The White House Wants to Control The Internet?

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Well, according to this article, they do: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html
I have to admit that reading this article did make me shiver. Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this bill It even conveniently bears the Rockefeller name. Yup, this’ll definitely get some attention.

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Gmail: Can’t view DOCX as HTML Files

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I could’ve sworn that I had always been able to view DOCX and DOC files as HTML files in Gmail… Here is an article from LifeHacker that talks about the feature being there: http://lifehacker.com/5078197/convert-office-2007-docx-files-in-gmail-google
Over the past few days, I’ve been getting a gmail error that says: “The attachment cannot be viewed as HTML. Download the attachment [...]

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Why is Telus Preventing Free Use of GPS?

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The Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed by the United States Department of Defence and is now managed by the US Air Force and is readily available for anyone to use free of charge. Yes, free of charge. As a matter of fact, just about anyone could buy a GPS receiver and build a primitive [...]

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Facebook Inbox Search

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Facebook just announced that it will be adding an inbox search. This is similar to what all other email systems currently have (i.e. gmail, hotmail, yahoo)… I know I’ve really been wanting this for a long time and so I’m glad they’re adding it. So now you can search your Facebook inbox for that message [...]

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Ottawa Tech Sector is Live and Kicking!

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The following is a guest post by good friend Harley Finkelstein in response to an article from reportonbusiness.com entitled: A tech saviour’s manifesto:

Mr. Macdonald,
I recently read your manifesto article in the globe and mail.
To be honest, and as a 24 year old Law/MBA grad student and concurrently the founder of a tech venture firm, I [...]

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TorrentSpy.com shuts down!!!

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Here is the info from the TorrentSpy Team: (pay attention to the bolded text)
Friends of TorrentSpy,
We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the Torrentspy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March [...]

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New Version of SpaceTime is GREAT :-)

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3D Browsing is just sooo much fun. It sure beats boring old 2D browsing…. that’s why I really love www.SpaceTime.com. Basically, it is a new browser that you can download that will make your life a whole lot easier and more fun by turning all your web pages into 3D images… You’ve got to try [...]

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Facebook will soon have IM

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That’s right… according to a TechCrunch Story, Facebook is adding its own instant messaging…
Is this brilliant? Yes. It will be a threat to all the other IM services out there.
What’s my concern?
Please let there be privacy options
Aydin.

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searchme.com is an AMAZING search tool!

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Wow! SearchMe.com is like Google, except its 3D! You search for anything you want and then you can browse through the results in the form of screenshots. It reminds me a bit of SpaceTime.com (which I think is very cool btw).
Before I actually used it, I thought that there was now way that I would [...]

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Absolutely FREE conference Calls!

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Iotum has always had a great application on Facebook that lets you make free conference calls. Now, it has become a lot better because it allows for 100% free conference calls…
Here’s how it works:
1) add the iotum facebook application here.
2) organize a conference call on facebook (really simple interface).
3) either call in using your computer [...]

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