The scale of the destruction from the cyclone that hit Myanmar (Burma) a few days back makes Hurricane Katrina look rather tame in terms of human misery. Upwards of a hundred thousand people have likely perished and over a million have been displaced - many of these people won’t have anything to come back to and were struggling as it was before the cyclone hit.

They need our help.
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Like I always say, if only scammers would put all that effort into good.. here’s the latest scam to hit my inbox; domain name owners beware.
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Some interesting statistics were recently released by Nielsen Online; here’s a quick roundup.
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Phishers, those who attempt to defraud others by posing as a provider or supplier in order to gain credit card details or access to services, have started leveraging the popularity of Google Adwords for their nefarious activities.
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The recent to and fro between Yahoo and Microsoft over M$’s possible acquisition of Y! has been pretty much background static for me - just another day in the life of the online version of corporate cancer - ho hum. However, a letter from Jerry Yang and Roy Bostock to Steve Balmer had me smiling.
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I was just looking at one of my sites that runs AdSense and noticed two arrows in an AdSense block - scrolling arrows.
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A little - well very - off topic, but an important anniversary to remember IMHO. 5 years ago, the first bombs of the US led invasion rained down on Baghdad - a so-called “shock and awe” exercise. A quick victory was expected, but it became more of a “mock the flawed” war. But it really hasn’t been a laughing matter.
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Wow, seems a friend of mine has put contract out on me and if I don’t pay the hired gun 15k, the hit will go ahead. Here’s an example of a scam asssassination email I received a couple of days ago.
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In this increasingly online world, we’re consuming an incredible amount of media. I had quite a shock after checking some stats on how many sites I visit each day.
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zzzzzz… zzzzz… huh? What’s that? Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 has been released? Last week? How the heck I missed that I have no idea.
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