The Dude Dean

Currently, Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and other top search companies voluntarily respect a Web site’s wishes as declared in a text file known as “robots.txt,” which a search engine’s indexing software, called a crawler, knows to look for on a site.

The formal rules allow a site to block indexing of individual Web pages, specific directories or the entire site, though some search engines have added their own commands.

The new proposal, to be unveiled Thursday by a consortium of publishers at…

How sad that some people caused a young girls suicide by internet trolling on myspace with a sock puppet account.

The Dude Dean on Hugg

The Dude Dean on Hugg

When the widgets perform a query an IMEI is handed off to Apple’s servers: dgw?imei=%@&apptype=finance This let[s] Apple knows which app you are using when connecting with your iPhone. Obviously, they know the IP address you were using, the stocks companies you are interested [in], and so they can track down their customers all around the world. This also proves that there are probably other apps that do the same. Weather.app is also acting the same way. (Offset 13AE0) Any attempts to…

Water Commissioner Elizabeth Nosworthy said water saving messages would be displayed in hotel rooms and bathrooms may even be fitted with shower timers, in response to “public concern” about the lack of advice for tourists.

“The messages will offer tips like turning off the tap while shaving or brushing teeth, and encourage visitors to observe the four-minute shower time limit,” said Ms Nosworthy.

“This is an extraordinary step forward to galvanizing a global community of water managers, scientists, policy makers and other stakeholders who share a common vision for protecting the Earth’s water resources, and in turn, sustaining human life,”

“This is an extraordinary step forward to galvanizing a global community of water managers, scientists, policy makers and other stakeholders who share a common vision for protecting the Earth’s water resources, and in turn, sustaining human life,” said Nicole Silk, co-leade …

Hidden in the code of the “Stocks” and “Weather” widgets is a string that sends the IMEI of your phone to a specialized URL that Apple collects. Time to put on the tinfoil hats.

Hidden in the code of the “Stocks” and “Weather” widgets is a string that sends the IMEI of your phone to a specialized URL that Apple collects. Time to put on the tinfoil hats.

The Dude Dean on Friend 2 Friend

“At a time in life when most people are thinking about retiring, Caroline Jenne, the wife of former Sheriff Ken Jenne, is looking for a full-time job and worrying about losing her Dania Beach home.

A California man filed suit in state court Tuesday against internet service provider Comcast, arguing that the company’s secret use of technology to limit peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent violates federal computer fraud laws, their user contracts and anti-fraudulent advertising statutes.

Jon Hart, represented by the Lexington Law Group, is claiming that Comcast’s traffic interference is an unfair business practice, and that advertisements for fast speeds are misleading and false, since it limits downloads by transmitting “unauthorized hidden messages to the c …

North America emits 27% of the carbon dioxide — the most plentiful of man-made greenhouse gases and the byproduct of burning fossil fuels — released worldwide.

A California man filed suit in state court Tuesday against internet service provider Comcast, arguing that the company’s secret use of technology to limit peer-to-peer applications such as BitTorrent violates federal computer fraud laws, their user contracts and anti-fraudulent advertising statutes.

I found this Googling Circle of Kharma. My last.FM page in Italian!

I found this Googling Circle of Kharma. My last.FM page in Japenese!

The Dude Dean on Jango - Social Internet Radio

Very cool streaming music site. You can browse around while listening to their music player.

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